As our rare disease focus continues, Diane Dike, Ph.D. shares the challenges of being diagnosed with a rare disease and speaks with a newly diagnosed cryoglobulinemia patient. The rise in online ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...

Cirrhosis is the severe scarring or fibrosis of the liver. It happens in the late stage of liver disease and other conditions that involve liver damage. The scarring that occurs with cirrhosis is ...

It's not contagious, but people can develop it with or without a family history of the condition. The Cleveland Clinic said it's sometimes associated with other health conditions such as chronic ...

The frequency of cryoglobulinemia was not significantly higher (4.8% vs 1.7%, p=0.32). Regarding treatments, patients with anti-RNP antibodies tended to receive more frequently corticosteroids (52.4% ...

The Cleveland Clinic said it's sometimes associated with other health conditions such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cryoglobulinemia, or even viral infections like mononucleosis. A healthcare ...

The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) is a systemic disease activity index that was designed to measure disease activity in patients with primary SS. With the growing use ...

Around 2.4 million to 3 million people in the United States live with hepatitis C. The real number is likely even higher because more than half of people who have hepatitis C don’t know it. The ...

This procedure is not for everyone. You should not be treated with CoolSculpting® or CoolSculpting® Elite if you suffer from cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinin disease, or paroxysmal cold ...