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# rare disease

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'When we tried to explain PKU to people in the past, they'd say we were mad, things are different now'
24 Feb 2019
34.1k
1
'If I stay in Ireland, my daughter could be slipping through my fingers'
20 Oct 2017
29.7k
6
Doctor who treated Charlie Gard says the baby's life became 'a soap opera'
5 Aug 2017
18.2k
53
'If he was suffering we wouldn't be up here fighting': New evidence in Charlie Gard case
13 Jul 2017
26.3k
40
'I feel like a ticking time bomb' - Dublin woman appeals for help getting her life back
9 Apr 2017
72.4k
3
'Nobody knows what it is': The rare genetic condition that means people must avoid protein
28 Feb 2017
40.4k
7
'If she gets another chest infection she probably won't make it, that’s the reality'
7 Jan 2017
32.0k
16
This woman is fighting for her life and access to a medication that could help
8 Oct 2016
19.1k
9
Do you suffer with psoriasis? A new drug treatment could offer you great news
11 Jul 2015
49.2k
48
Mother of Cork toddler thanks hospital for saving her daughter with rare diabetes
25 Feb 2015
20.1k
8
Bad heartburn? You might have Barrett's Oesophagus
23 Jun 2014
23.1k
16
“People are being left to rot”: Rare disease sufferers feel let down by health service
30 Mar 2014
34.4k
47
Column: ‘I was a regular teen who has unfortunately dealt a harder life than most’
Niamh ní Ruarí
23 Nov 2013
7.5k
27