After being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, basketball fan Owen Gray found hope, inspiration and a dream career path through ...

(NAPSMI)—“God kept me here for a reason,” said Michael Redd, 41, of Georgia. “To tell people about Marfan syndrome.” Michael’s wife, Teresa, added, “If we can save a life, we will tell anyone our ...

Schreiber High School senior Mazzy Sass is working to raise awareness about Marfan Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue, which holds all the cells, organs and tissue ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There is a connective tissue disorder that affects the bones, skin, lungs, heart, blood vessels and nervous system of one in every 5,000 Americans: Marfan syndrome. Members of ...

The notion that twins do everything together has met a new standard. Identical twin brothers Pablo and Julio Delcid, 21, underwent matching heart surgeries on the exact same day following their ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which has no cure to date. This disease ...

HOUSTON – A former NBA draft prospect whose basketball career ended because of a rare disorder started a new job as National Walk Ambassador for the Marfan Foundation in Houston Thursday night. Isaiah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Ikonomou, a 21-year-old student living in Los Angeles, loves horror movies. In fact, he attended a horror convention ...

WHITEHOUSE, Texas — A Whitehouse ISD student with a rare disease is making headlines in part to her fight with Marfan syndrome, and her love for Rice University baseball. "The night we actually saw ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Memorial Hospital’s labor and delivery wing isn’t unusual, but Leticia Maia’s pregnancy is. At 27, she lives with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective ...

A childhood diagnosis inspired Hunter Bohon to go into medicine. A cancer diagnosis at 26 changed what kind of doctor he ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Beckett Hotchkiss, an 11-year-old boy, is bringing attention to a genetic disorder known as Marfan Syndrome. He's taken his push all the way to the capitol, with the hopes of better ...