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  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 19, 2020

    Special Report: HealthWell Launches New Fund to Assist At-Risk or Quarantined Patients with COVID-19 Costs

    Editor’s Note: Real World Health Care is pleased to share with our readers an announcement from our founding sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation, which has responded to the needs of its patient community with a new fund that promotes social distancing and provides assistance for needed services and products. We invite…more.

    Categories: General
  • By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Instruction, BiotechPrimer.com  |  Mar 11, 2020

    Search & Destroy: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells (CAR-T)

    Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted, with permission from Biotech Primer. The original version appeared in the Biotech Primer WEEKLY. To subscribe to the Biotech Primer WEEKLY, click here. The first (and so far, only) chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies—tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel were approved in 2017, and…more.

    Categories: CAR-T Cell Therapy, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Feb 26, 2020

    People with Macular Degeneration Live Full Lives with Help from Ophthalmologists

    Does a diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) mean you can’t live a rich, fulfilling life? Not necessarily, according to the experts. “The initial diagnosis can be scary,” said Purnima S. Patel, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Emory University who also works at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and…more.

    Categories: General, Macular Degeneration
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Feb 12, 2020

    American Macular Degeneration Foundation Piecing Together the Puzzle of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in those over 55. According to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF), it affects more than 10 million Americans.  After the age of 75, one in three Americans is at risk of developing this incurable disease. While the cause…more.

    Categories: General, Macular Degeneration
  • By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Instruction, BiotechPrimer.com  |  Jan 29, 2020

    Spotlight on Macular Degeneration

    Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted with permission from the Biotech Primer WEEKLY newsletter. To subscribe to the WEEKLY, visit www.weekly.biotechprimer.com. Spotlight on Macular Degeneration Getting old is for the birds. Time has its way with nearly every part of us: skin, hair, muscles. Few changes are more alarming,…more.

    Categories: General, Macular Degeneration
  • By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Jan 15, 2020

    Welcoming 2020 with New Insights for Patients with Chronic Diseases

    Topics in Focus: ALS, CAR T Therapies, Macular Degeneration and Movement Disorders The HealthWell Foundation is proud to be a founding sponsor of Real World Health Care. Since 2013, Real World Health Care (RWHC) has brought you compelling content on health care issues facing Americans. From features on the people,…more.

    Categories: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, CAR-T Cell Therapy, General, Macular Degeneration, Movement Disorders
  • By National Headache Foundation  |  Dec 18, 2019

    What People with Migraine Attacks Hate to Hear

    Editor’s Note: Real World Health Care is pleased to close out our 2019 series on migraine by sharing an article originally published by the National Headache Foundation. Here, they share advice for helping patients respond to caregivers and others when faced with stigma associated with migraine disease. You can read…more.

    Categories: Caregiving, General, Migraine
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Dec 4, 2019

    The Many Moods of Heart Failure and the Caregiver Challenge

    Caregivers play an important role in the well-being of chronic heart failure patients. In addition to helping their loved one manage the physical and medical aspects of heart failure, they are called on to help with the patient’s emotional health. According to Ann Laramee, APRN, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner in Cardiology…more.

    Categories: Caregiving, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 20, 2019

    How To Support a Friend with Heart Disease

    Editor’s Note: When a family member or friend is sick with a chronic disease like heart failure, the role of caregiver often falls to women. However, more than one in three women is living with some form of cardiovascular disease themselves: It is the number one killer of women in…more.

    Categories: Caregiving, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 5, 2019

    Understanding Chronic Heart Failure: Advice for Caregivers

    Are you caring for a loved one with chronic heart failure? Being a family caregiver can feel overwhelming and isolating, but you are not alone. According to the American Heart Association, more than six million American families have an adult member dealing with heart failure. And while living with any…more.

    Categories: Caregiving, General