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24th November 2022

The Dangers of ‘Optimism Bias’

Lauren Ferretti Ambassador, daretothinkrare, doctor, Genetics, Genomics, M4RD, medicalstudent, raredisease diagnosis, doctor, genetics, medical education, medicine, rare disease, royal society of medicine

Dr Lauren Ferretti is a paediatric registrar in London with a life-long commitment to charity fundraising and an interest in genetics and whole genome sequencing. Through working with M4RD as […]

28th April 2022

A REAL Rare Rollercoaster – from Paramedic to Patient

Melissa Clasen interview, patient, Podcast, raredisease diagnosis, doctor, medical education, rare disease, Renal Nutcracker Syndrome, SMA, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, Wilkie Syndrome

All aboard this ride! This week, on The Rare Disease Podcast 4 Medics, I had the honor to speak to a paramedic, turned patient. Marie was a practicing student paramedic […]

18th August 2020

The Unusual Suspects 2020 – Rare diseases in everyday medicine

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In February 2020, a month before lockdown in the UK, we held our annual symposium at The Royal Society of Medicine for the sixth year. ‘The Unusual Suspects: Rare diseases […]

29th February 2020

Rare Disease Day 2020

Jo McPherson raredisease, Uncategorised awareness, diagnosis, doctor, doctors in training, foundation doctors, medical education, medical school, medical student, rare disease, rare disease day

On this rare day take time to listen to a patient story and decide what you will do to make a difference to 300 million people living worldwide with a […]

29th May 2019

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Jo McPherson disease, raredisease, Research doctor, doctor in training, medical student, medicine, neurofibromatosis, NF1, rare disease

The most common of the Neurofibromatoses, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a condition that leads to tumors growing on nerves alongside effects on other organs. It affects approximately 1 in 2700 births, and can be due to autosomal dominant inheritance from the parents or new mutations in the gene NF1 in the affected child.

14th April 2019

Small Vessel Vasculitis

Lucy McKay Research, Rheumatology doctor, doctor in training, medical student, medicine, rare disease, Rheumatology, Small Vessel Vasculitis, Vasculitis

Time for a little Rheumatology revision. In this article Dr Mariam Al-Attar, one of our M4RD Clinical Ambassadors, explains why she’s interested in Rheumatology. Plus you can have a look […]

31st January 2019

Winner of Student Voice Essay Competition 2018 to Speak at M4RD’s The Unusual Suspects

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The M4RD team were really happy to work with Findacure on The Student Voice Essay Competition once again. This annual competition is a great opportunity to engage the clinicians of the future in the field of rare diseases. It is always so encouraging to read the submitted essays which demonstrate the kind of open-minded approach that we feel is needed when caring for people with rare diseases.

7th March 2018

When Dan Met Lucy on Rare Disease Day 2018

Lucy McKay Uncategorised acromegaly, awareness, Clinical examination, doctor, endocrine, foundation doctors, med school, med student, medical, medical education, medical school, medical student, medicine, opthalmology, OSCE, rare, rare disease, rare disease day

VIDEO: Dan Jeffries, owner of two rare diseases and author of ‘Me, Myself & Eye’, interviewed M4RD Founder Lucy McKay. Watch the video to hear Dan’s interesting story of being diagnosed during an OSCE and to find out what M4RD is all about from the zebra’s mouth.

6th March 2018

Rare Disease Day 2018

Lucy McKay Uncategorised awareness, diagnosis, doctor, doctor in training, doctors in training, foundation doctors, med school, med student, medical, medical education, medical school, medical student, medicine, paediatrics, rare, rare disease, Training

Another brilliant Rare Disease Day. This year we rebranded to Medics4RareDiseases!

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26th January 2013

M4RD Annual Symposium

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We are back at The Royal Society of Medicine in London for our annual symposium held in conjunction with the wonderful Genetics Section. We are looking forward to bringing you rare […]