Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs. It can be caused by many other medical ... Read More

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a type of heart defect present at birth. Premature babies are at higher risk for having a PDA, as are babies born with other types ... Read More

The medication IPLEX (mecasermin rinfabate), manufactured by Insmed, has since January 2007 been used on an experimental basis in Italy to treat people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou ... Read More

Getting a rare disease diagnosis can be a long, frustrating process. Most doctors aren't familiar with rare diseases so they don't recognize them. Or you may not fit the usual ... Read More

Coarctation of the aorta occurs in 5-8% of children who are born with heart defects (called congenital heart disease). It occurs twice as often in boys as in girls. It ... Read More

Infant deaths due to missed or delayed diagnosis of congenital heart disease (heart defects present at birth) continue to be a significant problem, say researchers in the October 2008 issue ... Read More

This inherited disease causes extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) light. People with xeroderma pigmentosum who are younger than 20 years old have more than 1,000 times the risk of developing ... Read More