RICHLAND, WA- The Wishing Star Foundation is a non-profit based out of Spokane that grants the wishes of children ages 3-21 with terminal, life threatening or medically complicated conditions. Friday the non-profit granted the wish of a young Richland girl named Oaklee McBride. Oaklee has Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency an inherited condition thatContinue Reading
Researchers in Ireland are hoping to add to the growing list of drug candidates for the treatment of patients with severe Covid-19 infection. A team from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has published a paper in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine describing a promising therapyContinue Reading
MOUNT PLEASANT (WJRT) (4/21/2020) – At 37, Paul DeWyse was diagnosed with a rare disease called alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. “Basically that is your liver doesn’t produce antitrypsin to go up to protect your lungs. It’s a fatal disease unless the only cure is a lung transplant,” said DeWyse. About 20Continue Reading
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 16, Episode 15 of Grey’s Anatomy, “Snowblind.”] The blizzard isn’t the only disaster in this Grey’s Anatomy episode—Season 16, Episode 15 Hayes’ patient this week is Elisa, a 6-year-old with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency—the same disorder that killed her older sister, one of Alex’s patients. ElisaContinue Reading
Culver High School’s head football coach, Shea Little, has led the Bulldogs to the best record of any high school football team on the High Desert this season. But his story goes beyond the gridiron. Little used to be a football player back in the day. He was an offensiveContinue Reading
SHAPLEIGH (WGME) — A woman in need of a double lung transplant says she’s running out of time and blames a change in policy. Valarie Hale isn’t living life the way she’d like to. “I have an inherited disease, auto-immune disease, called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,” said Hale. It affects herContinue Reading
More than 30 years ago, a little girl from Windham in need of a liver transplant captured the hearts of Mainers. In the years since, she’s had some amazing highs and some amazing lows, and now she’s written a book to tell that story, and inspire others. Known as NormaContinue Reading
29th July 2019 Kelly McGillis, who played Tom Cruise’s love interest in “Top Gun,” claims she wasn’t asked to reprise her role in the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick.” In the 1986 original, McGillis’ character, Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood, is not only Maverick’s lover, she’s also his flight instructor. Entertainment Tonight asked the actress if she’dContinue Reading
Julie MacNeil was interviewed by Nicea DeGering about her book, The 50-Year Secret. You can find out more about Julie and her book by going to her website: https://the50yearsecret.comContinue Reading
