Rare Diseases

Rare diseases you won't believe existed

Water allergy, walking corpse syndrome, foreign accent syndrome are examples of some incredibly rare diseases that confound the best diagnosticians.

'Rare diseases' remain common in India: Government must provide push for research and screening

Despite a national policy draft being put in place by the Central government, there’s a lack of awareness on the issue of rare diseases.

Govt submits rare diseases policy to Delhi HC: Will aim to facilitate effective diagnosis, affordable treatment

In spite of the fact that rare diseases are individually rare, they collectively affect a considerable size of population in a country.

Rare diseases: India needs to rejig its medical courses as over 70 mn patients suffer without care

It's ironic that rare diseases affect over 70 million people in India, yet there is so little being done by way of research, drug creation and counselling of patient and families across the country.