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25th January 2023

#showyourstripes for Rare Disease Day!

Eleanor Churchill Uncategorised M4RD, rare disease, rare disease day, show your stripes

Rare Diseases affect 3.5 million people in the UK. People with rare conditions take an average of FIVE years to reach a diagnosis. They often experience diagnostic delay because healthcare […]

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 […]

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.