This month’s blog post is from Nicola Chantler, Head of Communications at the Wren Project. Here she shares the difficulties of not being listened to when living with a chronic disease, in an interview with founder Kate MiddletonMany people living with autoimmune...
In this month’s blog post, our CEO, Katrina Burchell, explores the impact of Nobel Prizes on Pernicious Anaemia and what the future might hold for this lifelong autoimmune condition.When the Nobel Prize is awarded for medicine, it’s not just an academic...
This month's blog post is from Julie Wichlin, our support group co-ordinator in the USA. She shines a light on the shocking inequality between how conditions like diabetes and PA are treated - despite both being lifelong and potentially life-threatening if left...
This month's blog post is another different perspective from Julie Wichlin, our support group co-ordinator in the USA. Based on a recent discussion with her engaged support group Julie takes a look at the normal and not so normal symptoms of Pernicious Anaemia. One of...
Vitamin B12 deficiency is diagnosed on the basis of blood tests. First, the doctor will have to suspect B12 deficiency as a possible cause of the patient’s symptoms, combined with their risk factors.
There is another area of inequality in healthcare is for those with long-term and chronic conditions, where there is a lack of awareness, education and research available to the health care profession.