Expert Insights: RARE DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS

Author: James Doulgeris, Chairman, Population Health, Advisory Board, RSDSA

Rare diseases cost society an estimated one trillion Euros in Europe and one trillion US dollars in the USA. With over 10,000 rare diseases, there is no practical way to educate doctors on how to identify, diagnose, and treat them. Until now. This article outlines the solution including the pathway to more effective treatments and potential cures.

Among the rare diseases representing about 90% of presently diagnosed rare disease victims, those rare diseases are likely less rare than they are rarely diagnosed. This leaves their undiagnosed victims to suffer needlessly while their disease festers, gathering comorbidities and demanding more and more expensive care.

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