Keith has never been terribly outgoing. He’s taller than other kids and wears thick glasses. He does not like the glasses. They’ve always bothered him, but now, as he gets a little older and he gets more questions about them from kids his age, he really wishes he could just wear contacts.
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Topics: Marfan Community, Quality of Life, Loeys Dietz, Research, Marfan Conference
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Topics: Marfan Community, Marfan Awareness, Quality of Life
For most people, family is the first group of people we know and trust. Newborn babies know their mothers by sound. Kids instinctively look to the people they trust for social cues. In a lot of cases, this tight circle is the family into which a child is born. In other cases, family is created over time with friends and neighbors who love and support one another like any family.
Topics: Marfan Community, Marfan Awareness, Quality of Life
The Marfan Foundation announced that, starting today, it is making a new app available for free to people with Marfan and related disorders – and their families – to securely manage their medical records.
Topics: Quality of Life, Healthcare Management, Living Successfully, Medical Management
