[Video] A Doctor Works to Cure His Disease and Help Others

I decided to write Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race To Turn Hope Into Action, because I learned so much about life, hope, and resilience from nearly dying five times and fighting back to find a treatment that is saving my life. I knew these lessons were applicable beyond those battling disease and felt compelled…

With doctors and researchers around the world searching for effective treatments for COVID-19, many drugs approved to treat other diseases are being used in hopes that they’ll be effective against the virus, a use that’s known as “off-label.” A volunteer army that Dr. David Fajgenbaum assembled has catalogued every use documented in medical literature so…

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HFHfTd9-Y8[/embedyt] Check out the above video about our COVID19 drug repurposing work or go to: https://youtu.be/0HFHfTd9-Y8 Thank you to Jimmy Baggott for making this amazing video! #ThinkItDoIt #FromHopeToAction #ChasingMyCure #ChasingCOVIDsCure   David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, Chasing My Cure: A…

Our family grew! We welcomed our second little one into the world On November 5, 2021, we welcomed baby David into the world. He is the sweetest little brother to Amelia. It feels like such a dream to have this incredible family when I think back to when I was on my deathbed 13 years…

Repurposing existing drugs to treat COVID19 provides our best opportunity to save lives ASAP. As I like to say, we’ve got to teach old dogs new tricks! I know the power of drug repurposing: I’m alive today thanks to a repurposed drug. Given the overlap between COVID19 and Castleman disease, I’ve suspected that treatments used…

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