Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) hosted the launch of the first UK Strategy for Rare Diseases which aims to build understanding of rare diseases, support patients and families and boost research to find effective treatments and therapies.
A clinical study by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has shown encouraging results in treating a type of neuromuscular disease known as Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome (BVVL) with the vitamin riboflavin.
The genetic cause of a rare condition which affects bone and brain development has been discovered in a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH).
Designer Vincent Harding has won a Gold Award for Design at the 2013 Institute of Medical Illustrator Awards for his work on the Go Create! Arts and Activity Book for Children and Families.
The resting pulse rate of UK pre-teens may have risen by up to two beats a minute during the past 30 years. But the rise does not seem to be linked to the overall weight gain seen in this age group during this period, reveals research published online in
