FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue; these tissues hold all the body's cells and organs together. One in 5,000 people have it, but ...

Michael’s wife, Teresa, added, “If we can save a life, we will tell anyone our story.” It’s a story that could have ended when Michael was 14 years old, when he had his first aneurysm. Michael had ...

ST. LOUIS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue; these tissues hold all the body’s cells and organs together. One in 5,000 people have ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Local 10 is Walking for Victory in 2024. Several members of our staff will be participating in the seventh annual Marfan Foundation walk, taking place Jan. 28 at T.Y. Park in ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Beckett Hotchkiss, an 11-year-old boy, is bringing attention to a genetic disorder known as Marfan Syndrome. He's taken his push all the way to the capitol, with the hopes of better ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Often, hospital patients look for anything to take their minds off why they're there. For Jaelyn Kirby, that meant simply looking out the window. "I had no idea this would ...

HOUSTON – A former NBA draft prospect whose basketball career ended because of a rare disorder started a new job as National Walk Ambassador for the Marfan Foundation in Houston Thursday night. Isaiah ...

Regular physical activity is a common therapy for people with cardiovascular problems, but not recommended to those with Marfan syndrome, a rare disease of the connective tissue, but mainly affecting ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Memorial Hospital’s labor and delivery wing isn’t unusual, but Leticia Maia’s pregnancy is. At 27, she lives with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective ...

Background: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a disorder of the connective tissues. Alterations of the elastic fibers may manifest in different tissues especially in the skeletal, cardiovascular and ocular ...

I was born with Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissues, which I inherited from ...