There’s an art form in Japan called kintsugi, which entails repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold or silver so that the cracks don’t disappear. Instead, they become part of the design. I think about kintsugi a lot, because chronic illness doesn’t just break you once. It…
Four blood proteins may help diagnose immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD), monitor disease activity and treatment response, and predict relapse risk, a study reveals. The four proteins also showed strong associations with standard markers of inflammation and could distinguish the disease from conditions with similar signs, including cancer. “These insights…
Researchers in Japan have described the clinical and tissue features of localized-type IgG4-related cholecystitis, a rare form of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) that affects the gallbladder, which may help distinguish it from gallbladder cancer. “Understanding these … features would contribute to a more accurate differential diagnosis from [gallbladder] cancer,” the…
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