MedCity News January 11, 2026
Every year shaved off the diagnostic odyssey means fewer irreversible complications, fewer misdiagnoses, and fewer clinicians and families left wondering what they missed. A unified, longitudinal approach doesn’t just speed up diagnosis — it changes, and in some cases saves, lives.
Doctors are taught a simple rule early in their training: When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. In other words, the most common explanation is usually the right one. But for the roughly 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, that rule can turn into a trap. Their symptoms often look like something ordinary – until years later, when someone finally realizes it was a zebra all along.
The problem isn’t the doctors; it’s the data....
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