Today, I am delighted to be joined by Amy Joy Smith, a Nurse Practitioner working at Pacific Frontier Medical, who has extensive experience working with complex chronic illness and a special interest...
The book Infectious Madness, by award-winning author Harriet Washington, promises to explain to readers “The Surprising Science of How We ‘Catch’ Mental Illness.” On today’s show, we...
Jake Wiederhorn bounds onto the porch of his family’s Potomac home wearing a Captain America T-shirt and soccer shorts. He’s 9 years old, bright and thoughtful, hair parted on the left and cut...
Infection with group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes the common and treatable pharyngitis known as strep throat; however, these infections are also associated with autoimmune diseases of the central...
The Cunningham Panel is a series of tests which assist physicians in diagnosing treatable autoimmune neurologic conditions, such as PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated...
A fantastic overview of Lyme disease. This presentation covers Lyme as it exists, and how it can effect those with a PANS/PANDAS...
New England PANS/PANDAS Association, Connecticut Chapter, Educational Conference, November 15th, 2014, Norwalk CT. Dr. Judith G. Leventhal, PhD. Infection Induced Encephalopathy: Cognitive and...
New England PANS/PANDAS Association, Connecticut Chapter, Educational Conference, November 15th, 2014, Norwalk CT. Dr. Nancy O’Hara, M.D., MPH. PANDAS/PANS – Transforming a Devastating Chronic...
Too many children suffering from neurological autoimmune disorders lack access to resources to correctly diagnose them, a state lawmaker contends. “If we can create public awareness around the...
by Lisa Wolk-Kilion You kiss your child goodnight and she smiles at you before cuddling into her pillow. As she’s been doing for quite some time, she sleeps though the night. But in the morning, a...
Current treatments for PANDAS have been shown tobe relatively effective, but could surgical treatmentssuch as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy offer more effective...
Antoine Louveau, Igor Smirnov, Timothy J. Keyes, Jacob D. Eccles, Sherin J. Rouhani, J. David Peske, Noel C. Derecki, David Castle, James W. Mandell, Kevin S. Lee, Tajie H. Harris & Jonathan Kipnis
Nature-2015
The research findings reported in this study challenge the dogmas regarding the immune privilege status of the central nervous system (CNS) and its isolation from the immune system by the blood-brain barrier. Functional meningeal lymphatic vessels capable of carrying immune cells and interstitial fluids from the CNS are identified and characterized. Findings provide novel understanding on how autoimmune encephalopathies, like PANS/ PANDAS, can develop when these unique lymphatic vessels malfunction. Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels.