When my daughter was young, she washed her hands a lot. We might have poked what we thought was gentle fun at her, saying she was “a little bit OCD”. Later, she began to disclose “bad...
The disease is typically as awful as it is sudden: Over a few days, children develop severe anxiety and intense obsessive-compulsive behaviors. They barely sleep and may stop eating. Their schoolwork...
Legislation in the Michigan House would require insurers to cover the treatment for children who suffer from a brain condition believed to be caused by...
ASPIRE and other PANS/PANDAS organizations are joining the PANDAS Physician Network in their efforts to call to the Academy of Pediatrics to update the Red Book’s® recently published...
An Onslow County woman is looking to spread awareness about a neuropsychiatric disorder both her children have been diagnosed with, one she said is often misdiagnosed by...
KCTV5 By Sharon Chen Published: May. 17, 2024 at 9:51 AM EDT|Updated: May. 22, 2024 at 3:48 PM EDT “IVIG is intravenous immunoglobulins or immune cells that go in and...
The evolving evidence of the impact of inflammatory disorders and metabolic conditions, like PANS PANDAS, on mental health conditions is discussed in the latest issue of The Economist....
Three Georgia mothers say their daughters went from happy, playful girls to children struggling with anxiety and rage...
Such a victory!’ Insurance denied a ‘life-saving’ treatment for their son, so a TN family found another path to coverage Cigna denied a treatment called IVIG that had been helping treat their...
When Angela Tang’s teenage son came down with a baffling illness, few households could have been better equipped to deal with it. The family lives in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. Both parents are...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - After three denials of insurance coverage of a misunderstood disease, a Mt. Juliet family just learned the good news: BlueCross BlueShield has agreed to three months of...
