December 13, 2020
PANS PANDAS: A mystery illness and a plea for help
“The essence of what makes up my daughter was gone. She was a different person. And we didn't know what was going on,” said Tara...
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December 9, 2020
Study: Bartonella Infection Associated With Psychiatric Symptoms and Skin Lesions
"Bartonella bacteria are increasingly recognized as an emerging infectious disease threat. A new study by North Carolina State University researchers has found additional instances of Bartonella...
September 26, 2020
We’re not fighting for this for us
"Last week, in part one of our two-part look into PANDAS/PANS, teens Gino Vitelli and Abby Gauch, along with their mothers, told their stories of living with the auto-immune disease. This week, in...
September 24, 2020
He woke up an altogether different child
‘He woke up an altogether different child’: Massachusetts families speak on living with PANDAS/PANS Wicked Local. By James Kukstis. Sep 24, 2020 Part one of our look into PANDAS/PANS Read...
June 22, 2020
Local physician raises awareness of PANDAS
For young children, an innocuous sore throat could be a sign of PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders), a condition that a Solana Beach-based doctor has been centering his practice...
June 16, 2020
Scientists propose explanation for baffling form of childhood OCD
Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they...
June 16, 2020
Yale scientists propose explanation for baffling form of childhood OCD
"Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or PANDAS, were...
May 13, 2020
Rare neuropsychiatric condition causes children’s personalities to shift overnight
Stanford University researchers have discovered subtle structural differences in the brains of children with a rare condition that seemingly causes their personalities to change overnight....
May 12, 2020
Sudden Obsessions, Tantrums: What Is PANS in Kids?
Researchers may have gained new insights into a mystifying condition that causes children's behavior to change so severely and abruptly, it can be like they woke up as a different...
March 2, 2020
PANS: A Diagnosis for My Child’s Sudden Behavior Change
We thought we treated it appropriately. We followed the doctor’s initial recommendations for treating our son’s Lyme disease. He got a little better with the antibiotics but never went back to...
September 23, 2019
Student with Autism ‘Embarrassed’ After Washington Middle School Puts His Desk in the Bathroom
“I was so shocked I just took the picture because I didn’t even believe what I was seeing,” she said of a photo she snapped that went viral on social media. “It’s not an appropriate place...
July 31, 2019
Marblehead mom urges lawmakers to support PANDAS/PANS bill
One might think, because PANDAS/PANS strikes children, passing the bill would be a slam dunk, but Uttam said it’s failed twice in Massachusetts already. It has, however, passed in five other...