Implementing dietary changes with children affected by PANS/PANDAS
Khimani, Kynza & Abadía-Barrero, César & LaRusso, Maria. (2024). Implementing dietary changes with children affected by PANS/PANDAS. Children’s Health Care. 1-19. 10.1080/02739615.2024.2338763. 64.7% of the 467 survey participants indicated that […]
Read moreWhen Infection Sparks Obsession: PANDAS and PANS
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 doctors — Tang in internal medicine, her husband in infectious disease — and their son, a straight-A student well-liked at school, had been cared for by the family’s pediatrician since birth.
Read moreBirmingham, Alabama Chit Chat Meet Up
ASPIRE ChitChat – Birmingham, Alabama – Tuesday, May 14, 2024 – 6:30 PM CDT
Read moreMontgomery, Alabama ChitChat Meet Up
ASPIRE ChitChat – Montgomery, Alabama – Monday, May 6, 2024 – 6:00 PM CDT
Read moreToolkit – PANS/PANDAS Guidelines for Children with Autism
ASPIRE’S Professional Advisory Board publishes PANS/PANDAS Guidelines for Children with Autism PANS PANDAS & Autism Autism PANS Guidelines Children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD or autism) are at risk […]
Read moreTennessee PANS PANDAS Updates
Residents of Tennesee, we need your help! This is the first year Tennessee has undertaken legislative efforts to pass a legislative mandate to secure insurance coverage for PANS PANDAS. SB2401/HB2484 and SB2402/HB2463 are insurance bills, one for state insurance and one for private insurance, that have been introduced in 2024.
Read morePANDAS Family granted insurance coverage after 4th attempt
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 coverage of an expensive transfusion, one that the family had already paid $16,000 out-of-pocket to receive.
Read moreInflammation as the Common Pathophysiology Linking Stress, Mental Illness, Autoimmunity and Chronic Disease: Implications for Public Health Policy
Kinderlehrer DA. Inflammation as the Common Pathophysiology Linking Stress, Mental Illness, Autoimmunity and Chronic Disease: Implications for Public Health Policy. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2024 Mar 28; 5(3): 242-255. […]
Read moreEnuresis as a presentation of Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS)
Poster: Enuresis as a presentation of Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) Author: Ying Xin Wong, Ubhi Tim Presented: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual […]
Read more‘He’s falling apart’
Family enters final fight for son’s ‘life-saving’ treatment WSMV4 by Amanda Hara. Published: Mar. 21, 2024 at 5:35 PM EDT Another story about the cruel bureaucracy of insurance. A child […]
Read moreGrand Rounds – Children’s Minnesota – Neuroinflammation in Children: Breaking Down Silos of Care?
GRAND ROUNDS – Register Today Children’s Minnesota will host a one-hour pediatric grand rounds presentation featuring Eyal Muscal, MD, MS. – Neuroinflammation in Children: Breaking Down Silos of Care? Date: […]
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