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National Teacher Day is May 7, 2024, and National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2024 Teachers and schools, your dedication shines brightly. We appreciate those who have attended an ASPIRE […]

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is May 9th National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day raises awareness about the importance of caring for every child’s mental health and reinforces that […]

Jane E. Zebrack, Jaynelle Gao, Britta Verhey, Lu Tian, Christopher Stave, Bahare Farhadian, Meiqian Ma, Melissa Silverman, Yuhuan Xie, Paula Tran, Margo Thienemann, Jenny L. Wilson, Jennifer Frankovich,  Prevalence of […]

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 overnight.

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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 […]

Fidan T, Ceyhan S, Fidan V. Streptococcal Serology in Children With Stuttering. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 2024;104(8):513-515. April 19, 2024. doi:10.1177/01455613241244946 Read a deep dive on Stuttering and Post-Streptococcal […]

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 son for PANDAS, a condition that can include a sudden and extreme change in personality, tics, abnormal movements and rage.

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.

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