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Boyd TM, Moyer SM, Lambert D. Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Care for Students Diagnosed with PANDAS: An Education and Referral Intervention. The Journal of School Nursing. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/10598405221129553 Implications: This project […]

Seacoast Moms By Amber Buttermore – September 29, 202 If you are wondering, what are PANS/PANDAS, I am here to inform. Here are five things you should know about a […]

Please help ASPIRE with a PANS Awareness Day project. Please submit one or two sentences on “What do you want people to know about PANS/PANDAS?” via the form below.  We […]

Speaker: Craig Shimasaki, PHd, MBA Webinar: Can Infections Really Trigger Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Disorders? Understanding a Biological Basis for Autoimmune Attacks on the Brain Register to watch: Recorded Webinar Abstract The […]

Szewczyk-Dąbrowska, A., Budziar, W., Harhala, M. et al. Correlation between COVID-19 severity and previous exposure of patients to Borrelia spp.. Sci Rep 12, 15944 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20202-x Also, read Medical News […]

WAKE FOREST — A touching video featuring Jason Wilson, or Jay Jay, led Wake Forest commissioners into their monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20.

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine. “A consistent lack of sleep negatively impacts immune stem cells, increasing risk of inflammatory disorders and heart disease.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, […]

“So many people say, ‘What are you doing for yourself?’ which is a nice sentiment, but it just further divides me and those people,” Taylor said. “What they don’t understand is that I don’t have the time, the energy, or the mental capacity to do anything for myself. I am with my daughter quite literally keeping her alive 24/7.”

The current false dichotomy holds back research and stigmatises patients

Wayne, Charlotte Remy. Roles of Th17 cytokines in microglial and neurovascular responses to recurrent intranasal Streptococcus pyogenes infections. 2022 Theses Doctoral. Columbia Academic Commons. https://doi.org/10.7916/62va-6330 Academic Units: Cellular, Molecular and […]

In stories of heartbreak and healing, they describe how the symptoms of these disorders really look behind closed doors and how relentlessly fighting for the right diagnosis and treatment led their kids to heal, slowly. T

Our friend gave ASPIRE permission to share this letter to her 14-year-old self. Many of us know how it feels to be too affected by PANS/PANDAS/BGE to go to school. […]