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PANS In the News

Georgia doesn’t treat this devastating diagnosis in kids – How families are navigating care
April 22, 2024
Georgia doesn’t treat this devastating diagnosis in kids – How families are navigating care

Three Georgia mothers say their daughters went from happy, playful girls to children struggling with anxiety and rage...

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Controversy around PANS/PANDAS: Filmaker’s take
April 22, 2024
Controversy around PANS/PANDAS: Filmaker’s take

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When Infection Sparks Obsession: PANDAS and PANS
April 3, 2024
When 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...

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PANDAS Family granted insurance coverage after 4th attempt
March 29, 2024
PANDAS 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...

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‘He’s falling apart’
March 21, 2024
‘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...

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The Intersection of Mental Health and the Immune System – Exploring new avenues of diagnosis and treatment in mental health care.
February 29, 2024
The Intersection of Mental Health and the Immune System – Exploring new avenues of diagnosis and treatment in mental health care.

The Intersection of Mental Health and the Immune System – Exploring new avenues of diagnosis and treatment in mental health care. Psychology Today By: Sheilah M. Gauch   Sheilah hits...

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Lowenthal Brings Back Pans/Pandas Bill After Governor Vetoes It
February 22, 2024
Lowenthal Brings Back Pans/Pandas Bill After Governor Vetoes It

"Long Beach’s state assembly representative, Josh Lowenthal, earlier this month introduced AB 2105 in Sacramento. It would provide health insurance coverage for an inflammatory brain disorder that...

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‘My brain is making me do this’: Family fights for insurance coverage of brain disease caused by strep
February 10, 2024
‘My brain is making me do this’: Family fights for insurance coverage of brain disease caused by strep

WSMV 4 By Lauren Lowrey Published: Jan. 24, 2024 at 6:37 PM EST|Updated: Jan. 24, 2024 at 7:44 PM EST   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A little-understood disease could be...

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Loudoun parent is hopeful that new legislation will bring insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS
February 10, 2024
Loudoun parent is hopeful that new legislation will bring insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS

Loudoun parent is hopeful that new legislation will bring insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS By KAREN GRAHAM kgraham@loudountimes.com Louden Times, Feb 7, 2024 “Virginia parents of children...

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Va. commission to review mandatory insurance coverage for “devastating” childhood disease
February 10, 2024
Va. commission to review mandatory insurance coverage for “devastating” childhood disease

"The legislation from Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, would have applied to both Medicaid and private insurance as a way to lower the treatment costs for PANS/PANDAS, a disease  scientists believe...

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Winter 2024 Update from Stanford’s Immune Behavioral Health Research Program
February 3, 2024
Winter 2024 Update from Stanford’s Immune Behavioral Health Research Program

Exciting Update from Stanford’s Immune Behavioral Health Research Program which is expanding understanding of PANS, uncovering links between infections, inflammation, and psychiatric symptoms....

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How common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children: And why many doctors do not realise it
September 28, 2023
How common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children: And why many doctors do not realise it

It was a sunny day in September 2007 when Garrett Pohlman, then seven years old, came home from school. Crying, he warned his mother that radiation was coming out of the house’s electrical sockets....

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Leah’s Story

Leah’s Story

In August of 2014 our daughter, Leah, was 6 years old.  We had just returned home from a month-long trip to Illinois to visit family.  When we arrived home in Arizona, she suddenly (overnight) developed a fear of vomit.

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