Friday June 20 2025, 12.00am BST, The Times Rhys Blakely, Science Correspondent Discovery of signature patterns of molecules in the blood of ME patients may signify a turning point in diagnosis, typically made by ruling out… Read More
PANDAS: A cute name for a terrible illness that claimed a beautiful life
By Shawne K. Wickham, Special to the Union Leader | Dec 20, 2024 Alexandra “Alex” Manfull was bright and beautiful, clever and creative, with a promising future ahead of her. She was just 26 when she… Read More
A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work
Sarah Zhang Lupus has long been considered incurable—but a series of breakthroughs are fueling hope. Lupus, doctors like to say, affects no two patients the same. The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in… Read More
Lighting Up for PANDAS/PANS
Community NewsPublished October 22, 2024 PORTSMOUTH — If you happened to cross over or view the World War I Memorial Bridge connecting Portsmouth and Kittery last week, you might have noticed that all of the bright… Read More
‘Let me die’: the mysterious syndrome changing children overnight
Doctors are uniting to find a cure for Pandas, a disorder that arrives ‘like the flick of a switch’ and torments children as young as three Louise Eccles | Sunday May 05 2024, 12.01am BST, The… Read More
Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers
Science and technology | Brain vs body Full Article: https://bit.ly/44vYGe5 Abstract (ChatGPT): In recent years, the intricate connection between mental and physical health has become increasingly apparent. A groundbreaking study, published in The Economist, sheds light… Read More
Commentary: Here’s why Memorial Bridge will be lit green for PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day
Susan Newman Manfull | Guest ColumnistPublished October 7, 2023 Portsmouth’s Memorial Bridge will be illuminated green Monday night in recognition of PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day. In our state and across the nation, Oct. 9 is designated to… Read More
Portsmouth parents who lost daughter Alex Manfull at 26 bring PANDAS symposium to city
by Karen DandurantPortsmouth HeraldPublished September 30, 2022 PORTSMOUTH — William “Towny” and Susan Manfull, who lost their daughter four years ago, have directed their pain into a lifelong mission to understand what took the life of their child… Read More
Wine sells fast for Alex Manfull Memorial Fund
by Karen Dandurantnews@seacoastonline.comPublished August 2, 2020
Parents hope wine will help research after daughter’s death
By Karen Dandurantnews@seacoastonline.comPublished July 29, 2020