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Posted: November 11, 2024 by bmanfull@comcast.net

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

Updated: May 10, 2024 by bmanfull@comcast.net

‘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

Updated: May 5, 2024 by bmanfull@comcast.net

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

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Updated: June 27, 2023 by bmanfull@comcast.net

Technical Report: Self-Harm and Suicidality in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Immunopsychiatric Disorders

My brief thoughts: Gunilla Gerland, ex-Chair of SANE, the Swedish PANS/PANDAS organization (2013-2020), recently translated her (2021 – 2023) work to create this English version. Although a difficult subject about which to read, it is a… Read More

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