What Dying Kids Can Teach Our Government About Health Care Reform
August 4, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Videos
Addi & Cassi Story II from Addi & Cassi Hempel on Vimeo. Here is a video we put together for Oprah last year about the issues we are facing with health care and drug development system in the United States and what happens when your children are dying from a rare and fatal cholesterol disease […]
Old Blue Eyes Returns To Reno – Frank Sinatra Stylist Singer Paul Salos To Perform To Find Cure For Childhood Alzheimer’s
August 4, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Fundraisers
Paul Salos, a Frank Sinatra stylist singer who made it through as a Top 10 contestant America’s Got Talent during the fall 2008 season will perform on October 3, 2009, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Salos, who has been working as Frank Sinatra stylist for approximately 40 years, will join Nevada Entertainer […]
Nevada Entertainer of The Year and ICONMAN Star Greg London To Perform For Kids Striken By Childhood Alzheimer’s
July 30, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Featured Stories
Greg London, the master musical impressionist who pays hilarious homage every night to scores of today’s top icons will be bringing his popular and critically acclaimed show "ICONMAN" to the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday, October 3, 2009. London will be giving a special performance at "An Evening of Stars," a […]
NIH Announces Therapeutic Trial With Supplement N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) To Treat Fatal Children’s Cholesterol Disease
July 13, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under NPC News, Research
You’ve got to LOVE supplements especially one called N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) when it can possibly help treat children afflicted with a rare and fatal cholesterol disease called Niemann Pick Type C (NPC). Considering there has only been only one clinical trial for Niemann Pick Type C ever conducted at the NIH (for a drug called […]
Wacker Chemie Expands US Based Cyclodextrin Facility – Sugar Compound Poses No Known Health Risks
June 12, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Cyclodextrin News
Wacker Chemie, the Munich-based chemical company, announced that is has expanded its US based cyclodextrin facility in Eddyville, Iowa. According the the press release issued by Wacker, the new cyclodextrin facility increases the company’s capacity for alpha (α) and beta (β) cyclodextrins by 50 percent and doubles its capacity for gamma (γ) cyclodextrins. Investment in […]
