Rare Disease Day 2012 – Spread This Call To Action To Make A Difference!

World Rare Disease Day 2012 is coming up on February 29th.  Consider these staggering statistics. Each year, 139 BILLION U.S. dollars are invested in medical research — much of it from tax payers Each year, 800,000 papers are published in medical journals by scientists Each year on average, ONLY 21 new drugs are approved by […]

Meet The Children Who Are Resistant To Contracting Ebola, HIV-AIDS

My life grows more surreal by the day. Four years ago, I was told that my eight year old identical twins have a fatal genetic cholesterol disease called Niemann Pick Type C (the “Childhood Alzheimer’s”) and they would likely not live to see their 10th birthday. Now I have learned from top virus scientists that […]

National Institues of Health Announces Cyclodextrin Clincial Trial For Fatal Cholesterol Disease Called Niemann Pick Type C

Over the past three years, many Niemann Pick Type C families as well as physicians treating NPC patients worldwide have contacted Dr. Caroline Hastings and I regarding Addi and Cassi’s treatments with hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin. Since sharing our intravenous (IV) and intrathecal (IT) cyclodextrin treatment protocols with NPC families and doctors in the U.S. and other countries, […]

CureCaps Hat Project Makes First Medical Research Grants To Leading Alzheimer’s and Athersclerosis Researchers

Soon after Addi and Cassi were diagnosed with a fatal genetic cholesterol disease called Niemann Pick Type C disease, we organized a grassroots effort to collect “CureCaps” from volunteers around the world and sell them to help raise money for research into brain diseases that impact millions of people worldwide. We want to report to […]

Cholesterol and Autism – Can Eggs In The Diet Save the Autistic Brain? Will SLOS Provide Clues To Autism?

Will it be the Mom’s and Dad’s with children with autism who will finally help educate the public on how serious cholesterol is when it comes to brain function in children? This week researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center announced they are studying whether a simple nutritional intervention – adding cholesterol to the […]

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