Category: Advocacy and Awareness
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PANS and PANDAS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or Disorders Associated with Streptococcal
PANS and PANDAS are two relatively uncommon and not well-known syndromes that occur in children… PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus. Quite a mouthful! What it represents is disorders that onset after a strep infection causes an autoimmune response that causes neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Most often, this condition will be…
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World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Cerebral Palsy Day is October 6th! Let’s learn a little about these disorders and how we can identify and better understand the disorder. Cerebral palsy is also referred to simply as CP, is a group of disorders that can interfere with a person’s ability to control their movements. This also includes a person’s ability…
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International Day of Non-Violence
Proposed by the United Nation, the International Day of Non-Violence is intended to spread awareness through education and discussion around the need for peace over violence. It is celebrated on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is of course a strong name in the Indian independence movement and a philosophical pioneer of non-violent…
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Outdated Essay: Rhetorical Analysis of High frequency of false positive IgM immunoblots for Borrelia burgdorferi in clinical practice
Original date: March 1, 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article DISTORTED DIAGNOSIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article Published in 2012, the article “High frequency of false positive IgM immunoblots for Borrelia burgdorferi in Clinical Practice” was authored by a handful of reputable doctors…
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Sharing Another’s Journey: People Spotlight on The Tracinator
I love it when people are bold enough to share their journey through life’s challenges. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to start a podcast — to showcase how everyone’s health and healing journey is different and how one size does not fit all. Another reason is because it is so important…
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International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction // Disaster Preparedness
On October 13th, 1989 The United Nation’s General Assembly made a call for an international day to promote risk-awareness and disaster reduction. October 13th was hailed as the “International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.” Disasters can come in many different forms — both natural or artificial. This observed day is dedicated to encouraging a global…
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World Homeless Day
World Homeless Day is an annual day intended to spark conversations about the homeless populations around the world. Unfortunately, our community has suffered a significant rise in the unhoused over the past two years. When the pandemic hit, the ability to work from home made moving to the Comox Valley a desirable plan. Not only…
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Space Week and World Habitat Day
As I will cover homelessness or people who are unhoused next week, I won’t dive too much into the lack of housing for our current population in the community of the Comox Valley and its surrounding municipalities, but I did want to touch on this UN-declared day dedicated to the needs for all people to…
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Is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Different From Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is a collection of physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems that can show up in children who were exposed to alcohol while in utero. FASD may present physically as a smooth philtrum—the are between the nose and upper lip which ascends from the cupid’s bow, a smaller than average head size,…
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