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Not So Rare | Rare Disease Day February 28 2011

Rare Disease Day 2011 Definition of Rare Disease: “A rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population.” (wikipedia) After all why would we refer to “rare disease” as rare when in fact we all are […]

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Video Project for Niemann-Pick Disease 2011

This year we are preparing a video series with our partnership with Cisco, the makers of the Flip Camcorder . Over the next few months we will be reaching out to families affected by Niemann-Pick Type C and Niemann-Pick disease as a whole and will be taking […]

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Video: What is Niemann-Pick Type C disease? Can you share?

We have put together a short video of Brisan and Parker Stults to help raise awareness through social media outlets. The upcoming 2011 year should bring hopefully other insightful videos that can be shared with our friends, family, coworkers, and complete strangers. The whole object with any […]

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Desmopressin (DDVAP) Infusions for Platelet Dysfunction Disorder

Brisan and Parker Stults are our two eldest sons’. In combination with Niemann-Pick Type C disease they also have an underlying Platelet Dysfunction Disorder that when they bleed they have a severe delayed clotting time. Essentially the clot won’t stick and creates a very time consuming situation […]

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We’re Famous, Almost | Palm Connections and Mashable

Niemann-Pick Children’s Fund was featured on Mashable.com through Palm Connections. This is huge because literally thousands upon thousands aggregate news and read these publications. A few months back I ran across an opportunity on Facebook to submit an application to be apart of Palm Connections. They wanted […]

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