Matthew Lesko who is TV’s best known personality who genuinely seeks to educate the American pubic about available grant opportunities, will be attending our Vegas Casino night on November 11, 2011 at the Hilliard Art Gallery. You may best know him as providing detailed information on how to apply for government grants that most people are unaware of due to the lack of publicity.
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Gavin and His Mother’s Heartbreaking Story
Kristen and Fernando Lopez have 3 children from Little Elm, Texas. Gavin there oldest son has Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Recently they were on the TV show The Doctors talking about their guilt about having a child with Niemann-Pick Type C. This is very normal to have these feelings because we as parents love our children so much that we want to fix them even with a rare disease. The show was focusing around Overcoming Guilt. Continue Reading
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 affected by disease? At some point in our life we have heard of someone or even have known a person who has suffered with a rare disease. To put into perspective what a rare disease means here are some statistics from WrongDiagnosis.com:
Prevalance of Rare diseases: about 25 million Americans (ORD); each disease less than 200,000 Americans by definition.
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 10 or 9.19% or 25 million people in USA [about data]
How many times have you been looking for something at your house but you accidentally find something you previously were missing? Wouldn’t it be a shame if the prize you were seeking was within reach but you discounted that it could be that easy? What if understanding Niemann-Pick Type C disease opened up the door to help millions of Americans with other disorders involving cholesterol? Of course nothing in life is easy nor will it always be within reach. With being human comes the tendency to make oversights. Continue Reading
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