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September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month

by Annie Beth | Sep 23, 2018 | Local Ministry Updates | 0 Comments

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is best known in the United States as an inherited blood disorder primarily affecting Africans and African-Americans. Current estimates are that one in 500 U.S. African-American births is affected with sickle cell anemia. But, it doesn’t stop...

Psoriasis, What Happens When Skin Cells Mature Too Quickly

by Annie Beth | Aug 27, 2018 | Disability Overview | 0 Comments

Psoriasis is not dandruff. The month of August is Psoriasis Awareness Month, so let’s get that off the table right away. Shampoo from the supermarket won’t do anything. We mention that first because of the roughly 20,000 children under 10 years of age that are...

National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month

by Annie Beth | Jul 12, 2018 | Disability Overview, Hope This Way... | 0 Comments

That is a mouthful as a headline. And that is the point, isn’t it? We are trying to draw attention during National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month in July to the mouth and face. Cleft lip and craniofacial conditions are birth defects that...

Scoliosis Disrupts Physical & Emotional Lives of Children

by Annie Beth | Jun 4, 2018 | Disability Overview | 0 Comments

Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that an estimated 6-9 million people suffer with in America. While that is distressing enough, coping with scoliosis is compounded by the fact that it most often shows up during childhood growth spurts. This is a time...

May Is Awareness Month for Neurofibromatosis, a Disease With 3 Distinct Disorders

by Annie Beth | May 7, 2018 | Disability Overview | 0 Comments

Diagnosed most often in children and young adults, Neurofibromatosis (NF) occurs worldwide and in all races, ethnic groups and both sexes. It does not discriminate. Not a contagious disease, it is best described as a set of complex genetic disorders affecting almost...