Kaiser Denies 2 Siblings Access To Life-Prolonging Care The Bennett's three children Tommy, Hunter and Ciara 2,4, and 6 years old suffer from a rare condition known as sanfilippo syndrome, which causes http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/pr/pr002706.php3
Extractions: CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan 415-633-1320 or 415-305-5890 cell Phone Campaign Announced - Call Kaiser: "Please Pay the Bennetts' Benefits" - TV and Talk-Radio Hosts: Urge Listeners to Call Kaiser OAKLAND, CA. KAISER PERMANENTE HEADQUARTERS All three of John and Alicia Bennett's children have been diagnosed with a fatal genetic disorder. The northern California couples' HMO, Kaiser Permanente, has denied coverage for a treatment that costs $600,000 for each child which may delay the effects of the disease and lengthen and improve the quality of the children's lives. Other insurers have already provided coverage for the treatment. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights announced today a phone campaign urging Americans to call Kaiser to 'Please Pay for the Bennetts' Benefits.' FTCR also asked TV and radio talk show hosts to advise audiences to call Kaiser's corporate headquarters in Oakland California. Nurses representing the California Nurses Association advocated for health care providers and patients to get involved in the effort to save the Bennett children. "In the most advance nation in the world, the lives of two insured children should not depend upon the generosity of strangers, car washes, and fundraisers," said Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "The public can help by calling Kaiser and asking them to review the basis for their current decision and 'Please Pay the Bennetts' Benefits.'"
Extractions: CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan - 415-633-1320 or 415-305-5890 Health Insurer Announces Decision Moments Before FTCR Holds a Press Conference at Kaiser Headquarters OAKLAND, CA. KAISER PEMANENTE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Kaiser Permanente announced its decision to provide a $1 million dollar research grant to Duke University to provide treatment for two children with a rare genetic disorder. FTCR commended Kaiser for the decision delivered to FTCR's Jerry Flanagan and the Bennett family moments before a press conference at the health insurer's headquarters was scheduled to begin. After an impromptu meeting inside the Kaiser headquarters with consumer advocates, senior Kaiser officials, and Bennett family, the emotional and relieved parents announced the Kaiser decision to reporters waiting outside. "Kaiser should be congratulated for providing the Bennett children Tommy and Hunter - the chance to live. This is a step in the right direction for the state's largest insurer," said Jerry Flanagan, Consumer Advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "The fact the Bennett children would have been granted care if they had been enrolled with another insurer means that the state legislature must enact changes that make certain that all California patients have access to comprehensive health care benefits."
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Health Ency.: Disease: Sanfilippo Syndrome sanfilippo syndrome. There is no specific treatment for sanfilippo syndrome. Specificcomplications may respond to conventional treatments as they arise. http://www.austin360.com/shared/health/adam/ency/article/001210trt.html
Extractions: Important notice Ency. home Disease S Sanfilippo syndrome Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Alternative names: Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (subtypes A - B - C-D); Type IIIA = heparan sulfate sulfatase deficiency; Type IIIB = N-acetylglucosaminidase deficiency; Type IIID = N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase deficiency Treatment There is no specific treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome. Specific complications may respond to conventional treatments as they arise. Prognosis Severe retardation is the most important of the clinical problems. IQs may be below 50. Severe cases lead to death before 20 years of age. In a minority of cases, Sanfilippo is compatible with a normal lifespan. The affected person may develop retinal degeneration leading to blindness , or may have seizures Complications Call Your Health Care Provider If: Call your health care provider if your child does not seem to be growing or developing normally.
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Extractions: Important notice Ency. home Disease S Sanfilippo syndrome Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Alternative names: Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (subtypes A - B - C-D); Type IIIA = heparan sulfate sulfatase deficiency; Type IIIB = N-acetylglucosaminidase deficiency; Type IIID = N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase deficiency Symptoms Signs and Tests Ency. home
Sanfilippo Syndrome sanfilippo syndrome. Alternate Names Mucopolysaccharidosis Causes and Risks Sanfilipposyndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is possibly http://www.rwjuhh.net/Atoz/encyclopedia/article/001210.asp
Extractions: Medical Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Disease S -> Sanfilippo syndrome Sanfilippo syndrome Alternate Names: Mucopolysaccharidosis III (A - B - C) Causes and Risks: Sanfilippo syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is possibly the most common of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases. Sanfilippo syndrome has a relatively late onset rather than during the first year of life. It shares, in common with most of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, coarse facial features, decreased mental development that progresses to severe mental retardation , stiff joints, gait disturbances, speech disturbances , and behavioral problems. Unlike Hurler syndrome the cornea is clear, the condition is not as unrelenting, and survival times are longer, often into the twenties or later. Prevention: Genetic counseling is recommended for prospective parents with a family history of Sanfilippo syndrome. Symptoms: Signs and Tests: Treatment: There is no specific treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome.
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Extractions: Summery. OBJECTIVE. To review the results of a multidisciplinary approach on halitosis. DESIGN. Descriptive. SETTING. University Hospital Leuven, Belgium. METHODS. Review of the data on etiology, diagnosis and therapy of halitosis, obtained by a multidisciplinary team consisting of ENT specialists, periodontologists and a psychiatrist. Malodour was confirmed by a halimeter. RESULTS. 491 patients, equally males and females, with a concentration between 20 and 50 years of age were seen. Oral causes (87%) were due to tongue coating (51%), gingivitis (17%), periodontitis (15%) or combinations (17%). The other 13% causes were due to ENT-related problems (4%), both ENT and oral (3%), digestive tract (1%) and presumed psychic (5%). CONCLUSION. Halitosis is a rather unknown medical problem that often can be solved by a multidisciplinary approach. NTvT 1998;
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Extractions: Toggle English Spanish Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Definition: Sanfilippo syndrome is one of the hereditary mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, and it is characterized by the absence of one of several enzymes . These enzymes help the body get rid of a substance normally found outside of our cells called a mucopolysaccharide. This substance is called heparan sulfate, and in Sanfilippo syndrome, large amounts of it are excreted in the urine. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Sanfilippo syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is possibly the most common of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases. Sanfilippo syndrome has a relatively late onset rather than during the first year of life. It shares, in common with most of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, coarse facial features, decreased mental development that progresses to severe
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Extractions: Sanfilippo syndrome Sanfilippo syndrome results from an inherited inability to degrade heparan sulphate, a complex carbohydrate that forms part of connective tissue. The disease has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Physical abnormalities associated with this condition are less pronounced than those observed with other mucopolysaccharidoses, but the mental retardation is usually more severe. Sanfilippo syndrome can be caused by a deficiency of any one of four distinct lysosomal enzymes. The urine from affected individuals contains increased levels of partly-degraded heparan sulphate which, when observed, suggests the diagnosis. A definitive diagnosis requires the demonstration of a deficiency of one of the four enzymes involved in heparan sulphate degradation. At present, our laboratory can only assay one of the four enzymes viz. that which is deficient in Sanfilippo type B. Sample required: Approximately 30ml of freshly-collected urine and 13ml of whole blood (i.e. 6.5ml drawn into two yellow-capped vacutainer tubes, containing ACD anticoagulant), to reach the laboratory within 24 hours of collection. Contact telephone number: Scoline apnoea Scoline apnoea refers to the prolonged period taken by a patient to regain the ability to breath after being given a standard dose of the muscle relaxant, scoline, during surgery. The propensity to have the condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Scoline apnoea is more common in Caucasians because of the increased frequency of the so-called atypical variant of the gene in this group. Individuals at risk, as well as carriers of Scoline apnoea, can be identified by assaying and characterising (dibucane and fluoride numbers) the butyryl cholinesterase present in their serum. Individuals at risk are advised to wear a bracelet with a message alerting health care workers to the danger of administering scoline.
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Extractions: Toggle English Spanish Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Definition: Sanfilippo syndrome is one of the hereditary mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, and it is characterized by the absence of one of several enzymes . These enzymes help the body get rid of a substance normally found outside of our cells called a mucopolysaccharide. This substance is called heparan sulfate, and in Sanfilippo syndrome, large amounts of it are excreted in the urine. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Sanfilippo syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is possibly the most common of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases. Sanfilippo syndrome has a relatively late onset rather than during the first year of life. It shares, in common with most of the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, coarse facial features, decreased mental development that progresses to severe
Help Our Girls Khansa Noor. 4 Years old. Tayyaba and Zarrar Beg's three little girlsAbeerah(6), Khansa (4) and Zahra (2) have been diagnosed with sanfilippo syndrome. http://www.helpourgirls.com/
Extractions: Help Our Girls Help Our Girls SanFilippo? Media EVENTS ... Journal ***SPECIAL REPORT*** Abeerah and Khansa had been removed from their school's attendance roster through the blatant neglect of the Teaneck Board of Education's Special Ed Department. They have chosen to ignore our daughters, their professional responsibilities and above all the laws of the State of New Jersey. More details can be found in the Journal. Today Marks day 106 since Dec. 16th 2002 the day they were informed of their neglect of their responsibilities to our daughters.
Ciara's Sunshine Foundation - Welcome one recently discovered that all three of their children from left, 4year-oldHunter, 2-year-old Tommy and 5-year-old Ciara have sanfilippo syndrome. http://www.goldrush.com/~wlverine/ciara/
Extractions: The Bennett family struggles to cope as all three children have a rare, deadly disease John and Alicia Bennett of I one recently discovered that all three of their children from left, 4-year-old Hunter, 2-year-old Tommy and 5-year-old Ciara have Sanfilippo syndrome. About one in 70,000 babies is afflicted with the genetic disorder, which usually leads to pre-teenage death. The Bennetts are hoping new medical techniques will help their offspring. Sacramento Bee/Anne Chadwick Williams By Cynthia Hubert Bee Staff Writer Ciara is a beautiful 6 year old who was recently diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome. Sanfilippo Syndrome is a mucopolysaccharide disorder and is also known as MPS-III. MPS-III children are missing an enzyme which is essential in the breakdown of the sugar molecules in their bodies. The incomplete broken down sugars remain stored in the cells in the body causing progressive damage. MPS-III is a very rare disorder and only 24,000 babies a year are born with it. Children with Sanfilippo usually don't live past the age of 10-15 years old.
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Extractions: A Heartfelt Presentation Carol L. Roberts, M.A., CCCSLP In November 1997, Laurie Freundschuh, a Scottish Rite Speech/Language Pathologist, was invited to attend the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, and present a A Case Study of Language Development in Sanfilippo Syndrome. This paper was co-authored by Lavonne Levar, Clinic Coordinator at the Robert F. Pierce Clinic at University of MinnesotaDuluth. Laurie was instrumental in the diagnosis of Sanfilippo syndrome for a child, Sara (pictured right), who attends the Scottish Rite Clinic. Sara has been coming to the clinic since she was three years old. She is now six. Sanfilippo syndrome is a rare genetic disease (1 out of 24,000 births) caused by just one mutated gene which controls the enzyme that breaks down a body sugar called heparan sulfate. As a result, unprocessed sugar builds up to poison cells in the brain, a condition that eventually causes death by the time the person affected is in his or her late teens. Tragically, this illness will slowly destroy Saras ability to function. For three years, Laurie has been working against the clock to give Sara the language she needs to communicate with her family and friends. Right now Sara uses complete sentences to communicate her needs. Knowing the future means Sara will lose many acquired skills, including expressive speech and language skills, Laurie has designed a system of communication using a picture book that Sara uses now just for fun.
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