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Kristi Wees – Patient Advocate
Chief Patient Advocacy Officer, Empowered Medical Advocacy
Kristi Wees received her bachelors degree in chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University where she was one of the inaugural graduates of the Schreyer’s Honors College. She went on to complete her masters degree studies at UCLA in Chemistry. Utilizing her extensive industrial, academic and research experience, as well as, hands on medical and clinical know-how, Kristi navigated her own daughter’s medical journey back to restored health. Through this process, Kristi became a passionate advocate for all children no matter what the diagnosis and all of her work is founded on the belief that every family deserves the best quality of life together with their child.
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Ebook Published: Top 10 Tests for PANS, PANDAS and Autoimmune Encephalitis
We are excited to announce the launch of our newest ebook: The Top 10 Tests for PANS, PANDAS and Autoimmune Encephalitis When your child exhibits symptoms such as irritability, aggression, OCD, Tics, eating restrictions or urinary accidents all we want to do as parents is help them feel better and smile again. Our parental ‘red …
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ABC’s of Autism: M is for Mitochondria
M is for Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Mito-what you may be asking yourself. Take a moment and go back to high school biology class… remember that oval looking “organelle” in the cell with the squiggly lines- those little guys are your MITOCHONDRIA and they make energy to power every cell (except red blood cells) in your body! …
ABC’s of Autism: L is for Lactic Acid
What is Lactic Acid? Chance are you have heard of it from runners, specifically long-distance runners or those who run marathons. Lactic acid is the chemical responsible for the ‘burn’ that is felt when muscles are strained for a long time, such as is running for long distances. Many people confuse Lactic acid and Lactose… …