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Learn More About Childhood AutoInflammatory Diseases

Important gains continue to be made in fighting CAID (childhood autoinflammatory diseases).

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These diseases affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 children and vary in symptoms. There is no cure, but new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are being developed daily.

 

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Now you can help. Attend our CAID Education Day.

There you can meet:

•Pediatric rheumatologist April Bingham, MD, a Lehigh Valley Health Network doctor with special interest in CAID

•Lisa Moreno-Dickinson, founder of StopCAIDNow and author of the book Hero in Me*

•Other families affected by CAID

•Former Philadelphia Eagle Mike Quick, a spokesperson for StopCAIDNow

*Each family will receive a signed, complimentary copy of Ms. Moreno-Dickinson’s book.

 

 

 

 

Refreshments will be provided. Please call 610-402-CARE to register.

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