I wanted to let you know that I took some advice from the 2010 Annual Meeting! When I came home, I had an appointment with my oral surgeon (a professor at the University of Michigan). I was discussing the meeting…

If you turn on a light switch for a room to illuminate it and then the television, do they both use the same amount of electricity? The answer is no, they do not. It felt as if a small village…

We’re fresh off of the delight of connecting with everyone available at the Annual Meeting (AM) in Philadelphia. Read more in this issue and visit our website at www.pemphigus.org/2010AM for additional materials. The IPPF capstone project for 2010 is documenting…

Three years ago a joint task force of the IPPF comprised of expert members of our Medical Advisory Board, Janet Segall (IPPF Founder) and Centric Health Resources (a Missouri based company dedicated to improving the quality of life for people…

At the 2010 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia there were many patients and doctors who have consistently attended the meetings as much for fellowship as for information. There were also patients who were newly diagnosed and needed basic education on pemphigus/pemphigoid.…

I’ll wager that when your automobile’s “check engine” indicator flashes on, you quickly get your car into the repair shop. So why, when my personal “check engine” light flashed, did I ignore it? When I was diagnosed with Pemphigus Vulgaris…

This year’s annual meeting in Philadelphia was again a huge success because of the tremendous amount of information, knowledge, research and hope made available to patients and caregivers. It was also a family reunion for some of the regular attendees…