Autoimmune Disorders

Jeremiah and his family have been participating in the FLIGHT™ Study for a number of months. Here is a short video where you can get to know a little more about Jeremiah and his wonderful family. Jeremiah completed his baseline assessments and is ... Read More

Jeremiah has begun his baseline assessments. This means that his parents and the FLIGHT™ Study team are busy collecting biosamples (blood, urine, stool, saliva) and also visiting a variety of local clinicians. Some of the clinical visits include a visit ... Read More

Meet Jeremiah and his family, the second participants in the Documenting Hope FLIGHT™ Study. Jeremiah is 7 years old, plays all kinds of sports and likes to use his scooter and hang out with neighborhood friends. He has an older ... Read More

While naltrexone is a decades-old pharmaceutical that is used to manage alcohol and opiate addiction at doses of 50-100mg, low-dose naltrexone (LDN) is commonly given at dosages of 0.5-6.0 mg. At this lower dosage, LDN is typically prescribed off-label to ... Read More

In this post, Carla Atherton, Director of the Healthy Family Formula, relates how she discovered that functional medicine has better answers for why her daughter developed type 1 diabetes. What Are We Missing in Conventional Care for Type 1 Diabetes? ... Read More

Children with autism have autoimmunity, and, as a result, autism is an autoimmune disorder. This article discusses the link between autoimmunity and autism. What Is Autoimmunity? Autoimmunity is a unique immune response that is very common in our modern world ... Read More

In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN discusses the role of IgG allergies and symptoms of autism, ADHD, asthma, autoimmune disorders and more. Food Allergies More Common Intolerance to certain foods, especially gluten (wheat related grains) and casein (milk ... Read More

What Is the Documenting Hope Project? The Documenting Hope Project is a multi-year research and media initiative to scientifically demonstrate that children can get better from chronic conditions including autism, ADHD, allergies, asthma, autoimmune disease and many more conditions currently ... Read More

Shepherd’s remarkable story first appeared in The New York Times several years ago. Shepherd was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at age three. He had trouble walking and difficulty getting out of bed. Doctors told him he would always be ... Read More