When I first heard of the medication Ondansetron, I couldn’t help but think about how its name sounded like a character from the Transformers movies. While this medication doesn’t fight space aliens or have a special effects budget, it does hold the capacity to TRANSFORM lives. How might you ask?Methotrexate is a [...]
Thanks to the generous support of our donors, we are very excited to now be recruiting for our second International Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology in the Brown Lab (http://kbrownlab.ca) at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. Read below to hear from our first fellow, Dr. Lovro Lamot, a Pediatric Rheumatologist from Zagreb, Croatia, [...]
C+F Research Partner Highlight: The Brown Lab at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver, BC. With your help, Cassie + Friends has now invested nearly $500,000 in the Brown Lab in support of their work to discover less invasive tests and more precise treatments for children affected by juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, [...]
Day 1 Under clear skies and magnificent views of the Lake Louise Glacier an intrepid group of riders representing Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico and The Netherlands started the 2019 UCAN Ride4Kids. Attendants to the Childhood Arthritis and Beyond Conference enthusiastically bid farewell to the riders and after an inspiring speech by David Porte, Chairman [...]
Parents, we hear you! Help us prepare your child and YOU for JIA and JIA treatment-related pain. If you are like most parents in our community, pain, medications (giving medications, side effects, etc) and associated mental health issues are some of your TOP concerns for your child with arthritis. And while you recognize treatments [...]
Team Cassie and Friends will be participating in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge Run/Walk on June 24th. Wondering what this day is all about? Here are some frequently asked questions to put your mind at ease and help you get registered before race fees go up on May 18th! What happens on race day? Race day is full of excitement! Meet at our charity booth [...]
On Thursday, April 19th, the members of the Cassie and Friends Society Board, youth leaders and parent volunteers came together for our Annual General Meeting. We are excited to share the report provided by Cassie and Friends' Co-Founder and Board Chair, David Porte, outlining the amazing things we've been able to achieve this past [...]
One of the hardest and most nerve-wracking decisions for children and teens with juvenile arthritis (also called juvenile idiopathic arthritis) and their parents is deciding when to stop medicines. The doctors from Pediatric Rheumatology at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada are working with other researchers based at Rutgers University (NJ) and from [...]
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