Kristen is a junior and soon to be senior at Christopher Newport University. She has an Associate’s Degree in graphic design, and is working toward her Bachelors in Fine Arts focusing in graphic design. Kristen has a passion for animals and art, and in her spare time likes to paint, or design on the computer as well as playing with her dog Mr. Pickles. Kristen is happy to be moving on to a new chapter of her life soon, getting married at the end of May 2016 and graduating in April 2017.
While you are traveling on your summer vacation, you should stop to help raise awareness for IPF this September. Take a picture of yourself at a popular destination and use…
Count your blessings, today and Everyday, It is a blessing just to breathe. Sometimes life moves so fast you can forget to count your blessings. Really it is a blessing…
DBHD or Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase Deficiency, is a very rare condition that has only been diagnosed in 20 people. It affects the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary body functions like the regulation…
Glomerulonephritis is a disease where the Glomeruli, located in the kidneys, are damaged, keeping them from properly filtering waste and fluids from the body. Often times, the cause for this…
Life is hard, Breathing should be the easy part. Breathing should be the easiest thing to do in life. It is an automatic body function that we do without thought.…
IPF Awareness Month is this September! Go to these links to get involved: Blowing Soap Bubbles #BlueUp4PF Proclaim it for your city or state. #WhereInTheWorldIsIPF Here are some links for…
Where in the world is IPF? To help raise awareness for IPF this September, take a picture of yourself at a popular destination and use that location to help raise…
You're probably thinking "Yes, I would like to know what that causes... but first of all, what the heck is TFAP2B?" TFAP2B is a gene that has a hand in…
There are only a handful of people in the entire world with Char Syndrome. Char Syndrome happens when a person is born with mutations in the TFAP2B gene, which hinders the…
Eisenmenger Syndrome is a condition that occurs in some people who were born with heart defects. Sometimes those defects will cause a hole in the heart to be formed which causes…
That should be easy right? Unfortunately for some, like those with IPF, it is not that simple. Their lungs produce scar tissue that prevents the body from getting the oxygen…
Just bringing some awareness to a disease you may not have heard of, especially since it only effects 1 in 2 million people. It's called Acquired Hypoprothrombinemia. This happens when the…
This September #BlueUp4PF! September is IPF Awareness Month. Show your support and help by taking a picture of yourself sporting as much blue as possible and sharing it with the…
When it Rains look for rainbows. When it's dark Look for stars. Just some positive words for those going through rough times. It may seem like everything is dark now,…
Acquired Hypoprothrombinemia is a disease that only effects about 1 in 2 million people. A.H. is when the body is lacking the protein Prothrombin that synthesizes Vitamin K and causes blood…
IPF or Idiomatic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a disease that causes scarring and stiffness in the lungs making it hard for the lungs to move oxygen into the bloodstream, the brain…
This September is IPF Awareness Month. Write to your governor, mayor or city council member and proclaim it for your city or state. Bring your community together and make a…
This September is IPF Awareness Month. The slogan this year for IPFWorld.com is Breath of Hope! Help raise awareness by Blowing Soap Bubbles, or dress up in blue and post…
September is IPF Awareness Month. Take a picture of yourself blowing bubbles and share them to help the cause! Use #IPF and #IPFWorld and challenge the world to join in!…
It is my sincere hope that everyone has a life full of moments that are so great they take your breath away and remain in your memory forever. Unfortunately there are…
With less than 200,000 cases per year, Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (or Neonatal RDS) occurs when a child's lungs have not fully developed and are lacking the substance surfactant, which helps…
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder. Hematopoietic stem cells are developed in the bone marrow, where they grow and eventually develop into red blood cells, white…
You may not recognize what ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is, you may recognize it as Lou Gherig's Disease, or that disease that Stephen Hawking has. It is a terrible disease that…
You may not know this but Shakespeare's signature is super rare, there are only six known authentic signatures of his in the world. You know what else is rare? People…
Mycosis Fungoides is a rare type of lymphoma cancer. Most often, it causes skin lesions called patches that are flat, scaly, pink or red areas on the skin that can be…
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