The Immune Deficiency Foundation in partnership with the US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) is awarding Educational Grants to teaching hospitals through the LeBien Visiting Professor Program. 

The Summer 2008 edition of the IDF ADVOCATE is now available HERE.

IDF publishes the ADVOCATE, three times a year.  If you currently don't receive it, contact IDF at 800-296-4433 or idf@primaryimmune.org for a free subscription or to order additional copies.

IDF wants you to swap your usual work place attire for a pair of blue jeans!  Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes is a special project where wearing jeans or hanging-up cutouts of jeans raises money and awareness to fight primary immunodeficiency diseases. 

You can now order an IDF T-shirt, golf shirt, tank top, mug, tote bag and much more, all from the comfort of your home!  IDF will receive a portion of the proceeds for every item purchased from this site.

VISIT THE IDF ONLINE STORE

Q.  I was diagnosed with CVID this year.  I received literature from IDF which included the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) infusion log.  I was told that I should be logging all my infusions, but my nurses tell me that I do not need to, because they keep a record.  I am afraid of upsetting my nurse & doctor, but I would really like to keep a record of all my infusions.  How can I make them understand?

Q.  What immune globulin products are available in the United States?

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