Howie D Visits Child Patients
Source:Yahoo News
BOSTON (AP) - Howie D of the Backstreet Boys spent some time with patients at Children's
Hospital to help raise awareness of the disease lupus.
Howie D joined patients and doctors on Sunday to promote a newly formed alliance that will make it easier for patients to
participate in medical research. The singer founded the Dorough Lupus Foundation after his sister, Caroline, died from the
disease.
The foundation has teamed up with Veritas Medicine, an online resource providing information on clinical trials and
treatment for lupus and more than 50 other diseases.
The singer signed autographs and talked to patients, some of whom were overwhelmed with emotion.
``It just brings a good feeling to my heart to come back out here and visit these sometimes-sick patients and bring a little
happiness to their lives,'' he said.
Lupus is a disease that causes the immune system to attack the body's own tissue. It mostly affects women between the
ages of 15 and 44.