Brain Tumor News!
Note: The comments under each article title are the opinion of our president, Al Musella, DPM,
and do not reflect official policy of the Musella Foundation!
01/28/02
Worlds come together in Copley
(Akron Beacon Journal)
... the project after having what she describes as a religious experience while recovering from
brain tumor surgery in 1996. Full story at Akron Beacon Journal ...
01/24/02
Childhood Cancer Exposes a Weak Spot
(HealthSCOUT)
A poorly understood type of childhood
brain cancer has a unique molecule signature that may point to which therapies could best fight it, says new research.
01/24/02
Report: Cancer Suit Settled for $13.2M
(AP)
... whose 22-year-old son, Michael, suffers from neuroblastoma, a rare type of
tumor. ''The numbers do not reflect in any way what the families and the children went through,......Leukemia,
brain cancers and central nervous system cancer all occurred at higher-than-normal rates,...
01/21/02
Grandma Pushes for Kids' Eye Exams
(AP)
The signs of cancer were in the photos. The chubby, golden-haired toddler wore a big smile as he sat on Santa's lap. But unknown to his family, the white dot captured on film in his right eye was a
tumor reflecting light.
01/19/02
Cakewalk: Thank You, and Good Night
(L.A. Weekly)
But there was more. Over the months and then years, my sister, through her secretary, Juliana, reported complications and subsequent poor recoveries in hospitals where the nephew was alone and too often unattended. Steroid treatments were blowing him up, and he had gone completely blind. This past year, Vincent had grown another
tumor, this time on the
brain stem, and a local cadre of surgeons had decided not to operate. Keith Black had decided the same thing. Vincent sang to himself to keep up his spirits. He wanted to go to school, but the isolation of the reservation and a lack of money made things difficult. Juliana visited him faithfully, bringing homemade tamales or zucchini bread or other things her sister Hope, the boy’s mother, might be able to sell on the reservation. She brought extra money if she had it. My sister and I went from feeling deeply, helplessly sorry to being outraged about the whole thing. The wild injustice of the
tumor became, by tacit agreement, our story. Our initial mist of mutual concern about a likely newspaper clipping quickly condensed into a name — Vincent Hinman — and a presence that assumed a regular place in our daily exchanges about the world and the people we knew. We both became soundly vested in the terrifying fortunes of someone we had never met.
01/16/02
Ex-Olympic Skater Seybold-Catron To Have Tumor Removed
(WRTV TheIndyChannel.com)
Former Olympic figure skater Kim Seybold-Catron, who carried the Olympic flame in Indianapolis during a relay last week, will undergo surgery in March to remove a non-malignant
brain tumor.
01/10/02
Graphic Cigarette Pack Labels Curb Canadian Habit
(Reuters)
Graphic images of lung
tumors and bloody, diseased gums emblazoned on Canadian cigarette packs have made smokers more likely to try to quit, said a government-funded study released Wednesday.
01/09/02
Graphic Cigarette Pack Labels Curb Habit
(Reuters)
Graphic images of lung
tumors and bloody, diseased gums emblazoned on Canadian cigarette packs have made smokers more likely to try to quit, said a government-funded study released on Wednesday.
01/08/02
Stem Cells May Treat Parkinson's
(AP)
Embryonic stem cells injected into the
brain corrected the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats by transforming into neurons that made dopamine, a key
brain chemical.
01/08/02
Serotonin-Enhancing Drugs Could Trigger Stroke
(HealthSCOUT)
Combinations of certain drugs that enhance the body's serotonin levels, including antidepressants, migraine therapies and diet pills, can trigger a stroke by narrowing blood vessels in the
brain, a new study says.
01/08/02
Stem Cell Transplant Improves Parkinson's in Rats
(Reuters)
In a finding that raises hope for better treatment for Parkinson's disease, scientists have shown that embryonic stem cells transplanted into rat
brains can differentiate to form the type of
brain cells that are destroyed by the neurological disease.
