Holy Toledo, What a Find! Video Talks on Brain Tumors From Moffitt Neuro-Oncology Program

Designed for patients and care-givers, here is just a sample of what you can see!  For those interested in natural healing of benign meningiomas, look at the presentations on nutrition and benign brain tumors.
The complete listing can be found at:  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Brain Tumor Talks.
Brain Tumor Talks Presentations
 The following videos require the [...]

Can nutrition really fight brain tumors?

Jeanne Wallace, PhD, a nutritional consultant for brain tumor patients and lecturer for the Brain Tumor Society, says “yes”.
In an article written for the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Feb-Mar 2005, Dr. Wallace and Bill Asenjo describe the story of a woman who had a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM IV), the most aggressive of brain tumors.
This [...]

She’s an oldddd maiddd…

I am a tall, slender, 51-year-old woman who is sort of in a mid-life crisis! Who can explain it, you just “hit the wall” when you hit your fifties and realize that you want to look good and feel good and you just don’t.
I was in a spiritual logjam, as well, just stuck. No matter [...]

The tragic story of a girl who did not get regular PAPs

I was asked by my church Relief Society to take a meal to someone last night. As a former Relief Society President, myself, I knew this girl from working with her two years ago.
Amanda (not her real name) is in her early 30’s, mentally ill, destitute, and (thankfully) the state finally took her children away. [...]

Bioflavonoids inhibit estrogen?

I read this last year and ignored it, but it has surfaced again. Apparently, with all the great supplements I’ve been taking that have various indications that they inhibit uterine fibroid growth and/or shrink existing fibroids, I missed one very essential component: Bioflavonoids.
A bottle of Bioflavonoids cost a whoppin’ $7.85 at the health [...]

My fitness plan exposed a problem-with-a-solution: exercise-induced asthma

I started working out with a personal trainer six weeks ago (an AMAZING personal trainer, by the way).  I was slender but very sedentary and way out of shape.  As we started increasing the level of effort in my routine, I started feeling faint about 20-30 minutes into our workouts.  He’s very good and watches [...]

What the Mayo Clinic said about Meningioma

This comes from the October 2007 Symposium on Solid Tumors.  I have bolded what was interesting to me.
An estimated 43,800 new cases of benign and malignant brain
tumors are diagnosed annually in the United States, including
3410 cases in children and adolescents. Of these patients,
approximately 12,760 will die. The incidence of
brain tumors is 14.8 per 100,000 person-years, [...]

Timber Dick passed away on April 10, 2008

Timber Dick has been in my prayers ever since I heard of his terrible car accident two weeks ago. 
His family befriended a dear friend of mine when she first moved to the United States and she considers them to be her parents.  Indeed, they have folded her into their family as if she were one [...]

A Must Read: The Healing Power of a Wholesome Diet for Brain Tumor Patients

I stumbled across this article on nutrition and once again, it supports the theories that I’ve been following for the past nine months, right down to including indole-3-carbinol!! Hooray!
This comes from Jeanne M. Wallace, PhD, CNC:
First, review all dietary changes with your physician.
Second, this is not a cure, it’s a complementary strategry to support [...]

Famous Brain Tumor Patients and Survivors

This comes from the National Brain Tumor Organization website:
Each year approximately 190,000 people in the United States and 10,000 people in Canada will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor. Breakdown:

An estimated 43,800 new cases of primary malignant and non-malignant tumors***
An estimated 150,000 cases are brain metastases (this is an approximation as the [...]