| Family First: Fighting Brain Cancer | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 7:02:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jenn Beezwanger was enjoying her first week at Penn State when she had a grand mal seizure and was diagnosed with cancer at 18. After three brain surgeries, radiation and a stem cell transplant she died at 22 years old. To help other children fighting this devastating disease her family created the Beez Foundation. CBS 2s Cindy Hsu spoke with Susan Giardina, Jennifer's mother and Co-Founder of the foundation about ways parents can help each other get through these troubling times.Tell me about Jennifer and her fight against brain cancer.I know as Jenns Mother I am somewhat biased, but Jennifer had a very special love of life. People who had just met my daughter would approach me to compliment me on how warm and caring she was, and how proud I must be to have her as my daughter. Her psychologist, upon first meeting Jenn actually gushed and said I love this girl! Jenn had a very traumatic childhood due to major differences with her biological father.... | |
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| | | Tressed-out: Women cope with agony of thinning hair | | Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 9:03:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's the thing that defines you - the red curls or the spiky blond 'do or the sun-streaked brown mane - and now it's disappearing down the drain. No, hair loss isn't life-threatening, and yes, there's far worse happening in the world. You know that. But if you're a woman, it can be life-altering, and it often happens at the stage when you're also facing menopause and wrinkles and the clearing out of your college child's bedroom to make space for an aging parent. .... | |
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| | | Audrey's angels | | Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:04:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | An ancient symbol of unity, wholeness and female power adorns the green dining-room walls of a Westgate home. Lee Hopkins has created a circle of good will to support her partner, Audrey Luthringer. The circle developed after Lee phoned Lisa Vogel, co-founder of the Michigan Womyns Music Festival, with news of Audreys dire condition. Many of the festivals 5,000 attendees know Audrey because she has annually worked on the transportation team, shuttling women from the airport to the campsite 100 miles north of Grand Rapids. Thats how she met Lee. Vogel sent e-mails around the world about Audreys struggle, and responses flooded Lees e-mail account. Theyre still arriving, along with cards and letters. One e-mail came from Iran, another from New Zealand. Martha in Germany sent a card: "Dear Audrey, I am really sorry that you are having such a difficult time.... | |
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| | | Hair Transplant Surgeon Is Named 'Best Doctor' for Seventh Year | | Posted Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:21:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Robert M. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.A.D., pioneer of the hair transplant technique, follicular unit transplantation, has been selected as one of New York Magazine's "Best Doctors" for the seventh year in a row. NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) June 21, 2006 -- This special annual issue of New York Magazine presents the findings of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., A New York City research and information company which publishes the guidebook, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. The physicians included in NY Magazine are representative of the top 2 percent of New York area doctors. Castle Connolly selected pioneering hair transplant surgeon Dr. Bernstein through a peer-review process of 12,000 nomination forms to medical professionals in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Rockland County, Westchester County, and parts of Connecticut and New Jersey including randomly selected board-certified doctors, and vice-presidents of medicine and chiefs of service in every hospital in the NY area.... | |
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