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The Story of Helen Moss

When I first discovered my cancer, I very naively felt that I could be just like Bruce Willis' character in 'Die Hard' and that I would fight this cancer off and be victorious. However, the treatment pulled me down and 'fighting' or that mind set drained my energy.

Read the rest of Helen's story here.

Board of Trustees

Helen Moss, Managing Trustee
Carole Adrine
Gregory R. Bean, Esq
Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell
Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D.
Dale H. Cowan, MD, JD,
Ensign Cowell
Stanton L. Gerson, M.D.
Betty Ann Helms
Jim Moss, Esq
John Moss
Peter Osenar
Timothy Resor, E.A.
Stephen Sagar, MD
Michael Weiss, MD, PhD
Robert J Ronis, M.D., M.P.H.
Wulf Utian, MD

Trustees Emeriti

Nathan Berger, MD
Barbara Peterson Ruhlman

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Dr. Sagar, President SIO, Spoke in Chautauqua and Chautauqua-in-Chagrin, July 2009

sagar Stephen Sagar, President of the Society for Intergrative Oncology, spoke both at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, as well as at Chautauqua-in-Chagrin 2009, a summer series that brings world-renowned speakers from the famed Chautauqua Institution to Chagrin Falls. The special lecture was titled "We are More Than the Sum of Our Parts! Integrative Health, Synergy and the Transcendence of Holism-A Biolgical Persective." Helen Moss Breast Cancer Research Foundation was one of the sponsors in bringing Dr. Sagar these venues.

Integrative Medicine and how it fits into the proposed and developing new national health care plan

ESU Talk 3-13-09

Recently, Helen gave talk at the English Speaking Union (ESU). Included below is a full transcript of the presentation.

“President Obama has begun his presidency pressing for action on comprehensive health care reform. He has stressed the urgency of reining in skyrocketing health care costs straining the budgets of families, businesses, and Federal and state governments.

Mr. Obama has decided to let Congress thrash out the details with the White House providing guidance along the way. Leaders in Congress, many far more versed in the issues than the president is, will have to step in and fashion an effective bill. If they falter, Mr. Obama will need to step in with a clear vision and vigorous leadership.

February 28, 2009 - First Ever Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public

Helen Moss and trustee Jim Moss attended the first ever Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public at the National Academy of Medicine in Washington D.C. sponsored by the National Institute of Medicine. Jim Moss wrote a report on the summit, the report is below.

Jim Moss

Trailblazer Helen Moss founded Breast Cancer Foundation- Currents Magazine

The following article has been reprinted from the Currents website. The article can be read in its original format by following this link.

By KATHRYN RIDDLE

When she was five years old, Helen Moss ran away to school; of course, she was sent home.

February 2009 - Chagrin Valley Times published a full front page picture of Helen Moss

When:	February 2009
What:	“Currents” newspaper of the Chagrin Valley Times published a full front page picture of Helen Moss entitled “Mind, Body, and Spirit and on the first page of the second section printed a half-page story by Kathryn Riddle of Helen’s life and accomplishments, lauding her for founding the Helen Moss Breast Cancer Research Foundation.