Helen Moss Breast Cancer Research Foundation
News and Events

 

October 2007

New Grant at Case Western Reserve University Medical School

The foundation has established a its first major grant, in the amount of $100,000 grant for Case Western Reserve University Medical School to provide annually a nationally known speaker in integrative Medicine for medical professionals in Northeast Ohio as well as the general public.

Upcoming - Seventh Annual Event November 1, 2007

The Foundation is hosting its Seventh Annual Tea Party and Fundraiser this November in Bratenahl. Hear our speaker of the year, Dr. Peter Johnstone, President of the
Society of Integrated Oncology and Chair and William A. Mitchell Professor in the
Department of Radiation Oncology at Indiana University

All members and donations this year will go specifically to support the new grant.
Any donor who gives $5,000 or more will be listed on the grant. An anonymous donor
has pledged a $10,000 challenge grant that must be matched by a single donor.

Our message as it relates to this year’s speaker—the foundation believes the
public deserves to know the status and progression of integrative Medical or CAM
(conventional and Alternative Medicine) in all major medical centers in the country.

The Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO), of which Dr. Johnstone is president, brings
together these centers at an annual conference of medical professionals who, in turn,
help you, the patient and families. He will inform you.

Foundation Board of Trustees:
Managing Trustee, Helen F. Moss; Carol Adrine: Gregory Bean, esq.: Nathan Berger,
MD; Rev. Dr Joan Campbell; Paul C. Feingold, Fran Goldman, Ph.D.; Betty Ann Helms,
esq; James Moss, esq; John Moss; Barbara Ruhlman; Wulf H. Utian, MD, Ph.D;
Michael Weiss, MD; Ph.D, Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D., Dale Cowan, M.D., J.D.

For more information on attending this event, please see our invitation.

 

Upcoming - Fourth International SIO Conference November 15-17, 2007

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December 7, 2006

Helen's 70th Birthday Party and Fundraiser
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November 9 - 11, 2006
SIO 3rd International Conference

The Society for Integrative Oncology is pleased to announce that it will be holding its Third International Conference in Boston, Massachusetts at the John B. Hynes Memorial Veterans Convention Center on November 9 - 11, 2006. Dr. Peter A.S. Johnstone, of Emory University in Atlanta, will serve as Program Chair for this exciting program. read more...

 

2006 Cleveland Clinic Palliative Medicine Symposium

Helen Moss will be attending this conference sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic on March 23-25 and will have a booth. Also say that Palliative Medicine program at the Cleveland Clinic is one of the best in the country and she has the highest regard for Dr. Declan Walsh’s leadership in this area.

“For the last 5 ½ years since I learned of my cancer and finished the mainstream treatments, I have considered myself to be in some ways, “hospice” in that I have done things to prolong my life, hoping that I might stay alive as long as possible. I am a candidate for “palliative” care, but not just yet. So much has been done in this area that can also be used by people undergoing chemotherapy and radiation with their aftereffects.

As we all know, there are side effects to the traditional treatments. For the third time I have a broken rib because of the brittleness of my ribs as a result of the radiation. I felt sorry for myself today, but feel a lot better since I took an Aleve. I avoid medication as much as possible, but sometimes it is a real welcome. There is nothing to do about a broken rib, except to reduce the pain in order to function and wait until it heals. I take lots of hot baths to alleviate my stress. Well, I am functioning and feeling a little happier.

I will write a report on this Conference to share with you.” -- Helen

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