Newsletter 2000

March - June - September - December - Research Report

VHL Family Forum, ISSN 1066-4130 Volume 8, Number 1
March  2000      Download a printable copy of this issue

• Laparoscopic Cryoablation for RCC, by Andrew C. Novick, M.D.

• Ingredients for a Good Surgical Outcome, by Emma K., Australia

• Pansies for Hope

• Art Contest!  Calendar 2001, and new T-shirt design

• Frameless Stereotaxy, by P.W.A. Willems, F. J. Hes, and C.A.F. Tulleken

• If I had my life to live over, by Erma Bombeck

• Chapter News: New York

• Altheada's Story, by Altheada Johnson, New York

• Gene Repair in rats raises hope, by Penny Stern, M.D.

• Hormones and VHL

• Banning Genetic Discrimination

• Adaptive Technology, by Edmund D. Kiselica, Florida

• 2000 Grants

• Trichlorethylene Exposure, by Hiltrud Brauch et al.

• Disabilities and Work

• Conference 2000!

VHL Family Forum, ISSN 1066-4130 Volume 8, Number 2
June  2000      Download a printable copy of this issue

• First in the Family: VHL Mosaicism, by Lindsay Middelton and Dr. Gladys Glenn

• Ask the Family

• Ask the Experts

• The Spouse, by Richard H., Denmark

• Resources: Hot Braille, Gift of Pain, Capitol Hill

• Happy Father's Day

• Thank you

• Pansies for Hope

• Getting Help with Depression, by Dan Kavanaugh, NIH

• Sleep, a poem by Rob W., Minnesota

• To the School Nurse, by Camille Wendekier, Pennsylvania

• Chapter News: Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Wisconsin

• Conference 2000! - earlybird deadline June 28

VHL Family Forum ISSN 1066-4130 Volume 8, Number 3
September 2000      Download a printable copy of this issue

• The Human Genome has been Sequenced, Now What?  by Virginia Michels, M.D., Mayo Clinic

  • Dr. Patrick Maxwell, Oxford University, on HIF-1

• Consensus Meeting

"Health is not static; it is normal to lose it periodically in order to come back to it in a better way." -- Andrew Weil, M.D.

• It's All in Your Head, by Elizabeth B., Alabama

• Teamwork for Health, report from the Minnesota meeting

  • Welcome, Henrietta!

• Cooking Tumors to Zap Cancer, by Bonnie Flock

• Happy Birthday to Vic!

• A Time to Walk, by Jay Platt, Georgia

• Gifts That Keep on Giving

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. --Nicholas Murray Butler

VHL Family Forum, ISSN 1066-4130 Volume 8, Number 4
December 2000      Download a printable copy of this issue

• Q&A About DNA Testing, by Vicki Couch, M.S., Minnesota

  • Where to find the best DNA testing?

• Ask the Experts: about Scanning

• Information is Power to Protect, by Emily and Laurie, Minnesota

• Warburg and Glycolysis, by Dr. Peter Maxwell, Oxford, England

• Smoking and Depression

• We've Come a Long Way! by Susan McGuire

• Predisposed -- Not Inevitable! by Tara E. and Joyce G.

• What to do with Tofu? by Nakao K., Japan

• Ask the Experts: about Regaining your Balance

• Instructions for Life

• Juliet Yuen Hsia, by James M. Lamiell, M.D.

• My Daughter Saved my Life, by Tim N., California

• Progress in Spain and South America

• Meet us in Palo Alto!

VHL Family Forum, ISSN 1066-4130 Volume 8, Number 5
Research Report 2000      Download a printable copy

• New Hope, from Don M., Vice Chair, VHL Family Alliance

• New Drugs, from Dr. Adrian Harris, Oncologist, Oxford, England

• 2000 Research Grants Awarded to William Rigby, Maria Czezyk-Krzeska, and Shahriar Koochekpour

• Let's do it again!

• Information is Power

• Let's Cure VHL in this Decade!

• Progress! Financial review of Fiscal 2000

• Remember VHLFA in your Will

• Membership, Donations