Category Archives: Cancer

Donna Williams on Autism

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) In the 1960s ‘autism’ was deemed ‘childhood psychosis’ and the incidence of autism was thought to be around 4 in 10,000 children.   Today, up to 1 in 88 children are presently diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Polly … Continue reading →

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Maytte Bustillos: Living with Brain Cancer

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Adrienne

Listen  29 minutes Maytte Bustillos was given two years to live after the discovery of a cancerous tumor in her brain (Oligodendroglioma).  Now, seven years and three craniotomies later, she talks to Shelley Berman about her fitness routine, mothering a … Continue reading →

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Three Excerpts from Stephanie Sugars’ Blog

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Adrienne

I lost a productive life by the age of 40 when I could no longer work with metastatic breast cancer.  But I’ve unexpectedly won at survival with metastatic disease – 20+ years. We lose.  And we don’t know how to … Continue reading →

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Living on the Edge of Death

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Adrienne

A Conversation Between Shanti Soule and Stephanie Sugars Listen (29 min)  Part 1 Listen (29 min) Part 2  (The program begins with this 16 min segment) We listen in on the ultimate discussion.  Two women, Shanti Soule and Stephanie Sugars, … Continue reading →

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PJS/JPS Resource List

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Adrienne

Provided by Stephanie Sugars * June 26, 2010, PJS Meet & Greet in Santa Rosa, California. Details at: http://pjsmeetandgreet.blogspot.com/ * For researchers of the PJS gene, LKB1, there is a conference titled “The Tumor Suppressor LKB1″ From Basic Science to … Continue reading →

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