Educational Pamphlets
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| In the operating suite at Brigham and Women's Hospital. (Photo by Sam Ogden) |
The following pamphlets are also available in hard copy. Please contact the foundation with requests by calling 781-239-2903 or emailing
info@brainsciencefoundation.org.
Print Resources
- Read an article by Elizabeth B. Claus, M.D., Ph.D., in Brain Tumor Update, Volume 2, Number 51, 13 December 2005. Visit http://www.brainlife.org to download the issue.
- Causes and Cures: A New Era in Research
by Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD, describes an exciting research project funded by the Brain Science Foundation. The article is reprinted from the National Brain Tumor Foundation's newsletter Search, Issue #61 (Fall 2004). - Who Gets Brain Tumors and Why? (PDF)
This fact sheet is available from the National Brain Tumor Foundation with their permission. - Coping with Personality and Behavioral Changes
This article was reprinted with permission from Search, Issue #57 (Summer 2003). For more information, contact the National Brain Tumor Foundation at 800-934-2873 or visit www.braintumor.org. - Neuroscience, Memory, and Language
Decade of the Brain Series, Volume 1
Published by the Library of Congress (Available in many libraries) - Progesterone and Glucorticoid Receptor Activation in Meningiomas
by Rona Carroll, et al. published in Neurosurgery, Vol. 37, No.1, July 1995
View the abstract here - Mechanisms Underlying Tumor-Associated Seizures
A Brain Science Foundation White Paper by Suzanne Goh (M.D. candidate of Harvard Medical School), with Medical Advisor Dr. Peter Black.
Website Resources
- To read an article featuring Nancy Conn-Levin, a Brain Science Foundation Advisor as well as a health educator and meningioma survivor, click here.
- Dr. Peter Black and meningiomas featured on CNN. Click here for the transcript. Please note that the transcript states incorrectly that there are 70,000 new meningioma cases each year when the accurate number is 17,000 (Central Brain Tumor Registry 2003).
Resources for Medical Information including Health Oriented Foundations
- Scientific American Frontiers
This PBS site contains a 20-minute video of Dr. Peter Black as he works with a patient before and during brain surgery. PBS also offers an extremely interesting overview of the brain at different life stages complete with a 3-D view and scans. - The Brain Tumor Society
- National Brain Tumor Foundation
- The Medical Foundation
- Clinical Trials and Noteworthy Treatments for Brain Tumors
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- American Brain Tumor Association
- The Dana Foundation
- Factors associated with survival in patients with meningioma, McCarthy, BJ, Davis, F, Freels, S, Surawicz, T, Damek, D, Grutsch, J, Menck, H, Laws, E, "Factors associated with survival in patients with meningioma," Journal of Neurosurgery. 88:831-839, May 1998. Note: this article was published in Neurosurgical Focus, April 1997 and subsequently published in Journal of Neurosurgery thirteen months later. Click here for the initial publication of the text.
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Patient Resources
Please note, these sites contain information for patients and often by patients. These sites are not reviewed for medical or other content by the Brain Science Foundation. BSF references these sites only as a source of support. Please review these sites carefully and consult your medical team for further information.
Resources on Non Profit and Philanthropy Fields
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