ChaserNews - Volume IV Contents
Volume IV, Issue III (1998); 28 pgs
- The Amnon Rosenthal Symposium
by Thomas Kulik, MD; Pediatric Cardiologist
by James H. Myers; issues of special education in the public school
by James H. Myers
(Editorial discussing need for standardized delivery of information and care to families/children with chd)
(Let CHASER know of address and area code changes; the News has gotten bigger and is published more sporadically.)
(Heart Mom/neonatal ICU nurse directs proceeds to CHASER)
(child with cleft mandible [chin]/heart defects)
(The Story of Annemarie; photos of five Danish children with HLHS)
(Steven’s message to his little brother Nick)
(parents share their little moments)
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-Heart defect linked to SIDS
-Clinton supports health care ‘bill of rights’
-Update on 'heart of it all’ — program adds choice
-Hollywood film legend helps fight congenital heart disease
-Hosmer Fund helps area families
-Camping out '98 to be held for U of M patients and their families
-Canada group plans family - professional conference
-ICD Seminar for youth and young adults
-Alliance for Genetic Support Groups '98 Membership Meeting
-This Water's COLD! (dad offers helpful tip for kids who like to swim)
-Australia's ‘Heart Kids’ lose past president
(Kara Mia; Special Children, Challenged Parents)
(available only while supply lasts)
(parent letters)
see 'em grow
(photos and age-comparison photos of children with chd)
(knowledge tidbit - Early stage of normal heart development)
(word search)
Volume IV, Issue II (1997); 32 pgs
(details of CHASER's newly published book, and order form included)
by James H. Myers (8-page personal account of the writer's experience; both as a consumer and advocate for children, and families, within Ohio's program for medically handicapped children).
by L. Grant Hamby
(a special tribute to a very special person and loving wife)
(letters from the parents of children with CHD)
(nearly 80 photos of "Heart Kids" - plus, a call for comparative photos to show 'kids on the grow', being planned for future issue)
Ray Runyan, M.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of Arizona, explains how government research grants evolve, and the need for more parents to become involved in the process; ensuring that CHD research continues.
Special Briefs from CHASER's National Heart Parent Survey (tables)
Parents rate the importance of several factors involved when seeking support from other parents. Plus, survey results showing government sponsored assistance program denials and appeals; and the parents' view of health care reform.
(excerpted information from AHA's 1997 Current Recommendations - listing three at-risk categories, and more)
(the brothers and sisters have a place in CHASER News too!)
Volume IV, Issue I (1996); 12 pgs
by Jean Clabough, RN
(poems and letters from siblings)
(from Homeschooler's Newsletter, April 5, 1996; author: Teddi Sobin)
(Mom gets her reward for warning the other children about Sissy's meds)
"Sports and Exercise for Children with Chronic Health Conditions"
(from Human Kinetics, Barry Goldberg, MD, Editor)
(from Woodbine House, written and illustrated by Mary Thompson)
"Matty's Heart Cath - Story and Coloring Book"
(from Medical Storybooks, by Jean Clabough, RN)
(28 photos of "Heart Kids"...big and little)
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