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    When you touch the heart of one, you touch the heart of thousands

    Yesterday, I had the amazing opportunity to speak to a group of students in the medical assisting program at Keiser University.  The class wasn’t huge, about 125 people, but what an extraordinary group of men and women.  As I stood at the podium in the front of the auditorium, I felt that every ounce of their attention […]

    Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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    New Aneursym Treatment Method Involves Liquid

    The development of aneurysm research has expanded.  The FDA has recently approved a liquid material called Onyx 500 that will join clipping and coiling as the methods of treating aneurysms.   This procedure is less invasive than the traditional open skull surgery or platinum coils, and  involves threading a catheter through the patient’s groin area and blood vessels and up to the brain.  Then Onyx HD […]

    Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010
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    The Bond Unbroken

    Just a few days ago I wrote of Michele Dolymer, just 55 years young, with an admiring husband of 33 years and two beautiful daughters who lost her life unexpectedly to a brain aneusym.  At that time, the Dolymer family discovered The Joe Niekro Foundation and decided to lend their support of brain aneurysm research by requesting that donations are made to […]

    Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010
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    Why? Why? Why?

    Far too often, I receive an email or a phone call from someone who has experienced the loss of a loved one to an aneurysm.  Just yesterday, I received a call from a man who had lost his wife just two days before to the dreaded killer we have come to know as a ruptured […]

    Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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    Save the Date, Knuckle Ball 2010 Date is Set

    Mark your Calendars,  the 2nd Annual Knuckle Ball will take place November 13th, 2010 at Minute Maid Park in Houston.  You won’t want to miss this amazing black tie gala, packed with MLB, NFL and NBA legends.   Already confirmed athletes include, Phil and Lance Niekro, Ozzie Smith, Joe Morgan, Robin Roberts, Dave Stewart, Lee […]

    Posted on Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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