Air Miles

March  1999     
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• To Know, or Not to Know . . . That is the Question
• Linkage Test Unreliable - retesting may be advisable,
  by Dr. Virginia Michels, Mayo Clinic
• DNA Testing finds 100%
• Air Miles - Give Delta Miles to VHLFA
• Show Us Your Stuff! - Art Needed for Calendar
• The Most Important Person, by Craig Lundsted, M.S.W.
• Vitamins for Stamina
• Strength from Adversity
• Osteoporosis, a Side Effect of Steroid Use, by Altheada L. Johnson, MS, Registered Dietitian
• Ask the Experts: Pregnancy and VHL, by Dr. Stéphane Richard
• "Birth" Announcement
• Paralyzed?  Don't Give Up Too Soon!, by Gale L., Florida

• Atlanta Meeting June 4-6, 1999
• Too Expensive, and other reasons for not going to the meeting
• Introducing New Board Members:
  • Kathy Braden, Indiana
  • Susan McGuire, North Carolina
• New Zealand, by Jon Johnson
• News from Scandinavia, by Richard Harbud, Denmark
• Clinical Studies -- Can You Help?
  • Hearing Issues? Vertigo? Tinnitus?  NIH looking for participants for ELST Study
  • Smoking and Tumor Growth
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitor
• 4,000,000 Steps for VHL!