We’ll be doing the Children’s Cancer Run this Sunday as a family – wee man William included!! Obviously our funding focus is on Alternative Cancer Research although if you’d prefer to sponsor us doing this event, which is raising money for North of England Children’s Cancer Research, please consider making a donation here #MakeWilliamWell #altCR… Continue reading Children’s Cancer Run
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Dame Tessa Jowell
I just wanted to pay tribute to a lady who, instead of spending her last few months solely with her family, decided to shine a light on the socking lack of funding there is into brain tumour research. It’s beginning to look like even more money is being made available for such research as a… Continue reading Dame Tessa Jowell
Paediatric Brain Tumour Clinical Trial
It’s not often these come along and I’m delighted to see it is into the Ketogenic Diet… “Ketogenic Diet in Children With Malignant or Recurrent/Refractory Brain Tumor”. Not enough oncologists are aware of the link between diet and tumour growth and I know too many parents who have been told that diet has nothing to… Continue reading Paediatric Brain Tumour Clinical Trial
“Let’s Talk Cannabis…
paper …An evening discussing the science and policy for people with cancer“. This was an event I attended on Wednesday in London (quite a trek from where we now live but well worth the trip). It was arranged by a cancer charity called Yes to Life which helps navigate cancer patients through the various options available them. THE… Continue reading “Let’s Talk Cannabis…
Finally a Clinical Trial into Cannabis and Cancer…
Up until now the stock response relating to cancer and cannabis research has been that ‘it may work in the lab but there have been no clinical trials’… up until now! Although it’s a pre-clinical trial into the effects of cannabis into an adult brain tumour in conjunction with a conventional therapy, it’s still a… Continue reading Finally a Clinical Trial into Cannabis and Cancer…
Brain Tumour Action
Brain Tumour Action contributed a significant sum to the Cannabidiol Research Project. In the latest version of their Newsletter they have dedicated a whole page to the project and given MakeWilliamWell a special mention… # BrainTumourAction #MakeWilliamWell #Cannabidiol #KetogenicDiet
Cannabidiol and Children – Is It Safe?
CBD And Children – Is It Safe? I was approached a few weeks ago by the author of this article who was interested in featuring William’s story. It has been published on the website of a company* that sells the drug although I think it is very objective and from reading other articles by the… Continue reading Cannabidiol and Children – Is It Safe?
Cannabis & Cancer Presentation at St. George’s, University of London
In this blog post I’d like to give a laypersons summary of a presentation I attended on Cannabis and Cancer. It was one of St. George’s, University of London ‘spotlight on science’ series of presentations, designed to engage the public in science. Dr. Wai Liu, who’s work focuses on developing novel approaches against cancer, including… Continue reading Cannabis & Cancer Presentation at St. George’s, University of London
Brain Tumour Signs & Symptoms
It was around 4 year’s ago that we were noticing the symptoms in this film. We had to resort to attending A&E for William to be diagnosed after several visits to the doctor. Please help spread awareness – brain tumours are pretty rare but you never know, someone who needs to see it just might…… Continue reading Brain Tumour Signs & Symptoms
More Angry Than Sad
I’ve just been staring at this for half an hour on the tube after coming home from a presentation on Cannabis and Cancer… My first emotion was sadness but soon enough it was replaced with anger – anger about how few treatments have been developed for childhood cancer (three in total!)… When cancers afflicting adults… Continue reading More Angry Than Sad
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