Program
26, April 3, 2001
Brain
Aneurysms
When
Carol Anne Letheren, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Association collapsed
and died from a ruptured brain aneurysm this year, it sent shock
waves across the country.
How
could a woman in the prime of her life, who was fit and healthy
suddenly just drop dead? Ms. Letheren's premature death put brain
aneurysms in the news.
Many
of us have an aneurysm right this moment, but only a fraction
of those will rupture. Lisa Goodall was only 36 when she
experienced severe symptoms of a brain aneurysm that went undiagnosed
for a dangerously long time.
Medical
Breakthroughs
According
to media headlines, cancer's been cured many times over.
But advances in science don't always mean cures for diseases.
Just because it worked in a lab rat, doesn't mean it will work
in humans.
We thought we'd ask Dr. Miriam Shuchman to take a look back at
things that were touted as medical breakthroughs and see if they
lived up to the hype.
