Rick Kintzel/Staff Photographer Relay for Life Hundreds walk along the track at Tohickon Middle School Saturday for this year’s Relay for Life. It was the 10th anniversary of the Central Bucks relay that raises funds to combat cancer. Rick Kintzel/Staff Photographer Relay for Life Survivors and caregivers walk the first lap during this year’s Relay for Life at Tohickon Middle School Saturday. The relay is comprised of 8th and 9th grade students from five Central
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Angelina Jolie‘s decision to speak out about her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy was intended to highlight the terrible risks of breast cancer. But the film star’s move also cast a spotlight on the far less known arena of patent battles over genetic technology which could have far more impact than Jolie’s widely applauded move. Before the end of next month the US supreme court will issue a landmark decision in a case
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Dan Seco, 26, is undergoing chemotherapy treatment but lost his health insurance months before he was diagnosed. He’s hoping Republicans fail to repeal Obamacare. It was a so-called “scandal”-filled week for the Obama administration with Benghazi, the IRS and the AP dominating the chatter in the old, new and social medias. It was all red meat for Republicans and righties everywhere are drooling. “Nothing dissolves the bonds between the people and their government like the arrogance
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(CBS News) In our “Young Innovators” series, we’ve been featuring young people trying to change the world. This time, we spotlight Jack Andraka, who started googling ways to prevent cancer after losing a friend to the disease. And look where it took him. Sixteen-year-old Jack Andraka’s innovative mind led him to create a new way to detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. / CBS News Jack Andraka’s science project doesn’t sound like a high school
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AUSTIN — It was your average Saturday morning at Lady Bird Lake with the trail full with people walking and running. But among the runners were nine brain cancer and brain tumor survivors on a mission. “This is something most brain cancer survivors are not able to do on their own, complete a marathon, so this is a big step,” said Kelly Bolinger, Founder of the Brain Power 5K. The survivors ran 26.2 miles, a
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slideshow slideshow MARIETTA — Angelina Jolie has drawn attention many times throughout her acting career, but the most recent reason she’s been in the news might be the most important. Jolie tested positive for a defective gene that causes cancer, and then proceeded to get a double mastectomy. Kimberly King-Spohn, a genetic counselor at WellStar Kennestone Hospital, said a mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that regulate cell growth in hormone-sensitive organs was discovered
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“Genetic test for BRCA1/2 is not recommended as a screening test,” said Vani Parmar, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. “We don’t recommend it for individuals who do not have a family history or if they do not already have breast cancer.” However, genetic testing would be recommended for those with breast cancer and aged less than 35 even without a family history. “All BRCA1/2 alterations do not result in
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In interviews, her older sister Kirstie, who found fame with Channel 4’s Location Location Location, described the decision as “incredibly brave” but said she was undecided about whether she would take the same action. “With an inherited risk of breast cancer, the disease tends to strike younger with each generation, and I am already older than my mother was when she developed it,” she said. A third sister, Natasha, 27, has yet to make a
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“Genetic test for BRCA1/2 is not recommended as a screening test,” said Vani Parmar, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. “We don’t recommend it for individuals who do not have a family history or if they do not already have breast cancer.” However, genetic testing would be recommended for those with breast cancer and aged less than 35 even without a family history. “All BRCA1/2 alterations do not result in
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Her parents say she danced her way through leukemia. On Friday night, a 4-year-old girl’s wish to dance with real ballerinas was granted. Charlotte Grimm, who is from Minnesota, got a chance to dance with real ballerinas at the Civic Theatre in downtown San Diego. In February of 2010, Charlotte was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “She had had a couple unexplained high fevers and we took her into the pediatrician thinking she was just
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