Christine Daniel is a minister and doctor (although, not, to our knowledge, a realtor, dentist, or vampire hunter) who just wanted to help the world beat cancer! She did this by going on Trinity Broadcast Network and selling a mixture of suntan oil and beef flavoring. To people with cancer. As a cure. For cancer. Man, she may have outgrifted the Crouches! (For the lord, of course.) Now she is going to jail for 14
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Eve Ensler exposes the naked truth in her new book “In the Body of the World.” The activist/playwright first came to fame with her 1996 blockbuster “The Vagina Monologues,” a play that launched a global movement to fight violence against women. Based on interviews with women about their most intimate body part, that landmark project has now been staged in more than 130 countries. In “Necessary Targets,” she exposed the suffering of innocents during the
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May 18, 2013 5:23 PM During rush hour in Connecticut, two commuter trains collided, sending 72 passengers to the hospital. The tracks are now closed while the NTSB investigates. And as Don Dahler reports, it’s creating a travel nightmare; And, after his close friend died from pancreatic cancer, 16-year-old Jack Andraka unleashed his hyper-drive intellect on preventing more cancer deaths. And as Jim Axelrod reports, the teen created a much faster and far cheaper detection
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The revelation that Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against cancer stoked heated discussion this week, but one prominent cancer researcher says it demonstrates the need to make genetic testing available to all Canadians. Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy due to cancer risk 6 questions about Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy The actor and humanitarian wrote an opinion column in the New York Times on Tuesday in which she revealed
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Doing computer puzzles may improve thinking skills in women who’ve undergone chemotherapy, according to a Stanford study. In the study, breast cancer survivors who suffered from cognitive impairments due to chemotherapy, sometimes called chemo brain, showed enhanced cognitive functions after three months of playing online games, according to the researchers. The games targeted various cognitive skills such as verbal fluency and memory. While physical side effects of chemotherapy such as fatigue, nausea and hair loss are well-known and common,
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Actress Angelina Jolie just revealed she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to lower her risk of breast and ovarian cancer from BRCA gene mutations. BRCA genes are known as tumor suppressors, and mutation of those genes has been linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie’s story has suddenly made many people aware of the importance of genetic testing. Bilateral mastectomy is an option for women who test positive for the
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A former teacher, Sherri Romanoski, is toasting 10 years as a bag lady. It is a distinction she is proud to claim since it has empowered more than 45,000 patients and their families as they navigate their medical treatments and battle cancer. Romanoski is the founder of Bag It, a nonprofit dedicated to providing information and education to newly diagnosed individuals and their families. “Because I was a teacher, the concept for Bag It came
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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases. U.S. District Judge Robert Timilin also ordered Dr. Christine Daniel to forfeit $1,277,083. Daniel, 58, was found guilty of 11 counts, including wire fraud, tax evasion and witness tampering in September 2011. She enticed
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$ave on Boston Herald Home Delivery Jobs with Herald Media For back copy and collectible issue information please call 617-619-6265. Click here for Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox, and Bruins back copies Article source: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/05/walkers_in_stride_to_beat_cancer