By Mark Znidar The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday May 22, 2013 5:34 AM View Slideshow Jonathan Quilter | Dispatch Thomas Worthington coach Stephen Gussler talks to his team before its 5-2 victory over Dublin Jerome in a district semifinal. One by one, family, friends and parents of players walked on to the field to give Thomas Worthington baseball coach Stephen Gussler big hugs and pecks on the cheek. Some had him pose for pictures. The Cardinals
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JUST HOURS before dawn on May 14, Jackie Underwood’s three daughters held her in their arms as the cancer stole the last breath from her broken body. For many days before, and almost every day since, her children – Makia Underwood, 32, Zakia Clark, 29, and Tasha Clark, 27 – have worn hats and shirts that read “F— CANCER,” with the “C” in “F—” replaced by a breast-cancer-awareness ribbon. “That’s how we feel. It took
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By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The American Cancer Society — one of the nation’s best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week. Back in 1913 when it was formed, cancer was a lesser threat for most Americans. The biggest killers then were flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and stomach bugs. At a time when average life expectancy was 47, few lived long enough to get cancer. But
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By Ben Hirschler LONDON | Wed May 22, 2013 5:48am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup highlights the growing excitement surrounding so-called immunotherapy after positive results from clinical trials conducted by companies such as Bristol-Myers
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Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston institution announced Tuesday. Hill’s gift is to the M.D. Anderson Moon Shots Program, in which six teams of researchers and clinicians will focus on reducing deaths by eight cancers. “I’m excited Article source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20130521-dallas-philanthropist-lyda-hill-gives-50-million-to-m.d.-anderson-cancer-initiative.ece
Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston institution announced Tuesday. Hill’s gift is to the M.D. Anderson Moon Shots Program, in which six teams of researchers and clinicians will focus on reducing deaths by eight cancers. “I’m excited Article source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20130521-dallas-philanthropist-lyda-hill-gives-50-million-to-m.d.-anderson-cancer-initiative.ece
Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston institution announced Tuesday. Hill’s gift is to the M.D. Anderson Moon Shots Program, in which six teams of researchers and clinicians will focus on reducing deaths by eight cancers. “I’m excited Article source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20130521-dallas-philanthropist-lyda-hill-gives-50-million-to-m.d.-anderson-cancer-initiative.ece
She got a leg up on cancer, and a surprising talent in the bargain. After losing part of her pelvis to the disease, Canadian teen Jen O’Shea can now rotate her leg 180 degrees. joshea27 via YouTube O’Shea’s doctor (r.) appears unfazed by her new trick, but her friends and family are astounded… In a video on YouTube, O’Shea documents the reactions of friends, family and classmates to her crazy new party trick. “Is this
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It’s taken a while, but Microsoft’s big plan for conquering consumers’ living rooms is now finally coming together. For years, major tech companies have been obsessed with getting their software and applications onto television screens and have mostly employed a series of set-top boxes that have done little to spark consumer interest. But unlike Apple and Google, Microsoft has always had a secret weapon that it’s been waiting to deploy to make sure that its
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“The Doors” co-founder Ray Manzarek traveled across the world to seek out special world class treatment for his rare form of cancer … which is why he was in Germany when he died, TMZ has learned. Sources close to Ray’s most recent band — The Manzarek-Rogers Band — tell us, Ray did tons of research on the best places to get treatment for his bile duct cancer … and his search led him to the
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