PM And Wife Visit 15-year-old Bone Cancer Patient
Bernama Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT
PETALING JAYA, March 31 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor Thursday spent about 30 minutes visiting 15-year-old bone cancer patient Nur Jannah at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, here. |
Donation will make cancer journey a little easier
North Platte Telegraph Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph Hearing the word "cancer" from someone within your circle of friends and family is a life-altering experience. It only takes a visit to the annual Relay for Life ceremony to understand just how much cancer impacts this community. |
Medicare to pay for $93,000 prostate cancer drug
The Indianapolis Star Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PDT
Medicare officials said Wednesday that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an incurable stage of the disease an extra four months to live. |
Ahead of the Bell: Analyst lowers Bristol-Myers
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PDT
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. received some good news last week with the approval of its cancer treatment Yervoy, but at least one analyst believes the drugmaker now faces pressures that spare little room for near-term earnings momentum. |
Prostate Cancer Tests Useless for Elderly Men
Gather Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT
A new study shows prostate cancer tests could be useless for elderly men, even when taken regularly. The reason given by this study is that even if cancer is discovered, it may not shorten the lifespan . . . |
Prom comes early in Maxwell
North Platte Telegraph Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph Being an eighth-grader is challenging for many students, but Lindsay Morris has an additional challenge - coping with cancer. The Maxwell student has been fighting Ewings Sarcoma, a bone cancer, for the last four years. Like many 14-year olds, Morris looks forward to her prom. However, she didn't have to look as far forward as some this year. |
Ahead of the Bell: Dendreon shares rise
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT
Shares of Dendreon Corp. rose in premarket trading Thursday following a decision by Medicare officials to pay the $93,000 cost of the company's prostate cancer drug Provenge. |
Aniston, Moore to direct short films on breast cancer
omg! Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:51 AM PDT
Reuters - Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore and singer Alicia Keys will each direct a short film about breast cancer and its impact on people's lives for cable television network Lifetime. |
NPHS alumna offers hope to kids with cancer
North Platte Telegraph Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:49 AM PDT
The North Platte Telegraph Janice Olson's mother thought her daughter's achievement of curing children with cancer was something worth recognition. The North Platte Distinguished Alumni Selection Committee seconded Alice Olson's feeling. Janice will be honored at the North Platte Public School Foundation's Education After Hours event on April 1. She is one of three who will be honored, along ... |
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