HILLSBOROUGH: Powerhouse Gym to host fundraiser for Progin family
Hillsborough Beacon Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:55 AM PDT
On Saturday, Oct. 29, Powerhouse Gym will host “Power for Progin,†an event to benefit the family of Ian Progin, a Hillsborough High School guidance counselor and varsity boys’ basketball coach ill with cancer. |
Centennial Park memorial garden and wall honors market founder
Glenwood Springs Post Independent Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:46 AM PDT
From left, Nancy Page, Cindy Svatos, Linda Drake, Jan Harr, Nathan Stowe and Sharill Hawkins stand in front of the Rona Chorman Memorial Garden in Centennial Park, at Ninth and Grand in downtown Glenwood Springs. Chorman passed away last year from ovarian cancer. |
The great 50/50' beats the odds with laughs
The Tuscaloosa News Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:42 AM PDT
Adam is a young man who has led an orderly, clean life and is rewarded with it, as we discover at the beginning of the wonderful film “50/50,†with a cancer diagnosis. No reason behind it, just the result of a mutated gene he was born with. Totally in spite of a life without smoking, drinking or even driving a car â€" because of the statistics behind death caused by automobile accidents. It's just ... |
Strides gets USFDA nod to sell generic cancer injection
Business Standard India Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:36 AM PDT
Drug firm Strides Arcolab today said its subsidiary Onco Therapies has received approval from the US health regulator USFDA to market generic Paclitaxel injection, used for treating cancers, in the American market. |
Cancer-comedy ' 50/50 ' beats the odds with humor
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:35 AM PDT
It could have been agonizingly mawkish: the story of a young man with everything ahead of him who learns he has a rare form of spinal cancer, one that he only has a 50-percent chance of surviving. The premise alone sounds like an insufferable drag, an example of eat-your-vegetables cinema, regardless of the catharsis that might result. |
Sale of glass angels supports Cancer Society
The Advertiser-News Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:27 AM PDT
Hamburg In recognition of October as breast cancer awareness month, the Merry Go Round is selling hand blown glass angels, trimmed in gold and holding a pink ribbon, the symbol of breast cancer support worldwide. For every angel sold at $10.95, the shop will donate $5 directly to the American Cancer Society. |
Wedding day for cancer toddler
Weston Mercury Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:26 AM PDT
A WORLE couple whose little girl has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour got married on Saturday - and used their big day to raise money for the charity which is helping their daughter in her fight for life. |
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