"Sassy" the Face of Courage: The Story of Victoria Lynn Bowen's Battle with Ewing's Sarcoma Bone Cancer
"Et tu, Jen?" (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I know that, like me, many of you are big fans of the amazing books Mother Teresa's Secret Fire and In the Shadow of our Lady , by Fr. Joseph Langford, whom Mother Teresa chose to be the co-founder of her priests' community. Both books are in my top-10 list of "most life-changing books I ever read." Anyway, e arlier this week I received an email from Fr. Langford that I wanted to share (with...
A Beginners Guide To World Music (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The news of Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré’s second collaboration album came as a bit of a surprise. The success of their first partnership; ‘In the Heart of the Moon’, a deeply rich and colourful collection of three-stringed melodies and vocals led to them to win a Grammy award in 2005. However, Tourés tragic death in 2006 from bone cancer led us all to...
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Do Not Put Fluoride In Your Water System! Written by Jwillie6 Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:47 This article contains some good suggestions, but please do not put fluoride in your water system. When the fertilitzer companies, and others, clean their smokestacks, they bag the waste fluoride chemical, (Hydrofluorosilicic Acid), which contains lead, mercury, arsenic, etc. and sell it to communities to...
Pinoy Healthcare (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine (colon), the lower part of your digestive system. Colon cancer is the second most common cancer in the USA with equal distribution between men and women. Colon tumors usually affect people over the age of 40, with the majority of people who are diagnosed with the condition [...] Related Posts Bone Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis...
Pinoy Healthcare (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen LauTo be diagnosed with cancer is a traumatic experience in life. Out of desperation, a cancer patient often immediately turns to different cancer treatment options. There is an array of treatment options available, both conventional and unconventional, that it may be stressful for a cancer patient to make a wise choice.Conventional [...] Related Posts Alternative Cancer...
Pinoy Healthcare (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Do you find yourself searching for facts about ovarian cancer?Well here are a couple quick facts for you.The ovaries belong to the female reproductive system and produce eggs each month during the reproductive years of a woman. You will find that they are located on either side of the woman’s lower abdomen. Ovarian cancer occurs [...] Related Posts Ovarian Cancer - Don’t Ignore the Warning...
Soundbounder (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
" Death kept following, tracking us down " I don't remember much about the first time Monica came sailing with me. I do know it was about a decade ago aboard my old banged-up Bristol 24 I kept in City Island. She was no sailor or boater, but she carried a natural affinity for the water, and felt right at home. There were no mishaps or complaints that day from myself or her; perhaps that is...
Switched (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
In a strange meeting of James Cameron and feel-good medical magic, a young boy who was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer a year ago is now cancer free, thanks to an experimental prosthetic replacement. Mark Blinder was three years old when doctors determined he had Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in his arm's humerus bone. The Los Angeles Times reports that doctors initially tried...
Fanster - All Sports. All Phoenix. (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This week, country music star Toby Keith released his tribute to friend, peer and fellow Oklahoma native Wayman Tisdale in the form of his new music video for the single, “Cryin’ for Me.” The former Suns forward, who passed away from bone cancer earlier this year, left the NBA hardwood in 1997 to focus on a [...]
Vintage Flapper to the Rescue (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Things have been pretty crazy here the last few months. My heart problems got worse, I had emergency surgery to have a defibrillator implanted. Mack got very sick with terminal bone cancer & we're in the last weeks with him (if we're lucky we may have as much as a few more months--please keep your fingers crossed). I am currently posting on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/vintageflapper/ If you're...
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Water system receives award October 25, 2009 The Glendale Utility District was recognized by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, American Dental Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its commitment to providing customers with optimally fluoridated water. Glendale Utility District administrators were presented with a Community Initiative Award. In...
The Scientific Indian (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
This is and will be a burden on the World's conscience, the dark continent of our time. The images are devastating. Xuanwei (宣威) in Yunnan province is a cancer village. Every year there are more than 20 people die of cancer. 11-year-old student Xu Li (徐丽) is suffering from bone cancer. May 8, 2007 "Pollution in China" - a documentary project of Lu Guang, a photographer...
Serious Eats: Talk (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
There will be an "All You Can Eat" benefit dinner at Jimmy Buff's in East Hanover on Monday November 16, 2009. Jimmy has an employee, and more importantly a good friend who is dying of bone cancer. He was only...
Echoing Green Blog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
2008 Echoing Green Fellow Josh Sommer stopped by our offices recently with some amazing news: researchers at Duke University and the National Cancer Institute have successfully linked a gene to familial chordoma in a paper published in Nature Genetics . Chordoma is slow growing bone cancer that develops in the skull-base and spine. The Chordoma Foundation was founded by Josh Sommer to improve the...
CE Pro News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Chris Bauer, former trainer and spokesperson for Tweeter and current director of marketing for ZeeVee, is raising money to deal with after-effects of his wife's bone cancer.
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