Jacksoul frontman Haydain Neale was remembered as an ``amazing individual" and a "joyful presence" as stunned colleagues learned of his death from cancer on Monday.
Yesterday, surrounded by his wife, daughter, brother-in-law, and friends, musician Haydain Neale died at Mount Sinai Hospital following a seven-month fight with lung cancer. Lead singer of jacksoul , Neale was born in Hamilton and left his university studies in 1994 to form one of Canada's best-known funk-soul groups. In August of 2007, Neale was involved in a major vehicle crash in which a car collided...
Heller A total of 14 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court throughout the week of Nov. 9 through Nov. 13. The following complaints were filed: --Donald W. Armstrong of North Carolina claims his recently deceased father, Earl A. Armstrong, developed mesothelioma after his work as an electrician at various locations from 1944 until 1994. Donald W. Armstrong will be represented...
A leading animal behaviorist and honorary professor at Kyoto University, Toshitaka Hidaka, died Nov. 14 of lung cancer at his home in Kyoto, family members said Monday. He was 79. Hidaka is known for contributions to the dissemination of ethology in Japan through his translations of animal behavior studies, and for the establishment of the Japan Ethological Society in 1982, for which he served as chairman....
Haydain Neale was 39. He was the Juno Award-winning lead singer of Jacksoul. He died of lung cancer. The popular Toronto-based singer had spent the last two years undergoing extensive rehabilitation and therapy after a serious traffic accident. In August 2007, a car collided with his Vespa scooter, leaving Neale in a coma with head injuries. His rehabilitation was slow but steady. Over the last six...
The mouth or oral cavity area is an excellent indicator of the whole body’s health, says a University of Maryland Dental School professor. Professor Li Mao insists surface tissues inside the cheek could be checked to detect tobacco-induced damage in the lungs. This could prove to be an important advancement in designing future lung cancer prevention trials. “We [...] Related posts: (Health)-...
Now it's bad. "Heart patients in Norway -- where unlike many countries foods are not enriched with folic acid -- were more likely to die from cancer if they took folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements compared with those who did not take them, Norwegian researchers said on Tuesday. The team found lung cancer rates were 25 percent higher among those who took the supplements compared with the general...
Girls who work in these luxury shops take a smoking break. On CBS Radio the news of [Ed Murrow's] death, reportedly from lung cancer, was followed by a cigarette commercial. ~ Alexander Kendrick
Politicians in both parties have complained that proposed federal climate change bills are "unfair" to Midwestern states, which rely largely on coal to generate electricity. Utility companies and corporate groups have tried to reinvent themselves as defenders of the public interest against those who would unjustly "punish" consumers living in coal-dependent states. Physicians for...
I tried smoking when I was a teenager, never really learned it and I am glad. I had an uncle who died of lung cancer which was caused by his heavy smoking. My mom is a smoker too and I have asked her gazillion times already to quit but she said it’s just hard. So I [...] No related posts.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama recently told the Diet that an increase in the tobacco tax should be considered from the viewpoint of improving people's health. He has instructed the government's Tax System Council to study the matter. A tobacco tax increase is long overdue; we hope Mr. Hatoyama's effort will succeed. The World Health Organization says, "Tobacco is the single largest preventable...
Art Savage, president and CEO of the Sacramento River Cats, waves to the crowd during the team's inaugural game May 15, 2000. Arthur Lynn Savage, the man who changed summer evenings in Sacramento and gave baseball fans a home team to brag about, died Saturday at his East Sacramento home. Mr. Savage, who with his wife, Susan, owned the Sacramento River Cats, one of the nation's most successful minor...
Art Savage, majority owner of West Sacramento's River Cats minor league baseball team, died suddenly at home on Saturday morning. Savage had recently recovered from a long battle with lung cancer and was considered to be in remission. His was 58. "He had a clean bill of health," said his son, Jeff Savage. "We were all very optimistic, so as you can imagine, this came as kind of a shock."...
The 'scandal' of the hacked emails from Environmental Science at UEA ( http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/nov/homepagenews/CRU-update ), my University, has been gotten out of all proportion in some of the right-wing media, old and new. I have now read a good number of the 'worst' of the hacked emails. I also know a few of the protagonists personally, and for human-interest value the hacked...
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > While around seven million people in the UK will make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, research has shown that only one–in–ten will keep their resolution for a whole year. Many people will be focused on giving–up smoking. If you have already given–up on giving–up, all is not lost. Here, Bupa offers health, social and financial suggestions for keeping the toughest...