Uptown Girls RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
An Inspiration to Ovarian Cancer Patients Passes MarketWatch - 2 hours ago ... fashion shows with celebrity designers Stuart Weitzman and Carmen Marc Valvo, regional golf outings, 5k runs/walks, and various other initiatives. ...
GreeneSpace (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Earlier this week came the hard news that Ashley Osment's cancer has returned. The rare form of ovarian cancer that struck her last year, which had seemed to respond to treatment, was only hiding out. It has returned in the bottom of both of her lungs. She has gone through one round of carboplatin/taxol and avastin chemotherapy through her blood stream, and on August 25 she'll undergo a second round....
Changing Places (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Remember… Been there, done that…. scattered my parents’ ashes off Kauai four years ago…. ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: On his last day of vacation, Senator Barack Obama paid tribute to his mother, who passed away in 1995 from ovarian cancer. Along the scenic overlook on the South Shore of Oahu – Obama visited the exact spot where [...]
Tatterededge (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
So about a week ago I mentioned that there was this project to r aise money for ovarian cancer, Project Ties That Bind. The idea is that it's a collaborative doll, created around a wire dress form. The skirt will be made from neckties and the charms will be attached to the torso and then there will be a head and arms and all that good stuff. I made two charms. The first is called "Love Lifted Me"....
Women's Voices for Change (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Dear Dr. Pat, My mother had breast cancer at 45 and my sister was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer. There are no other cancers in our family but I have a very small family. I live in another country where there is no sophisticated genetic counseling and access to testing is almost impossible. I visit friends in the United States once a year. It is possible for me to get genetic testing if this...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
When death is coming for us and we know it, how we play the end game can define who we are and what depth of character we may possess. Nick Trujillo at his home in Arden Arcade. He and his wife, Leah Vande Berg wrote "Cancer and Death" after she learned she was dying from ovarian cancer. Leah Vande Berg, circa 1970, died of ovarian cancer in 2004.
ClearysNoteBook (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
WILLOTH, DOLORES On August 6, 2008, Dolores (nee Yanetta), age 72, passed away after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Dolores was born and raised in the Fairview section of Camden and had...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Minister Ross Wiseman is attempting to avert a medical crisis in the province by meeting the demands of the resigned cervix and ovarian cancer doctors. In a radio interview, Wiseman said, "We're working through the issues that have been identified and we're hoping they'll be resolved in the short term."
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Shares of Spain's Zeltia shot up on the news that it has positive late-stage data for the ovarian cancer drug Yondelis to support its application for marketing approval. The developer plans to file in the U.S. and Europe in the last quarter of the year. Researchers for the company say that the data demonstrates that a combination of Yondelis and Doxil was significantly better than Doxil alone in halting...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Doctors are requesting a national strategy to address Canada's shortage of cervical and ovarian cancer doctors. The lack of gynecological oncologists became evident recently when three specialists resigned Newfoundland and Labrador. The call for a national strategy was prompted by a promise by the Health Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador to airlift cervical and ovarian cancer patients after the...
Golf Babes (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
(Halle Berry, riding in a golf cart and wearing Dolce & Gabbana on the course, via Us Magazine ) Halle Berry, who took up the game of golf not too long ago herself, has teamed up with the Callaway Golf Foundation to serve as "ambassador" in the fight against ovarian cancer. The news release states: Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry has joined forces with the Callaway Golf Foundation and the...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Minister Ross Wiseman promised on Wednesday to airlift 1,200 cancer patients to doctors in less remote provinces for treatment. Wiseman's action follows the mass resignation of the area's gynecological oncologists. Cervix and ovarian cancer specialists Lesa Dawson, Catherine Popadiuk and Patti Power all resigned because they felt powerless to treat cancer patients due...
Articles Database (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths for women. And this cancer as well is the second most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy in women. What causes this cancer isn’t completely known and based on some studies; the prevalence of this cancer is evident in industrialized nations with exception of Japan. As the [...]
Entertainment Base! Fun! Daily! (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
She’s fought off evil mutants as X-Men’s Storm, but Halle Berry’s next foe is even deadlier: ovarian cancer. The Oscar winner and new mom, 41, is teaming up with the Callaway Golf Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation for a series of public-service announcements to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. The ad campaign is expected to [...]
Genealogy@Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Article about the Callaway golf Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation have Halle Berry as their spokesperon for Ovarian Cancer.
