Indy Star (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Carmel residents Robin Walsh and Jenny Pickett met when their daughters became friends. Soon they would share another tie, each has lost a parent to pancreatic cancer. Walsh's father, Robert Rieger, died 19 months ago at age 66. Pickett's mother, Joyce Fox Jordan, had died 15 years prior to his death.
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In memory of my mom, Barbara Hersh, who died from pancreatic cancer five short months after diagnosis, I would like to bring your attention to the fact that November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading...
Daily Painters Marketplace (Free subscription) | yesterday
Original oil on panel 2.25"x3.25" Unframed with mini display easel ©2009 Diana Moses Botkin Buy this painting on PayPal Price: $55 USD plus $8 S&H I'm currently surrounded by reminders of our precipitous existence here on earth. My friend Sandy lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. And my Uncle Marvin also passed away yesterday. This past week I was outside in the yard picking...
John D. Head aka "Starfish" (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If you are in Chicago and enjoy networking, this is a great opportunity. The Young Executive Committee at the Metropolitan Club of Chicago is hosting a Happy Hour to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on Thursday, November 19, 2009. The Happy Hour will take place from 6 to 8pm. More about the event: The Metropolitan Club Young Executives are hosting a happy hour to benefit the Pancreatic...
At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Friday Finds is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading . This week I added the following books to my wish list. (All product descriptions are taken from Amazon.com or the publisher's website.) The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility,...
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
GenVec is on a roll. A day after winning an orphan drug designation for its pancreatic cancer therapy TNFerade, the developer inked a $22 million development deal with Science Applications International to develop new HIV and flu vaccines. The contract is worth $22 million if all options are exercised and GenVec gets about $2.6 million over the next year. "Given the heightened concerns about...
GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The appearance of a New Kids On The Block sample NES box (well, more like packaging art taped to a box) on eBay last month sent game collectors shrieking in excitement, just like my sister 18 years ago when she got tickets to see the boy band during their Magic Summer Tour. Yes, their reactions were near identical . The box belonged to former EGM editor Andrew "Cyber-Boy" Baran, who sadly...
Stockpreacher Penny Stock Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
GenVec Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to TNFerade, GenVec’s newest and most promising anti-cancer drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The FDA grants orphan drug designation to drugs that could possibly provide a significant therapeutic advantage over existing treatments, and specifically [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Former Foreign Minister Kabun Muto died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday morning at a Tokyo hospital, sources close to him said. He was 82. In addition to the Foreign Ministry portfolio, the former Lower House member held ministerial posts at the old Management and Coordination Agency and then the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before retiring from politics in 2005.
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Regulators at the FDA have presented GenVec with orphan drug status for TNFerade, an experimental therapy that spurs development of an immune system protein which helps fight advanced pancreatic cancer. And investors swiftly bid up the company's stock ( GNVC ) by 35 percent in premarket trading. GenVec started out the year with a restructuring that claimed the jobs of 22 employees . Nine months ago...
Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Nothing about beer, food, baseball, or the PLCB here. I'd like to talk to you about pancreatic cancer , for two reasons. First, this is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month . Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in America, and has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. This year, an estimated 42,470 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. 76% of them will...
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Contrary to popular opinion, hepatitis B doesn't appear to increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, say re
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A documentary I’ve been following for over a year now, is Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas’ American: The Bill Hicks Story. The film screens at the Sheffield Doc/Fest this weekend, and I’m excited to scope it out. Bill Hicks, like Outlaw Country music, is one of those things that Brits and Texans have in common. Hicks, who died of pancreatic cancer in 1994, was an underground sensation...
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. But year-round awareness of pancreatic cancer has been on the rise as a number of high-profile patients undergo treatment for the disease and some have succumbed to it. News about pancreatic cancer is not all bad, however, and facilities like the Illinois Center for Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Diseases – and its director, Dr. Malcolm Bilimoria...
Five minutes of caring (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The [eleventh month of the year][] (how did time fly so fast') is full of stuff to do in order to make a difference - whether it's in your own back yard or around the world. **Here's just a small sampling of some causes and issues that use November to raise awareness:** This is Lung Cancer Awareness Month . November is National Adoption Month . Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month is...
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