PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HEALTH Houston Chronicle - May 24 11:01 PM
Luncheon honors cancer survivors The American Cancer Society League of Fort Bend County is inviting cancer survivors, caregivers, family and friends to the second annual Cancer Survivors' Luncheon. The guest speaker will be Fran DiGiacomo, author of I'd Rather Have Chemo than Clean Out My Garage: Choosing Laughter over Tears Save to My Web
THESE OTHERS TO HONOR Philadelphia Daily News - May 25 12:47 AM
Champs with a cause Reggie White Greatest-ever always gives reason for pause, but not in this case. No Eagles defensive lineman has ever dominated like White, who died Christmas Day 2004. Wrote columnist Rich Hofmann 2 days later: "What he did on the football field was legendary. His 21 sacks in 12 games of the strike-shortened 1987 season might never be topped as a defensive accomplishment in Save to My Web
Doctors, Patients Need to Learn to Recognize a Stroke Kansas City InfoZine - May 25 2:07 AM
By George L. Richards III - Doctors are often poorly trained and lack the skills needed to identify a stroke, a medical group says.Save to My Web
Baylor Researchers Develop 'Bubble' Technique For Potential Treatment Of Type I Diabetes Science Daily - May 22 9:10 AM
Baylor Researchers have developed a novel technique using microscopic "bubbles" to deliver insulin genes to the pancreas, the organ that produces the body's insulin. This approach is a major step in the potential treatment of Type I diabetes since patients with the disease do not produce enough insulin on their own. The research results were published in the May 2006 issue of the Proceedings of Save to My Web
Abraxis BioScience Bolsters Manufacturing and Global Operational Expertise With Key Senior Executives FinanzNachrichten - 59 minutes ago
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABBI), an integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, today appointed three executives to its manufacturing and operational senior management ranks: Frank Harmon as executive vice president, global operations; Sam Trippie as senior vice president, manufacturing; and Jeff Silverman as vice president, operations integration and new technology development.Save to My Web
Central Dallas Ministries offers unique treatment for diabetics KERA North Texas - May 23 9:34 PM
Diabetes is often most threatening to those least able to manage it - including low-income, low-literacy, and transient non-white patients. But Central Dallas Ministries has taken a different approach to helping its diabetes patients, and their success suggests it could become a national model. 90.1's Catherine Cuellar reports.Save to My Web
