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    Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  1. Multiple myeloma -- what is it? Is there a cure?

    Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the cells in the bone marrow that affects 750,000 people worldwide; it is an uncontrolled growth of plasma cells which attack and destroy bone and damage the kidneys and immune system.
    Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the cells in the bone marrow that affects 750,000 people worldwide; it is an uncontrolled growth of plasma cells which attack and destroy bone and damage the kidneys and immune system. In the United States, there are...

    Tags: Health Treatments, Leukemia, Cancer, Pneumonia, Anemia

    2. Jan 31, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  2. The white role in the black struggle

    Last week I wrote about a young community organizer named Dayvon Love. Mr. Love and his fellow activists in Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a grassroots advocacy organization he cofounded, may be the city's strongest proponents of black empowerment. Baltimore is majority African-American, but the heads of its most influential nonprofit organizations are usually white. Race still plays a role in which voices gain access to media outlets, policymakers and funding. So in LBS' view, if their goal is to help predominantly African-American communities, white nonprofit leaders must redress this power imbalance and do whatever they can to support a social policy agenda that is shaped and led by black people.
    Last week I wrote about a young community organizer named Dayvon Love. Mr. Love and his fellow activists in Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a grassroots advocacy organization he cofounded, may be the city's strongest proponents of black empowerment....

    Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Minority Groups, Racism

    3. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| WGNO-LTV

  3. Armless Guitarist Spreads Message of Hope

    Seeing Tony Melendez, you'd think his story was a sad one. "When I was born," says Melendez, "there was a medicine called thalidomide that was given to my mother I should say before I was born.  She took this medicine, they didn't know at that time that it would harm the child.  So when I came into this world, I came into this world without the arms and with a left foot that was club."
    Seeing Tony Melendez, you'd think his story was a sad one. "When I was born," says Melendez, "there was a medicine called thalidomide that was given to my mother I should say before I was born.  She took this medicine, they didn't know at that time that...

    Tags: Music, Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment, Club Foot

    4. Aug 31, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Ex-Navy SEAL pushes back on Pentagon warning over Bin Laden book

    World Now
    The former Navy SEAL who wrote a first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden launched another attack Friday as his lawyer disputed the Defense Department’s claim that he was required to obtain Pentagon approval before publishing the...
    5. Aug 31, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Apology from German thalidomide company after decades of silence

    World Now
    The German company that manufactured thalidomide, the morning sickness drug that led to thousands of babies born with deformed limbs and other defects, apologized to victims Friday after decades of silence....
    6. Jun 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. William S. Knowles dies at 95; Nobel Prize-winning chemist

    William S. Knowles, a retired Monsanto Co. organic chemist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2001 for helping to solve a vexing problem in the manufacture of medicines, died Wednesday of complications of ALS at his home in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Mo. He was 95.
    William S. Knowles, a retired Monsanto Co. organic chemist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2001 for helping to solve a vexing problem in the manufacture of medicines, died Wednesday of complications of ALS at his home in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield,...

    Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Science, Heart Problems, Nobel Prize Awards, Chemistry

    7. Apr 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Singer Thomas Quasthoff talks retirement and his 'cripple bonus'

    Culture Monster
    In an interview with Der Spiegel, the German baritone Thomas Quasthoff discusses his retirement and whether there was a 'bonus' to being disabled....
    8. Jan 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff retires from the concert stage

    Culture Monster
    German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff has announced today on his website that he will no longer be giving concerts....
    9. Nov 18, 2011 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  9. Finding Your Happiness With Deborah Norville

    <strong><em>AN EXCERPT FROM:</em></strong>
    AN EXCERPT FROM:   Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness 101 Inspirational Stories about Finding Your Purpose, Passion, and Joy   Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Amy Newmark   Foreword by Deborah Norville Foreword   Some...

    Tags: Music, The Happiest News!, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Diseases and Illnesses

    10. Oct 6, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  10. Medical Writer Annie Murphy Paul's 'Origins' Examines Everyone's First Nine Months

    My mother often said, sometimes as a point of pride, that she was plastered when she went into labor with me. At her favorite restaurant, she had had a couple too many highballs the night I wanted out. At the Catholic hospital where I was delivered, two nuns tried to assist her. Ma waved off their insistent offers, and on the final refusal she puked on them, forcing them into new habits.
    My mother often said, sometimes as a point of pride, that she was plastered when she went into labor with me. At her favorite restaurant, she had had a couple too many highballs the night I wanted out. At the Catholic hospital where I was delivered, two...

    Tags: Spring Training, Weight, Stress, Nobel Prize Awards, Research

    11. Mar 26, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75; shattered political barrier for women as vice presidential nominee in 1984

    Geraldine A. Ferraro, the savvy New York Democrat who was embraced as a symbol of women's equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 75.
    Geraldine A. Ferraro, the savvy New York Democrat who was embraced as a symbol of women's equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was...

    Tags: Rentals, Primaries, Realty, Physical Conditions, Human Rights

    12. Mar 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Pregnancy myths

    Once a woman becomes visibly pregnant, it isn't long before she's being asked extremely personal questions by complete strangers:
    Tribune staff reporter
    Once a woman becomes visibly pregnant, it isn't long before she's being asked extremely personal questions by complete strangers: "Are you going to have an epidural or go natural? "You're not drinking alcohol, are you?" "Have you tried ginger for...

    Tags: Demerol (drug), Physical Conditions, Health Organizations, Medical Procedures and Tests, Colleges and Universities

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