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Morris Animal Foundation Funds New Array of Wildlife Studies
Are environmental contaminants affecting the health of city-dwelling birds or of the fish in our lakes, rivers and streams? Why are koalas getting cancers such…
Volunteers Needed for Prevent Cancer Foundation 5k Walk/Run on September 21
Prevent Cancer Foundation is looking for volunteers for their 6th Annual 5k Walk/Run taking place the morning of Sunday, September 21, 2014. They will once…
SPLC Urges Federal Court to Address Razors in Alabama Prisons
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) urged a federal court today to block an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC)…
New Study Aims for Quick Suppression of Food Allergies
McLean, Va. (September 8, 2014) – Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) announced today that it has awarded a research grant totaling $734,986 to a…
Teen Mom Realizes Turning Point at Boys Town Washington D.C..
It’s difficult enough being a single teenage mother in a healthy home setting. But with the odds stacked against her, 17-year-old Stacia faced losing not…
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
By Prevent Cancer Foundation Many people are shy when it comes to discussing prostate cancer. Viewed as a personal, private disease, prostate cancer is too often…
Talking to Your Kids About Their Diagnosis
How to tell your child they have a particular diagnosis, whether that’s Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, autism, or something else, is a question I get…
Accelerate the Search for a Cure to Childhood Cancer
Today, 42 parents will hear the words, “your child has cancer,” and one out of eight children will not survive. While more than 40,000 children…
Making Treatment Possible & a Cure Probable for Children Diagnosed with Cancer
What We Do: CureSearch for Children’s Cancer is a national non-profit foundation that accelerates the cure for children’s cancer by driving innovation, eliminating research barriers,…
Celebrate Canine Partners for Life October 5th Open House & 25th Birthday Party
You’re invited to Canine Partners for Life’s (CPL) birthday party celebrating 25 years of training and placing service dogs! On October 5, 2014 from noon…
Changing the Conversation around Cancer Care
by Linda Overholser, MD, MPH Among my current activities as an academic general internist, I have the honor of working on a project in partnership…
Navigating the Worlds of Education and Employment with a Disability
By Maureen Marshall Having cerebral palsy (CP) definitely has its challenges and there is no denying that, but there are also so many possibilities for…