by Woody Weingarten | Nov 3, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Woman who feigned disease owes 652 hours of community service to cancer facilitiesYou could call it poetic justice.A Colorado judge has imposed, in my opinion, a fitting sentence (and fine) on a female postal worker who faked cancer and was convicted of fraud.Judge...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 27, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Julia Louis-Dreyfus utilizes Instagram to update followers about breast cancer treatmentsJulia Louis-Dreyfus, the Emmy-winning star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld,” has borrowed pop sensation Katy Perry’s lyrics from the 2013 hit...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 22, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
FDA gives its okay to a second gene therapy that can send blood cancer into remissionThe FDA has approved a new gene therapy for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.According to a recent story by Denise Grady in The New York Times, Yescarta was okayed...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 12, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Breast cancer mortality rate remains higher for whites than blacks, new study showsDespite strides in meds and treatments, black women are still at a much greater risk of dying from breast cancer.A recent story on the Huffington Post website by Suzy Strutner points...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 6, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
UK clinical trial shows that two prostate cancer therapies can be much better than oneCan combining two existing therapies extend the life of men with advanced, high-risk prostate cancer by 37%?A new study seems to answer that question with a...
