MabVax raises $5.25 million for cancer therapies
SORRENTO VALLEY said Tuesday it has raised $5.25 million from venture capital investors to continue developing its cancer therapies. Privately held MabVax will use the money to fund Phase 2 clinical...
View ArticleMetro columnist Dan Casey: Giving thanks
Jeanna Duerscherl | The Roanoke Times Ferguson holds her granddaughter Ashley at her home in Roanoke County. Ferguson is thankful that Ashley, who turned two on Saturday, is thriving. In an earlier...
View ArticleFamily homecoming for twins after 98 days in 'preemie land’
As a kindergarten teacher, Nick Windschitl knows how to handle little kids. But he had no experience with children who could fit in the palm of his hand. Not until August -- when his wife, Sara, gave...
View ArticleMicroRNA makes triple-negative breast cancer homesick
Carcinoma cells are epithelial cells gone bad and have learned to act like neurons, inappropriately activating TrkB signaling to escape anoikis. They do it by a mutation that nixes production of a...
View ArticleCaregiver arrested for elder abuse
THREE RIVERS, Calif. -- A caregiver is in jail and an 88-year-old California woman is...
View ArticleScholarships reward commitment to family and career
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 3:48 pm Press Release: UCOL 20 November 2012 Scholarships reward commitment to family and career Dedicated third year student, mother and caregiver Sherly Maukau has won two...
View Article3 Steps to Save Your Family From the Caregiver Crisis
IMPORTANT AND URGENT MATTER: CAREGIVING November is Long-Term Care Awareness Month. And it is time for everyone to get real and make a caregiving plan. This week, I caught up with the leadership team...
View ArticleYoung Cancer Patients Rarely Get Help, Information On Fertility Issues
When Gina Danford went in to have an 8-pound ovarian tumor removed from her ovary, her prognosis was grim. Worst case, the cancer had spread and she did not have long to live. Best case, Danford would...
View ArticleFoods that fight cancer: Cranberries (Video)
Related topics Cancer Fighting Foodscranberriesovarian cancer Advertisement For those who love cranberries during Thanksgiving, you may be pleased to learn that cranberries have joined the list of...
View ArticleExeter Business School Publish New Case Study on How Desso is Closing the Loop
Google WAALWIJK, , November 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Exeter Business School, ranked 2nd for business studies by the Sunday Times and creator of the innovative One Planet MBA programme with the World...
View ArticleMen who are caregivers need directions
The family caregiver has typically been a woman, but it is no longer atypical when that role is performed by a man. In 2001, a study by the Family Caregiver Alliance estimated that as few as 25...
View ArticleCaregiver Resources: 13 Tools To Help Reduce Stress This Holiday Season
For Tory Zellick, the holiday season used to mean a table full of savory turkey, ham and stuffing, and a delighted mother who gladly prepared each dish from scratch. However, at the age of 18, Tory’s...
View ArticleAllyn Rose, Miss America Contestant, To Undergo Double Mastectomy To Prevent...
Allyn Rose, the 24-year-old who will represent Washington, D.C., in the upcoming Miss America pageant, announced that she will undergo a double mastectomy as a breast cancer prevention measure,...
View ArticleHarriet Harman: Women are 'written off' after childbirth
As Harriet Harman makes history by being the longest-serving female MP, she warns that women never reach the prime of their lives as they are either too young or "written off" after childbirth....
View ArticlePro-Active Caregiving during the Holidays
Related topics ThanksgivigHolidaysCaregivingChristmasFamilyaging Advertisement Many elderly are able to mask declining health throughout the year because they are able to keep a fairly steady routine....
View ArticleSanovas, Inc. Receives Patent Allowance for Nested Balloon Catheter for...
Patent protects minimally invasive system for delivering diagnostic and therapeutic agents to smallest passageways of the anatomy Google , Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanovas, Inc., a life science...
View ArticlePiOna concept needle could ease infertility injections
This auto-injector hides the needle in a device that gives women user feedback. It could reduce injection times by 30 percent. by (Credit: Cambridge Consultants) If you're the type who looks away when...
View ArticleIt takes real men to speak up about violence against women
ALL of Australia was horrified by the circumstances of Jill Meagher's death this year. Here was a young woman walking home after a night out with buddies, on a well-lit road, in an area she knew well....
View ArticleLaura Mercier is beautiful inside and out as she gives back this holiday...
Advertisement Laura Mercier is known for her trademark 'Flawless Face,' and her luxurious makeup line that women can't live without, which includes the best of best of concealers, foundations,...
View ArticleMicroRNAs can convert normal cells into cancer promoters
In the December issue of the American Association for Cancer Research journal Cancer Discovery, a team or researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine and Northwestern University Feinberg...
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