Five-year-old Nathan Norman, who is fighting terminal cancer, is asking for cards from emergency responders.
Update, Dec. 11, 2:40 p.m.: Five-year-old Nathan Norman is battling terminal cancer. While he's fighting the fight, he asked for Christmas cards from police officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel. Prince George's County responders got together to send him their greetings. Fire and rescue and emergency personnel have been sending Nathan cards and gifts from all across the country, the Nathan Charles Norman blog reports. See the blog for updated information on his health and the response he is receiving for his request for cards. Editor's Note: An early report had incorrect information about Nathan Norman's age. We regret this error.
Aquilino Cancer Center slated to open on campus of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in 2013.
Adventist HealthCare officials, joined by Shady Grove Hospital personnel and local elected officials, broke ground Wednesday on what will become Montgomery County's first free-standing, comprehensive cancer center. Called the Aquilino Cancer Center, the 50,000-square-foot, three-story building will offer personalized, expert care to cancer patients with up-to-date technology and support services to treat various forms of cancer. It's slated to open on the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital campus in 2013. The driving force behind the project, said Shady Grove Hospital president Dennis Hansen, was better care for people battling cancer in the hospital's community. Jane Peck, Hansen's colleague, said she believes it will do that and more. "For …
Says it will continue to fund the organization.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation today reversed its decision from earlier this week to defund Planned Parenthood, saying it was sorry. On Tuesday the breast cancer support organization said it was pulling funding from Planned Parenthood because the group was under Federal investigation, and a recent internal policy change prohibited them from funding organizations under investigation. A Patch poll (not scientific) posted Thursday asking readers if they supported Komen's decision received more than 500 responses, which as of this writing were split exactly 50/50. Komen issued a statement today apologizing to its supporters. The statement begins: We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our …
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10:55 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Not sure what crazy science journal you've been reading but safe abortions do not cause any disease whatsoever, unless you call having a successful life a disease. What a woman does with her body is between her and her doctor, and that's it. Get your nose out of my uterus and apply your time to something that matters more, like getting a real education. more ›
Jay Friedman
5:37 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I just went to the boys family blog site. Wow!. Such a young child and all the treatments he has gone through. Clearly, no one wants to give up. Very brave! more ›