Preparations are taking place for a family fun day which will be held in Montrose later this summer. The Over the Rainbow event is being planned as a final fling outdoors for families on Sunday, September 6 and as a commemoration of Montrose’s “butterfly girl” Adana Forsyth. The day has...
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After weeks of planning, the fund-raising walk for Bridger Gustafson will take place this Saturday, June 13, at Constitution Park in Lovell. The fun-for-the-family event will take place at 7 a.m. Bridger, the 5-year-old son of Blake and JanaLee Moncur Gustafson of Carrollton, Texas, and the grandson of Brent and...
After five of his seven siblings were diagnosed with Huntington’s disease (HD) in the past seven years, Robert Robinson and his wife, Laura, sprang to action. In an energetic quest, they became involved in the P.E.I. Chapter of Huntington Society of Canada and attended a national conference in Charlottetown last...
Greg Perlman and his giving platform, Change Reaction, were able to raise a total of $13,500 for Harmon Jones and his family. The family of a 4-year-old boy who is recovering from cancer has a generous donor to thank for helping change their lives and get them back on their...
When Lisa Doo planned a yard sale last year to benefit research for Moyamoya disease, of which her son Justin is stricken, most folks in the Walpole area had never heard of the disease. Now, with another sale planned for Saturday, more residents are aware of Justin’s case, but Lisa...
When a doctor asks for your family medical history, he or she is not just being nosy – it can mean the difference between life and death. Just ask the Smith family of the Cotton Grove community. Tony Smith, 42, tested positive for colon cancer in February 2008. He had...
How far would you go to save your child’s life? Haoyang was born in Kunming in southwestern China two years ago with a very rare disease: Menkes Syndrome. The disease is a genetic disorder that impacts how copper – which is crucial for brain and nervous system development – is...
Most parents wouldn’t be thrilled with the idea of their kids getting hooked up to an IV bag filled with trillions of viruses. But for Melanie Hennick, whose son, Connor, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it was an opportunity she hoped would change his life. “We knew this wasn’t a cure,”...
Washington. DC – The FDA has denied approval of Theratechnologies’ F8 formulation of tesamorelin, which the Canadian biotech was proposing to reduce excess abdominal fat in patients with HIV and lipodystrophy, the company announced Wednesday. In its Complete Response Letter, the regulator pointed to issues regarding tesamorelin’s chemistry, manufacturing and controls,...
Greenwich, CT – The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce that it has funded a new study directed by Roshni Dasgupta, MD of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Dr. Dasgupta is a leader in surgical oncology and the chair of the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative (PSORC)....