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...organ donor was identified as "37-year-old Lisa," about to die of brain cancer. She proved to be an actress. The contestants, who were also in on the hoax, are real kidney-failure patients, BNN says...
...crafted, Proposition 215, pass in California, legalizing the use of pot for the seriously ill. The "grandfather" of the medicinal-marijuana movement said his fight to "restore cannabis" stemmed from a backlash against its medical use following the late-'30s film Reefer Madness. He was 73 and had cancer...
...Obama also borrows from a major cost-cutting proposal that John Kerry put forward in his 2004 Presidential campaign, in which the government would pay part of the cost for covering catastrophic illnesses like cancer and heart disease that require the most expensive treatments and surgeries, which consume a disproportionate share of the nation's total health care tab. And as with a number of other reform proposals, including one by his Presidential rival John Edwards, Obama would set up a health insurance program similar to that now offered to federal employees, where the uninsured could pick among a group...
...finally, Sadr's return comes at a critical moment for the Shi'ite coalition that dominates the Iraqi parliament. His only real rival in Shi'ite politics, Abdel-Aziz Hakim of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, was earlier this week diagnosed with lung cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in Tehran. If the illness forces Hakim to stay away from the limelight for extended periods, it will leave Sadr as the main voice of Iraq's majority sect...
Sick Kids Need Involved People (SKIP) is the fulfillment of that promise. The organization has helped more than 7,000 families deal with the myriad issues that come up with home care for children on life support as well as those battling cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle-cell anemia, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, autism and other conditions. Margaret and her staff of 250 help families navigate the hospital, insurance and Medicaid systems; assist them with school and housing issues; and counsel parents on how to care for the healthy siblings of a sick child...