Gidget, the lovable chihuahua featured in Taco Bell ads, has died at the age of 15 (105 in dog years?). The cause of death of...
Left: Wienermobile According to Channel3000 and The Associated Press: Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Madison, Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name,...
An article by Miguel Helft in this morning’s New York Times continues to perpetuate the false impression Mr. Jobs is a a survivor of “pancreatic...
TV Pitchman Billy Mays, age 50, was reportedly found dead this morning by his wife. Mays, well known for his prominent voice in commercials and...
Steve Jobs’ liver transplant was performed at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. Here is a statement from the hospital James D. Eason, M.D.,program director...
Most news stories about Mr. Jobs’ tumor misleadingly refer to it as “pancreatic cancer” rather than an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor which is what it...
Back in January, Steve Jobs said that he had a “hormone imbalance” as a result of his rare form of pancreas cancer and that it...
It’s been almost three years since direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing became available. One of the companies that performs this service is www.23andMe.com (23 referring to...
Pancreatic cancer seems to be in the news a lot lately. Most recently, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diagnosed with stage 1 pancreatic...