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It has been used by both Oprah and Dr. Phil to refer to cases in which celebrities become symbols for important social issues such as...
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...
Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald, M.D. has lost her battle with breast cancer. Dr. Fitzgerald captured the world’s attention in the spring of 1999 when, as the...
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...
British physicist and mathematician, Stephen Hawking, was hospitalized in London on Monday with a respiratory infection. Beginning at age 21, Hawking has experienced progressive loss...
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...