Muhammad Ali’s Real Legacy: True Patriotism

Edit Antiwar 07 Jun 2016
The war killed 58,000 Americans, a few million Vietnamese, and drained equipment and resources from the U.S ... Bush during the Iraq War and many other American presidents when conflict has been afoot, LBJ essentially lied the United States into war by saying that the North Vietnamese patrol boats had twice attacked a U.S ... But many times in American history, both the Congress and the people have agreed with ill-advised wars....

Cancer drug prices highest in US, least affordable in India, China: study

Edit Deccan Chronicle 07 Jun 2016
Americans pay the highest prices in the world for cancer drugs, but the treatments are least affordable in lower income countries, according to the results of a new study released on Monday. The study of cancer drug prices in seven countries, which did not take into account discounts or rebates to list prices, was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago....

Biden, Cancer Groups Call for Collaboration to Hasten Advances

Edit Bloomberg 07 Jun 2016
Drugs, Diagnostics ... Food and Drug Administration that would speed drug development by promoting collaboration within the agency ... Separate FDA centers -- for chemical drugs, biologic drugs and devices -- use their own policies, application types and tracking systems that can create additional work and make communication difficult, the groups said in the letter....

‘UnREAL’: Chet wages all out ‘War’ against Quinn and Rachel

Edit Zap2it 07 Jun 2016
Monday’s (June 6) episode was titled, “War,” and trust us when we tell you that the show lived up to the promise of that name ... Shedding the baggage of drug abuse and extra-marital affairs, as well as the physical weight he was carrying around with him, it seems like Chet has come back with a laser-like focus and is dead-set on taking back the show....

Cancer Drugs Less Affordable in Poor Nations Than US

Edit Voa News 07 Jun 2016
Cancer drugs predictably cost much more in the U.S ... Goldstein, of Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, presented the findings Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago ... He and colleagues analyzed eight drugs covered by patent and 15 generic ones for which retail prices were available in all seven countries, according to the standard monthly dose....

'Near-impossible' fear over NHS approval for breakthrough breast cancer drug

Edit Belfast Telegraph 07 Jun 2016
Thousands of British women with advanced breast cancer may be denied a drug that can keep the disease in check, campaigners fear ... "As such, it would be near-impossible for this new patented drug to show it can be cost-effective." ... Dr Harold Burstein, spokesman for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Asco), said the FDA tended "to move drugs into the marketplace more quickly" than the EMA....

Charity calls for new breast cancer drug to be given to UK women

Edit The Guardian 07 Jun 2016
A breast cancer charity is calling for women in the UK to be given access to a drug that could slow the progress of advanced breast cancer by an extra 10 months compared with current treatment but is not yet licensed in Europe despite being used widely in the US ... Breast cancer drugs should be given for 10 years, study shows. Palbociclib is used in combination with a cheap off-patent aromatase inhibitor drug called letrozole....

SCHUMER MEETS WITH USS FRANK E. EVANS FAMILY MEMBERS AT THEIR SYRACUSE HOME JUST DAYS AFTER THE 47th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISASTER; SCHUMER IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO ADD SON OF SYRACUSE MAN, LARRY REILLY JR., TO THE VIETNAM WALL (Charles E Schumer)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
is a veteran of World War II and a survivor of the USS Frank E ... The release of Louise Esola's book American Boys The True Story of the Lost 74 of the Vietnam War brought more attention to our cause ... Seventy-four American Sailors were killed in the accident ... Evans were essential to the American military efforts in Vietnam, and their presence in the South China Sea was directly linked to the war....

Investing in Death

Edit Dissident Voice 07 Jun 2016
You know the old saying; “there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes.” I will add two more certainties; 1) America was born in the womb of war and will die in her arms unless the American people rise up to demand the end of the military/political/industrial complex; and 2) people who invest in the gun and war industries are as morally ......

The president-elect of the Philippines says citizens who kill drug dealers will get medals

Edit Business Insider 07 Jun 2016
He also said he would order a review of dismissed criminal cases against active law enforcement officers because he suspects that some might have bribed their way back onto the force after getting busted for criminal involvement or drugs. "If you're still into drugs, I will kill you," Duterte said....

US to request excavating two more World War II sites in Arunachal Pradesh

Edit Indian Express 07 Jun 2016
The United States will request India to allow it to excavate two more Second World War aircrash sites in Arunachal Pradesh this year ... Repatriation of the remains of American soldiers from the Second World War is a politically sensitive issue in the US and is undertaken by the DPAA, which estimates there are approximately 350 US military personnel from the Second World War still missing in India....

Photo gallery

Edit The Times Picayune 07 Jun 2016
It has been 72 years, yet for many World War II veterans the sounds of gunfire, explosions and screams might as well have happened yesterday ... As part of the ceremony, five Louisiana World War II veterans ......

Taylor Hooton Foundation launches 2016 campaign (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
'Education is, without question, the most effective weapon we have to fight the epidemic of appearance and performance-enhancing drug use by our young people and these players are showing kids that they've achieved success the right way.'. American Leaguers on the advisory board ... 'Steroids are just like any other drug, they can kill you,' Hardy said....
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