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Former UA vice president Larry Burns finds new job in native Detroit

Edit Akron Beacon Journal 22 Oct 2016
Larry Burns, UA’s former vice president for advancement, this week started as the new president and chief executive of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation in Detroit ... “I am delighted and honored to have the opportunity to work with an outstanding board of trustees, staff and hospital and medical leadership as we continue to grow the foundation and serve the children of Michigan,” Burns said....

Courage Kenny Foundation presents award to Wisconsin entrepreneuer (Allina Health System)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2016
(Source ... Andersen received a $5,000 cash award from the Courage Kenny Foundation to help advance her business, Nifty Noggins ... Following many rounds of chemotherapy, she became debilitated and was not able to walk as a result of the tumors that had spread to her spinal column ... About the award ... Original documenthttp.//www.allinahealth.org/About-Us/Newsroom/2016/Courage-Kenny-Foundation-presents-award-to-Wisconsin-entrepreneuer/ ... (noodl....

Lauren Holiday, Jrue Holiday's wife, undergoes surgery to remove benign brain tumor

Edit The Times Picayune 22 Oct 2016
Lauren Holiday underwent successful surgery on Thursday to remove a benign tumor after delivering a healthy baby girl a month ago, sources confirm ... Lauren was diagnosed with a benign tumor on the right side of her brain in June ... ....

The story of two sisters, a brother, and a free app

Edit The Hindu 22 Oct 2016
“Ours is a fascinating story of two sisters and an autistic brother,” says Juhi, who also runs a school for autistic children in Electronics City, Bengaluru ... His life inspired us to start the ‘I Support Foundation’ in 2014 to extend our observations and study to other families struck with autism,” she says....

A billionaire philanthropist's passion for paying it forward

Edit China Daily 22 Oct 2016
In addition, he is also the founder and chairman of the Global Health& Education Foundation, which launched Global Natural History Day in 2012, a competition that aims to teach natural history and sciences outside the classroom and to connect school children with their peers around the world ... "This event has encouraged children to articulate their findings after exploring the world, and this has changed their way of learning....

Ex-US women’s soccer star has surgery for brain tumor

Edit New York Post 22 Oct 2016
Former US women’s national team midfielder Lauren Holiday underwent successful surgery Thursday to remove a brain tumor, reported New Orleans’ The Time Picayune. She was diagnosed with a benign, operable brain tumor in June while carrying her child with Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday ... ....

International Day of Girl Child marked

Edit The Himalayan 22 Oct 2016
The ceremony was inaugurated jointly by Bishnu Prasad Lamsal, secretary at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare and Erika Nepal, an adolescent representative ... Various age-old harmful practices have been affecting the lives of girl children in Nepal ... Restless Development, Titikshya Foundation, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Vision and Yuwalaya....

Benedict Cumberbatch hails 'true superheroes' at charity awards

Edit ITV 22 Oct 2016
"I think charities like Save The Children are doing a fantastic amount ... "These are initiatives, like this foundation, which are started from the heart by the charitable sector and are doing great things and are making a fantastic impact."....

Midtown Detroit launches rental assistance program

Edit Detroit Free Press 22 Oct 2016
The pilot program is aimed at residents of Midtown with annual household incomes that are 50% to 80% of area median income levels, or as low as $23,450 for a single person or $30,150 for a single parent with two children ... New Center building in Detroit to house restaurant, foundation HQ ... Bryan Hogle, the Kresge Foundation's Detroit Program officer....

Midtown Detroit launches program to fight high rents

Edit Detroit Free Press 22 Oct 2016
The pilot program is aimed at residents of Midtown with annual household incomes that are 50% to 80% of area median income levels, or as low as $23,450 for a single person or $30,150 for a single parent with two children ... New Center building in Detroit to house restaurant, foundation HQ ... Bryan Hogle, the Kresge Foundation's Detroit Program officer....

Presidential candidates carry campaign barbs into NY dinner

Edit Arabnews 22 Oct 2016
The candidates shared the stage Thursday night at an annual white-tie dinner in New York City that raises money for needy children and typically offers White House hopefuls a respite from election tensions ... Clinton Foundation records do not show any direct pledge of funding from the king or government of Morocco to the charity ... Foundation itself....

Researchers make new advances in treating metastatic breast cancer

Edit CBS News 22 Oct 2016
N.Y. doctor pioneering new treatment that robs tumors of a key mineral they need to flourish ... ....

Metastatic breast cancer treatments in development

Edit CBS News 22 Oct 2016
Two innovative treatments for metastatic breast cancer are in development. Dr. Linda Vahdat is testing a drug that reduces the body's level of copper, an element that cancer tumors need to spread. But more research and treatments are needed. Dr. Jon LaPook reports ... ....
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