Brain cancer patients share sympathy, stories of struggle - Boston Globe
For Patricia Whitman, it began with a smell, not a seizure. A strange burning odor occasionally filled her nose. In the weeks and months to follow, there were bouts of light-headedness and, later, excruciating headaches. Still, the last thing she
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His gem still shines in Parnell’s memory - Boston Globe
Tom Yawkey , owner of the Red Sox from 1933 until his death in 1976, was waiting at the clubhouse door when Mel Parnell completed his no-hitter. “He had a contract in his hand,” Parnell said yesterday. “He said, ‘Sign this.’ “I said, ‘Mr. Yawkey, you
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A grim diagnosis: Kennedy’s brain cancer is worst kind - NWI.com
WASHINGTON - A malignant glioma _ the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy _ is the worst kind of brain cancer. Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim _ few live three years and for the worst
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