Good News Notes: “An elderly Bayard man who suffered a heart attack Sunday was saved following treatment from a Bayard police officer and volunteer firefighters. Bayard Police Chief Lee Alirez said that the man was flown out of Gila Regional Medical Center and is doing OK. According to a press release sent by Alirez, Bayard…
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North Carolina firefighter’s 11-year-old son beats cancer | 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Good News Notes: “Brody Rickards was diagnosed with leukemia in June of 2016 when he was just 8 years old. Brody, now 11, is officially cancer-free. Brody is the son of Charlotte Fire Department firefighter Erin Rickards. The Charlotte Fire Department announced the good news on TwitterSaturday. Erin said his treatments ended back in January, but…
From lab to clinic: hope for those suffering from depression
Good News Notes: “As we look back over the past decade, one thing is disturbingly apparent: We are increasingly a people in despair. For many, when despair becomes depression, or untenable anxiety, the standard answers — antidepressants with a dose of therapy — are not enough to assuage suffering. We know this because the rates…
FDA Expands Access to Ecstasy Drug for PTSD Therapy
Good News Notes: “Iraq War veteran Jonathan Lubecky was deployed to Balad Air Base in 2006, where mortar attacks became part of daily life. During one enemy strike, Lubecky was knocked unconscious, suffering a traumatic brain injury. His overall combat experience resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder. After leaving the Army in 2009, he tried many treatments,…
FDA approves Israeli IceCure tumor-treating tech for liver, kidney cancer
Good News Notes: “IceCure, a Tel Aviv-based medical device company has received additional US Food and Drug Administration approval for its tumor-treating cryoablation technology. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, IceCure’s vice president of business development and global marketing, said the company received its first approval by the FDA in 2010…
Procedure gaining popularity to treat common prostate problem
Good News Notes: “The quest to provide non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical procedures to patients who battle common medical issues is becoming a near constant for medical providers. At Colorado Urology, one of those solutions is gaining popularity in treating BPH, commonly known as an enlarged prostate. ‘As our prostates enlarge, it may cause problems without bladder function…
Ohio boy surprised by classmates in school hallway after final chemo treatment
Good News Notes: “A 6-year-old boy received a hero’s welcome upon his return to school after fighting leukemia for three years. John Oliver ‘J.O.’ Zippay won the biggest battle of his young life when he received his final round of chemotherapy two days after Christmas. Zippay returned to St. Helen Catholic School in Newbury Wednesday…
Future ‘Flash’ Radiation Therapy Could Treat Cancer in Milliseconds
Good News Notes: “Someday, specialized systems could barrage cancer patients with particles to deliver a full course of radiation therapy in mere microseconds, new research suggests. Using an emerging technique known as flash radiotherapy, doctors could eradicate tumors in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional radiation therapy…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She No Longer Has Pancreatic Cancer
Good News Notes: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose health has become a preoccupation of the American public as the Supreme Court hews rightward under President Trump, announced this week that she was cancer-free. Justice Ginsburg, 86, one of four liberal justices on the nine-member court, told CNN in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday that treatment for…
Strange New Organelle That Helps Prevent Cancer Discovered in Our Cells
Good News Notes: Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a strange new organelle inside our cells that helps to prevent cancer by ensuring that genetic material is sorted correctly as cells divide. The researchers have connected problems with the organelle to a subset of breast cancer tumors that make lots…