The facility is aimed at reducing the disproportionate rates of cancer incidence and mortality in Southeast D.C.
He’s getting treatment and appears to be in good spirits.
“The report couldn’t possibly be any better. It’s unbelievably great news,” Hogan said.
He has either very advanced stage 3 or stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
A triathlon in Columbia, Md. has landed Lance Armstrong, but at the expense of its status as a sanctioned race.
Films about New York’s late-night radio host Bob Fass, dancing garbage collectors in Austin, and shorts about total strangers.
Over the weekend, we shared the efforts of local parents Indira Lakshmanan and Dermot Tatlow, who have been desperately seeking a bone marrow or blood cord match for their 4-year-old son, Devan. Devan has been battling a rare form of high-risk leukemia, and due to his genetic makeup, the odds of finding a match were rather long. But thanks to an extraordinary PR push that reached all the way from local blogs and TV…
We don’t do a whole lot of PSAs here at DCist, but there’s something about a kid with life-threatening cancer that finds us making an exception. Devan (come on, just look at that face) is a four-year old Washingtonian who has a rare form of high-risk leukemia. His parents, Indira and Dermot, have been hitting the virtual pavement with vigor to try and find someone who can donate bone marrow to Devan, which –…
DCRTV.com is reporting that legendary sportscaster George Michael, who was well-known nationally for his syndicated program “The George Michael Sports Machine,” and beloved in D.C. for his work with NBC4/WRC, has passed away at the age of 70. Michael had been battling cancer for two years. A Channel 4 reporter confirmed the news to the Washington Post this morning. The last time we saw Michael regularly anchoring sports on D.C.’s airwaves was in March…
The Post’s Nikita Stewart reports what members of the D.C. Council apparently already knew, but the public did not: Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall. Cheh has already undergone radiation treatment and a lumpectomy at Sibley Memorial Hospital, and told Stewart that her doctors have said her prognosis is good (she’ll continue to be treated with drugs for the next five years). The Council member said…
