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Muckety This Paul Mccartney to George W Bush
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Ted Kennedy surgery followed broad research into medical options
Once again, Dr. Lawrence C. Horowitz is providing counsel to the Kennedy family as it confronts a medical crisis.
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Edward M. KennedyThe decision followed a massive research effort led by Horowitz, a former Kennedy aide who has advised the family for more than 20 years.
As the Boston Globe reports today, Horowitz helped the family find innovative treatments for Edward M. Kennedy Jr. when he was diagnosed with a dangerous bone cancer in his right leg. He treated Patrick Kennedy when the 12-year-old suffered an asthma attack on a airline flight. And he devised diets for Ted Kennedy when he considered a presidential run in 1984.
Kennedy’s decision to have surgery followed an analysis by Horowitz and other former staffers, which included discussions with experts at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
“My role is to reach out to everybody everywhere – Mass. General, Brigham, anywhere across the country,” Horowitz told the Globe.
Horowitz, a graduate of Yale Medical School, was staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Kennedy, from 1977 to 1981. He later served as Kennedy’s chief of staff.
He is the author of Taking Charge of Your Medical Fate, about researching and assessing health care options.
In issuing his statement this morning, Kennedy didn’t miss the opportunity to campaign for his favorite presidential candidate: “After completing treatment, I look forward to returning to the United States Senate and to doing everything I can to help elect Barack Obama as our next president,” he said.
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Democratic Politics Laid Bare at Rules Committee Meeting
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Abc Nbc and Cbs Stand Up to Cancer
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Ny Feds Timothy Geithner Has High Powered Group of Mentors
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ABC, NBC and CBS join forces for Stand up to Cancer
The entertainment industry is banding together to combat cancer. The Stand up to Cancer campaign launched last week, with a celebrity-filled event at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.
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Couric, one of the leaders of Stand up to Cancer, lost her husband to the disease in 1998. Other heads of the organization include former Paramount Pictures chair Sherry Lansing, and Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin.
Stand Up to Cancer plans to serve as an umbrella organization to bring together other cancer nonprofits to raise funds for cancer research. The American Association for Cancer Research, the Entertainment Industry Foundation and the Noreen Fraser Foundation are among the leading organizations working with Stand Up to Cancer. Others include the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Major League Baseball, Revlon, AOL, and the AARP are corporate sponsors.
In addition to the TV special, the organization will also produce TV, radio and print public service announcements, the first of which is featured on its website. Celebrities such as Larry David, Morgan Freeman, Tony Hawk, Tobey Maguire, Jodie Foster and Lance Armstrong have appeared in the organization’s first videos.
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Has Oprah Peaked
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Chicagos Black Business Elite Play Major Role in Obamas Rise
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Scott Mcclellan Comes From Tell All Family Tradition
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