Articles tagged: Betsy de Parry

photo gallery with video: Last house down: Images from final day of City Place demolition in Ann Arbor

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Posted: Nov 11, 2011

The last of seven houses on South Fifth Avenue in Ann Arbor was demolished on Friday afternoon to make way for City Place student apartments. Several passersby stopped to watch as the house was reduced ... Read more »

health: Weekly PBS show to include reports on cancer topics

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Posted: Nov 04, 2011

It's a first! Next week, reports about a variety of cancer topics come to TV every week as a regular part of the weekly, half hour PBS show A Wider World! Read more »

health: The commercialization of breast cancer: do your research before contributing to the cause

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Posted: Oct 21, 2011

It's Pinktober. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Oh, I'm aware. I watched breast cancer steal the life of one of my best friends. Another is battling a frightening recurrence after several years in remission. But I'm ... Read more »

health: Cancer researchers drive progress forward, need adequate funding to sustain momentum

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Posted: Oct 07, 2011

Several years ago — before my life collided with science — my husband Alex and I were at a party where, at dinner, we happened to sit across from a scientist. On and on she ... Read more »

health: Studying blood cancers has helped unlock mysteries of disease, paved the way to better treatments

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Posted: Sep 23, 2011

The blood cancers — leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma — rarely get much attention, even though, collectively, they account for 9.5 percent of all cancer deaths and 9 percent of new diagnoses in the U.S. — and ... Read more »