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Gwu To Host Third Annual Relay For Life Event, Office Of University Communications, Jill Blank Oct 2015

Gwu To Host Third Annual Relay For Life Event, Office Of University Communications, Jill Blank

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

More than 1 million people in the United States get cancer each year. The disease’s impact on people in the Gardner-Webb University community led students to organize and host an inaugural Relay for Life fundraiser on campus in 2013. Last year’s event raised over $19,000 for American Cancer Society research, education and survivor support, and Gardner-Webb students hope to increase donations and awareness through this year’s Relay event.


The Patriot Talon (October 13, 2015), University Of Texas At Tyler Oct 2015

The Patriot Talon (October 13, 2015), University Of Texas At Tyler

The Patriot Talon/The Patriot

The official newspaper for the University of Texas at Tyler before it was changed back to the UT Tyler Patriot. Articles in this issue include: Two percent of student body turns out for SGA elections; Keeping with Tradition, University celebrates East Texas with homecoming celebration; For Obach, there is no place like home; Millennials can change the way we view voting; A letter to the world on the issue of gun rights; SGA needs to make student access a priority; Campus carry working group initiates discussion with first town hall meeting; Muntz Library renovates third floor for student interactivity; SGA …


Couple Finds Inspiration To Help Others Through Daughter’S Cancer Battle, Office Of University Communications Oct 2015

Couple Finds Inspiration To Help Others Through Daughter’S Cancer Battle, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

When Kevin and Emily Ratliff’s daughter Claire was diagnosed with stage-four cancer at younger than two years old, an army of friends supported the family in many ways. That support lives on today, more than three years after the young girl passed away, in the form of Claire’s Army, an organization that provides support to families during their battle with childhood cancer. The Ratliffs will share the inspiration of Claire’s Army with the Gardner-Webb community during Dimensions on Oct. 6, just a few weeks prior to the University’s annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life event Oct. 24.


Cancer In Tennessee 2007-2011, Tennessee. Department Of Health. Mar 2015

Cancer In Tennessee 2007-2011, Tennessee. Department Of Health.

Cancer in Tennessee

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Increasing Awareness Of The Hpv Vaccine, Jonathan M. Hernandez Jan 2015

Increasing Awareness Of The Hpv Vaccine, Jonathan M. Hernandez

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Increasing the public awareness and knowledge of HPV complications and prevention through vaccination is an effective intervention to increase vaccination rates and reduce overall public health cost and burden.


Cancer Care Annual Report 2014-2015, Children's Mercy Hospital Jan 2015

Cancer Care Annual Report 2014-2015, Children's Mercy Hospital

Cancer Center Annual Reports

Annual report of cancer care and oncology services at the Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City MO, a pediatric medical center. This report has a focus on germ cell tumors.


Feasibility Of Integrating Tripterygium Wilfordii Into Modern Cancer Therapy For Increased Efficacy And Minimal Toxicity, Ngoc T. Vo Jan 2015

Feasibility Of Integrating Tripterygium Wilfordii Into Modern Cancer Therapy For Increased Efficacy And Minimal Toxicity, Ngoc T. Vo

Undergraduate Research Posters

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and millions of novel cancer cases are being diagnosed each year. While chemotherapy and ionizing radiation are effective treatments against these malignant tumors, the adverse effects that accompany such treatments are devastating. In order to find alternative treatment methods with less side effects, we turn to Eastern herbal medicine. Recent scientific research has found that Tripterygium wilfordii, an herbal medicine traditionally used to treat inflammation in China, contains compounds (triptolide and celastrol) that prevent the growth of solid tumors, induce apoptosis, and prevent metastasis of developed tumors. Investigations …