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Cancer

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    "Chronic Future - Killing Cancer" Documentary and Cannabis Science, Inc., Promote Pot as Cancer Cure; Film Blasted by Pot Club

    The makers of a new documentary have teamed up with Cannabis Science, Inc., a Colorado firm, to promote the idea that marijuana can cure many types of cancer. "Chronic Future - Killing Cancer," a 76-minute film by local guys Henry Miller and Corey Pritchard, is scheduled to premiere tomorrow (Thurs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Pavle Milic & Charleen Badman Offering Exclusive Island Brunch For a Good Cause

    Like their three new concepts under one roof -- Baratin, Bodega, and AZ Wine Merchants, which opened earlier this month -- it goes without saying that when FnB co-owners Pavle Milic and chef Charleen Badman set out to do something, they do it with style. The two have recently announced an amazing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Howe Gelb on Rainer's "One Man Crusade" (1994), "The Inner Flame" (1997), and "The Farm" (2002)

    Editor's Note: A version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke songwriter Howe Gelb, who has led the constantly mutating Giant Sand in Tucson and all around the world since 1985. Gelb is known for his ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2012

    More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer

    Editor's Note: A version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke songwriter Howe Gelb, who has led the constantly mutating Giant Sand in Tucson and all around the world since 1985. Gelb is known for his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Unlimited Booze at the Beer for Brains RAREaffair

    ​"It's different than a traditional beer festival; it's a party." That, friends, is straight from the mouth of Louis Dolgoff, founder of the Beer for Brains Foundation -- a national nonprofit association of craft beer lovers, distributors and brewers committed to raising awareness and dollar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Is the Breast Cancer Awareness Slogan "Feel For Lumps, Save Your Bumps" Offensive?

    www.religionnewsblog.comThat's offensive? Come on!​Cheerleaders at Gilbert High School planned to wear breast cancer awareness T-shirts that featured the slogan "Feel For Lumps, Save Your Bumps" to home football games in October.The cheerleaders planned to wear the shirts while collecting money fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Chris Bianco, Iron Chef Jose Garces, Jonathan Waxman, and Others Cook For National Fundraiser For Childhood Cancer Research

    Edward Dai, The Epoch TimesChef Jose Garces (right) prepares deliciousness at the Great Chefs Event in Philadelphia to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand. ​Seems as if celebu-chef Chris Bianco was in The City of Brotherly Love last week to show a little love of his own. ​Bianco joined 36 oth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Radiation Therapy

    Edward Dai, The Epoch TimesChef Jose Garces (right) prepares deliciousness at the Great Chefs Event in Philadelphia to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand. ​Seems as if celebu-chef Chris Bianco was in The City of Brotherly Love last week to show a little love of his own. ​Bianco joined 36 oth ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 19, 2011

    Edward Dai, The Epoch TimesChef Jose Garces (right) prepares deliciousness at the Great Chefs Event in Philadelphia to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand. ​Seems as if celebu-chef Chris Bianco was in The City of Brotherly Love last week to show a little love of his own. ​Bianco joined 36 oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Meghan McCain Strips Down for Skin Cancer. Bow-Chica-Bow-Wow

    Meghan McCain -- and the twins.​Meghan McCain, the well-endowed, outspoken daughter of Senator John McCain, dropped her top for a new PSA regarding an issue that hits close to home for the 26-year-old Daily Beast columnist: skin cancer.McCain joins several pseudo-celebs in the ad including singer ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Larry Fitzgerald's Double Play

    Meghan McCain -- and the twins.​Meghan McCain, the well-endowed, outspoken daughter of Senator John McCain, dropped her top for a new PSA regarding an issue that hits close to home for the 26-year-old Daily Beast columnist: skin cancer.McCain joins several pseudo-celebs in the ad including singer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Arizona has Lowest Rate of Cancer in Nation, Report Says

    ​ Arizona is near the bottom when it comes to per-capita income, education spending and its chances of an economic recovery. But being last isn't always a bad thing: A new report shows that Arizona has the lowest rates of cancer in the country. According to a news release put out today by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Metalstock Cancer Benefit To Feature 24 Bands, No Cover

    St. Madness​ Two dozen bands. Nine hours. Two stages. One good cause. No cover.Oh yeah, and no moshing.This weekend's Metalstock show is almost a dream come true for Valley metalheads, if only Club Red would do away with that pesky "no moshing" policy. Metalstock organizer Tad Zaccard has assemb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Beer For Brains' Off-Centered Experience Lets You Drink For a Good Cause

    Louis Dolgoff, beer aficionado and Founder of the Beer For Brains Foundation ​Talk to Louis Dolgoff for a moment or two and you'll understand what a busy guy he is. He's working on a beer pairing television show for PBS. He continues to orchestrate several ornate, beer-tasting dinners all ove ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2010

    'Til Death Do Us Part: They Got Married. Then Everything Changed

    Louis Dolgoff, beer aficionado and Founder of the Beer For Brains Foundation ​Talk to Louis Dolgoff for a moment or two and you'll understand what a busy guy he is. He's working on a beer pairing television show for PBS. He continues to orchestrate several ornate, beer-tasting dinners all ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Larry Fitzgerald's Awesome New Tee-Shirts: You Can Look Like Larry and Help His Charity...So Buy One

    Larry Fitzgerald​If you have anything bad to say about Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, you're wrong. That's a fact. Fitzgerald just oozes awesomeness in everything he does -- on-and-off the field -- and now you can, too, via an awesome, dread-lock-covered tee-shirt being sold to raise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Cancer Drugs in Arizona and Abroad

    www.icanhazcheezburger.com Chuck Norris​At the federal courthouse in Phoenix this morning, a Canadian man pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit cancer medication over the Internet to victims in Arizona and as far away as Belgium.Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, pleaded guilty to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    J.D. Hayworth Supporter Rips Page From Cancer's Playbook With "Race for the American Cure" Fundraiser

    ​Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, in his bid to unseat Senator John McCain as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is pulling out all the stops when it comes to fundraising, and, now, one of his supporters is using the name of a fundraising campaign that raises money for breast cancer re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    KFC's Buckets for the Cure: Charity, Hypocrisy, or Both?

    After the launch of one of the worst jokes sandwiches in fast food history, the KFC Double Down, it seems a lot of folks have their feathers ruffled over the Colonel's latest cause-marketing effort, Buckets for the Cure -- a program in conjunction with Susan G. Komen for the Cure promoting breast ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Arizona's Ultimate Women's Expo

    After the launch of one of the worst jokes sandwiches in fast food history, the KFC Double Down, it seems a lot of folks have their feathers ruffled over the Colonel's latest cause-marketing effort, Buckets for the Cure -- a program in conjunction with Susan G. Komen for the Cure promoting breast ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Jim Adkins Modified Show Sells Out, Second Show Added

    ​ Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins has added an early show to his September 17 engagement at Modified Arts. Adkins 8 p.m. show sold out online (we hear there are still some for sale at Stinkweeds) so now he'll also be playing a 5 p.m. set.Tickets are $10 and we'd recommend you get them very soon ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Depeche Mode

    ​ Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins has added an early show to his September 17 engagement at Modified Arts. Adkins 8 p.m. show sold out online (we hear there are still some for sale at Stinkweeds) so now he'll also be playing a 5 p.m. set.Tickets are $10 and we'd recommend you get them very soon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Lisa G Rallying Restaurant Community for Lionel Geuskens

    Lionel GeuskensWith one post of her Facebook and another on her Twitter account yesterday, Lisa Giungo (of Lisa G Cafe Wine Bar) raised $250 and two plane tickets for her longtime friend and colleague, Lionel Geuskens. And that was just in one day, "so I know I can get him home," she says. The fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Cindy Crawford Helps Christen New Banner Children's Hospital in Mesa

    Jonathan McNamara Super Model Cindy Crawford helps reveal the name of the new Banner Health Children's Facility.A group of brave kids stepped up to the conference room platform to reveal the new name of the children's hospital at Banner Health Desert Medical Center by flipping over cards with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Stephenie Meyer, J.S. Lewis and More Young Adult Authors Fight Cancer With Project Book Babe

    PJ StandleeAuthors J.S. Lewis (left) and Stephanie Meyer sign books to help raise money for Book Seller "Book Babe" Faith Hochhalter, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. From superstar writer Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight phenomenon, to a virtual list of who's who of Young ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Valley Bands Unite to Rock Out for the Love of Boobs

    Let Go, are one of several Valley acts, who will rock out for boobs at Last Exit on March 21. Promoter Lance Wilson will host his annual Rock for the Cure (aka "Save the Boobs") benefit concert Saturday, March 21 at Tempe's Last Exit Bar & Grill. The bill is packed with some of Arizona's fines ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    Dave Pratt

    Let Go, are one of several Valley acts, who will rock out for boobs at Last Exit on March 21. Promoter Lance Wilson will host his annual Rock for the Cure (aka "Save the Boobs") benefit concert Saturday, March 21 at Tempe's Last Exit Bar & Grill. The bill is packed with some of Arizona's fines ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Cancer Treatment Centers of America Championships @ Surprise Tennis and Racquet Center

    Let Go, are one of several Valley acts, who will rock out for boobs at Last Exit on March 21. Promoter Lance Wilson will host his annual Rock for the Cure (aka "Save the Boobs") benefit concert Saturday, March 21 at Tempe's Last Exit Bar & Grill. The bill is packed with some of Arizona's fines ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2007

    Breast Friends

    Let Go, are one of several Valley acts, who will rock out for boobs at Last Exit on March 21. Promoter Lance Wilson will host his annual Rock for the Cure (aka "Save the Boobs") benefit concert Saturday, March 21 at Tempe's Last Exit Bar & Grill. The bill is packed with some of Arizona's fines ... More >>

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Rock Prophet

    Patrick Flannery's still got his metal health

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2004

    World Class Gad

    Gadabout Film Fest makes its way in the reel world

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Gadabout Film Fest makes its way in the reel world

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2004

    Brother-ly Love

    BrotherLush drummer mines Music for a Cure

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2003

    Kart Nouveau

    F1 Racing Factory puts East Valley on track

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2003

    Free Trade

    Artists exchange art and ideas

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    The Straight Dope

    Letters from the week of November 7, 2002

  • Culture

    November 7, 2002

    Eat Me!

    Avery Wiseman writes about cannibalism as a cure for cancer. But don't boil your best friend just yet. It's fiction.

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Best Edamame

    Zen 32

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Fire Damage

    New law recognizes that firefighters face job-related cancer risks

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Care Tactics

    U.S. Border Patrol shoots down an agent's request to be near his ailing mother

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of January 18, 2001

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    TB or Not TB?

    That's a question Phoenix Fire Department officials are asking as firefighters continue to test positive for tuberculosis

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Indecent Exposure

    They spent months covered in the dust and dirt of a prison renovation. Now, dozens of officers and inmates say the state risked their lives by making them work with asbestos.

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Some Hacked-Off Smokers

    The struggle to undo Mesa's antismoking law ranges from the reasonable to the hysterical

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    State Officials Pull Loot

    Funds slashed for clinic serving ill people in TCE-tainted site

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Herbs of Love

    Pills made from a Peruvian vine known as Cat's Claw are all the rage among Latino health buffs

  • News

    February 1, 1996

    Thanks for Quitting. Heres Your Gold Watch.

    When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

  • News

    May 18, 1995

    A STUDY IN INDIFFERENCEAFTER EIGHT YEARS, THE STATE STILL HASN'T FINISHED A PROMISED INVESTIGATION INTO THE MARYVALE "CANCER CLUSTER"

    When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    CHARITABLE TAKING THE ARIZONA DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY EATS UP 95 PERCENT OF ITS BUDGET WITH SALARIES AND OVERHEAD. CANCER VICTIMS GET THE LEFTOVER CRUMBS.

    When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    NEWT-ONIAN VALUES

    When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

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