Fund-raiser aids ailing Garden City council member (Garden City Observer)

A fund-raiser is being held Saturday at the Sports Venue to benefit a man who is known for being on the giving, rather than receiving end of that type of event. Throughout Saturday, the Sports Venue will donate 10 percent of its receipts to Councilman Jim Kerwin and his family. Owner of Kerwin Construction, Kerwin has been hospitalized suffering from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune ...

HEALTH NOTES (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Dr. Larry Volz will offer tips and strategies to successfully quit smoking at 6:30 p.m. today and Monday, in support of the Great American Smokeout, at the Advanced Wellness Centre, 3536 Grove Ave. Martha Kalichman will discuss her book, "Reaching for Answers to Crohn's Disease," tomorrow at noon in Thornton Hall at All Saints Episcopal Church, 8787 River Road.

Myasthenia gravis center finds strength in numbers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

So far, the late-summer decision of the Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western Pennsylvania to move its Treatment and Advocacy Center to Allegheny General Hospital has been a win-win situation.

Health Calendar: 10/30/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.

Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Test

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Pipeline Insight - Orphan Diseases in Neurology - Part III -...

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Belk sale benefits schools charities and nonprofits

For those in need of a karma-buffing before Santa starts making lists and checking them twice, Belk has a solution.

Children spruce up Bicester Community College

CHILDREN, teachers and parents put their back in to sprucing up Bicester Community Collegea s grounds at the weekend.

Disease can't stop Camas volleyball player

Megan Youngblood contributes as much as she can on the court for the Camas volleyball team, but often has difficulty competing because of what doctors think may be a debilitating muscule disease.

Myasthenia gravis center finds strength in numbers

So far, the late-summer decision of the Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western Pennsylvania to move its Treatment and Advocacy Center to Allegheny General Hospital has been a win-win situation.

Health Briefs

The Drive Against Prostate Cancer pulls into Oak Forest to offer free two-part prostate cancer screenings in its mobile unit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Oak Forest Hospital, 15900 S. Cicero Ave.

Boswell man lives with rare disease

Mike Kingera, Boswell, had never heard of myasthenia gravis until he was diagnosed with the disease 22 years ago.

Ron Middlemass and his wife, Sheila, get ready for their fundraising dance

AN EPIC fundraising campaign by a pensioner who aims to help York patients suffering from a devastating condition is stepping up a gear.

The little train that couldn't: Long legal battle dismantles Hadley Township railroad

Kenneth Stemen was always fascinated with railroads -- ever since he was a young boy when his mother would pack him a lunch to take down to the local train yard in Langhorn, Penn., to eat as he watch the ...