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Research Advocacy “101” Workshop

Susan G. Komen for the Cure St. Louis and Research Advocacy Network’s
Research Advocacy “101” Workshop 
Space is still available for this workshop that will be offered on Friday, October 10 from 1:00-4:30 and Saturday, October 11 from 8:00-4:00 p.m. 2008 in St. Louis.  Click here for an application.  For more information, click here.

Suggested Reading: The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to do About it

Angell, Marcia                 The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to do About it   2004       319              Yes        Lay Audience
This book has been referred to as the “Fast Food Nation” of the drug industry. Angell clearly lays out many of the issues that are concern to advocates about undue influence […]

From CDC: Report Shows High Regional Lung and Colorectal Cancer Rates in American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004

For Immediate Release:
August 20, 2008

Contact: CDC Division of Media Relations
(404)639-3286

 
WHAT: CDC released the most comprehensive cancer data available for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) across the United States. Cancer incidence rates, especially lung and colorectal, among AI/AN men and women varied greatly across six geographic regions of the country (Alaska, East, Northern Plains, Pacific […]