This article is excerpted from a Bloomberg News story. FDA to pharma: Review your marketing to make sure it’s not breaking the rules, or else. In the second headsup from an agency official since March, FDA [...]
Dr. Su Young Kim, who runs the NIH’s Wildtype & Pediatric GIST clinic, has been a little busy lately...welcoming a baby girl in to the world! Su & his wife, Yeanhee, greeted little Cara Kim, 8 [...]
This holiday season, ditch the guilt of spending and make a purchase that combines the good feelings of giving and charitable giving by shopping online through iGive.com and Goodshop.com. With partnerships from over 1,500 popular stores on both [...]
“The skydive was awesome!” says Stacey McAully. On October 24, Stacey, her sister, Sammy, and their best friend, Gemma Day skydived to raise money for The Sarcoma Trust, a UK charity which funds research into [...]
Life Rafter and GIST survivor David Safford is hosting a benefit concert on Valentine’s Day to raise funds and awareness for the LRG’s research project Pathway to a Cure. After being diagnosed with GIST, Dave [...]
Written by Helga Schnorf On April 23, 2010, ninety GIST patients, relatives, GIST experts, and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry attended the Seventh meeting of the Swiss GIST group. Special guests included Anna Costato from Italy, [...]
On November 18, the Life Raft Group’s Board President Jerry Cudzil hosted this year’s Seventh Annual Life Raft Group Poker Tournament at the Midtown Loft in New York City. With over seventy-five guests and ninety-five [...]
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Novartis Pharmaceuticals publication. The 8th annual "International New Horizons Conference for Organizations Representing People with CML or GIST" was held this year in Vösendorf, Austria, from June 18 to 20, [...]
It is the close knit community of GIST patients, families and friends that keeps the Life Raft Group afloat. As the hope of GIST patients and families continues to float in the arms of the [...]
This informative article about cancer tattoos was written by Belinda Ehrlich From hearts and flowers to skulls and daggers, tattoos grace the bodies of millions of people across the globe whether they are rock stars or [...]
