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October 2008
- Herpes Linked to Brain Cancer
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Oct 6, 08 7:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cancer researchers are finally taking seriously a young surgeon’s decade-long hunch that brain tumors are linked to a strain of herpes that lies dormant in 80% of Americans. The physician speculated that brain cancer patients—many of them affluent and educated—were more vulnerable to common viruses such as the herpes CMV strain because of their "hyper-hygienic" lives, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . More »
September 2008
- Kennedy Suffers 'Mild Seizure'
  
  Cape Cod Times | Sep 26, 08 6:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to a hospital yesterday with a "mild seizure," his office said. But he returned to his Hyannis Port compound to watch the presidential debate after about 3 hours of treatment. A change in medication prompted the seizure, doctors said. The senator was diagnosed with a lethal form of brain tumor after suffering a seizure 4 months ago, the Cape Cod Times reports. More »
- Kennedy Crafts Proposal for Paid National Service 'Army'
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 12, 08 2:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy has crafted a sweeping national service bill, to be introduced today, that would recruit 175,000 citizens of all ages to work in health, education, environmental protection and anti-poverty programs—with their pay partially subsidized by the government. The plan would provide $5 billion over five years to encourage citizens to work in community organizations—including faith-based groups—on programs aimed at solving national problems. More »
- Kennedy Delays Senate Return
  
  Washington Post | Sep 8, 08 7:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Kennedy, still recuperating from cancer surgery, is postponing his return to the Senate until January, reports the Washington Post . Kennedy is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, aides said. He has has only appeared publicly twice since surgery for a malignant brain tumor—to endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention, and to vote on a key Medicare issue. More »
- Novak: Cancer Helps Heal Old Wounds
  
  Creators Syndicate | Sep 5, 08 4:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Although Robert Novak has antagonized many in Washington, that hasn’t stopped the political columnist's targets from encouraging him as he battles brain cancer. “I have had few good things to say about Teddy Kennedy since I first met him,” Novak admits in a syndicated column distributed today, yet his fellow cancer patient and his wife "have treated me like a close friend." More »
August 2008
- High Marks for Michelle's Passion, Kennedy's Emotion
  
  Time | Aug 26, 08 11:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - How did the speakers do on the first night of the Democrats’ big show? There’s no shortage of opinions: Mark Halperin, in Time , gives good grades to Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Obama, the latter of whom likely convinced the country she’s ready to be first lady “in a major way.” But he saves his highest praise for Ted Kennedy’s moving speech. More »
- Kennedy: 'Dream Lives On'
  
  MSNBC | Aug 25, 08 9:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Kennedy, vowing that "nothing is going to keep me away," made an impassioned plea for Barack Obama tonight at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Kennedy, who's battling brain cancer, declared it a "season of hope" and said the nation needs Obama's lofty ambitions. "When John Kennedy thought of going to the moon, he didn't say, 'It's too far to go there, we shouldn't even try,'" he said. "We can reach the moon again." More »
- Ted Kennedy in Denver; Plans to Speak Tonight
  
  Boston Globe | Aug 25, 08 4:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democratic titan Ted Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is in Denver and plans to address the Democratic National Convention tonight, reports the Boston Glob e. The Kennedy clan is gathering for what is certain to be an emotionally powerful and highly symbolic moment. Doctors are concerned that Kennedy's immune system may be too compromised to make an appearance, but friends say the senator is determined to speak. More »
- DNC Plans Tribute to Teddy
  
  Boston Herald | Aug 5, 08 7:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Camera crews spent the weekend on Cape Cod, collecting footage for a 15-minute tribute to Edward Kennedy to air during the Democratic National Convention. The video will include statements from the senator, who many expect won't make it to Denver while he battles brain cancer. But as a source reminded the Boston Herald: "You never know with him." More »
July 2008
- Behind Kennedy Tumor Surgery: Rally of Top Experts
  
  New York Times | Jul 29, 08 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After his brain cancer diagnosis, Ted Kennedy wielded extraordinary clout to convene a panel of more than a dozen top experts from around the country for a conference—with some doctors flying to Boston and some on the phone—that changed the course of his treatment. Kennedy opted for surgery at Duke University, apparently overruling the original advice from Massachusetts General to rely on radiation and chemotherapy. The New York Times looks at Kennedy's unusual strategy for accessing top talent, and the conflicting opinions about the efficacy of surgery. More »
- Kennedy Returns to Senate
  
  CNN | Jul 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Edward Kennedy returned to the Senate today for the first time since his surgery for brain cancer to cast a vote on Medicare legislation, CNN reports. Fellow senators greeted him with a long standing ovation. Kennedy, 76, made a thumbs-up gesture after casting his vote with a loud "aye." His vote helped Democrats break a GOP filibuster and overturn a 10% cut in Medicare payments to doctors. More »
- Kennedy Doing Well, Wife Reports
  
  Associated Press | Jul 7, 08 4:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Kennedy is responding well to cancer treatment, according to his wife, Vicki. Although he's experiencing some fatigue—a “word that has never been in Teddy’s vocabulary before”—he is exercising every morning and sailing nearly every day. The venerable senator is halfway through 6 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, the AP reports. More »
June 2008
- How Congress Can Help Ted Kennedy
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ted Kennedy has, at best, about two years to live. A drug exists that might extend his life, but Kennedy, and legions of other cancer sufferers, won’t get it because it hasn’t been through Phase III FDA trials. But congress could yet come to the rescue; a bill recently introduced in the Senate would give the terminally ill access to unproven treatments. More »
- Kennedy Back Home in Mass. After Surgery
  
  WBZ 4 | Jun 9, 08 12:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy returned to his Massachusetts home today, a week after undergoing a chancy surgery to remove part of a malignant brain tumor, WBZ-TV reports. The Democrat's plane landed at a Cape Cod airport around 11:30 this morning, the Boston Globe adds; Kennedy, 76, told reporters it was “good to be home." More »
- If Brain Surgeons Only Use Their Cells on Speaker ...
  
  New York Times | Jun 3, 08 2:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Experts, including the American Cancer Society, say cell-phone use doesn’t increase the risk of cancer. So why do three prominent neurosurgeons avoid holding phones up to their ears? The debate has been reopened, the New York Times reports, by the surgeons’ recent comments on CNN and by Ted Kennedy’s diagnosis with a type of tumor critics associate with cell phones. More »
- 'Recuperating Well,' Kennedy Is Up and About
  
  Boston Globe | Jun 3, 08 12:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy is "recuperating well" after yesterday's surgery on his brain tumor, the Boston Globe reports. The 76-year-old Democrat was "walking the hallways, spending time with family, and actively keeping up with the news of the day," his office said today, following yesterday's 3½-hour procedure at Duke University Medical Center. More »
- Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time
  
  Reuters | Jun 3, 08 11:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new vaccine more than doubles the expected survival time of patients with the most common form of brain cancer, Reuters reports. Although the test group was small, patients lived an average of 33 months—"almost unheard of" compared to the average of 14 months, says one doctor. The drug also boosts the body's immune response. More »
- Kennedy's Surgery a Success
  
  Boston Globe | Jun 2, 08 1:51 PM CDT

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Herpes Linked to Brain Cancer

Kennedy Suffers 'Mild Seizure'

Kennedy Crafts Proposal for Paid National Service 'Army'

Kennedy Delays Senate Return

Novak: Cancer Helps Heal Old Wounds

High Marks for Michelle's Passion, Kennedy's Emotion

Kennedy: 'Dream Lives On'

Ted Kennedy in Denver; Plans to Speak Tonight

DNC Plans Tribute to Teddy

Behind Kennedy Tumor Surgery: Rally of Top Experts

Kennedy Returns to Senate

Kennedy Doing Well, Wife Reports

How Congress Can Help Ted Kennedy

Kennedy Back Home in Mass. After Surgery

If Brain Surgeons Only Use Their Cells on Speaker ...

'Recuperating Well,' Kennedy Is Up and About

Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time

Kennedy's Surgery a Success