Singer Jill Scott to host cancer walk
Children raising awareness
Thousands of cancer survivors, research supporters, and friends and family of cancer victims are expected to take to the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday for the sixth Annual Brittiana “Smile for Life” 5-K walk/run. Beginning at 9 a.m. at the Kenneth Hahn Park & Trails, the event will honor Brittiana Henderson, who fell victim to cancer at age 13 on Jan. 31, 2007, and children who are fighting the deadly illness.
Brittiana succumbed to bone cancer and leukemia.
Award-winning R&B singer Jill Scott will host the event alongside 11-year-old Amir Mitchelle Townes, who was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a muscular cancer, at the age of 10. Amir continues to battle for life and others by raising the awareness about cancer.
Amir saved $167 of his allowance and donated it to BrittiCares International, an organization named in honor of Brittiana to help children like himself. The donated funds were used to purchase items for 9-year-old cancer patient Taylor Hall. “I am a winner, and I am not only fighting for myself, but I am fighting for all other kids battling cancer,” Amir said.
His contribution went toward purchasing comforters, lamps and other items in Taylor’s newly decorated bedroom. Although Taylor lost her battle with cancer on April 3, family and friends say she felt the love and support from everyone around her.
LOS ANGELES - Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles announced the identification of a mutated gene which plays a role in the development of B-precursor leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer.
The study was led by Dr. Fatih M. Uckun, leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the Institute of Pediatric Clinical Research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy's official journal.
LOS ANGELES - A cancer researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles was awarded a $2.5 million grant to develop new treatments for leukemia in children.
Dr. Fatih Uckun of the CHLA's Saban Research Institute received the grant from the National Cancer Institute for development of drugs used to fight acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of cancer in children and adolescents, according to hospital spokeswoman Ellin Kavanagh.
Uckun and his colleagues focus on medicines that specifically target leukemia cells.
The recent revelations of alleged long-term sexual abuse and inappropriate conduct by Los Angeles Unified School District personnel involving students has shocked the city, state and nation.
But even more devastating, it has shocked parents and made many ask the question: “How can I keep my child safe at school?”
Veteran licensed clinical psychologist Steve Ambrose recommends that parents have a conversation with their child about how it went at school.
Aliens have kidnapped your best friend.
At least that’s what it seems like. The two of you used to do things together all the time. You’d hang out, watch TV, shoot hoops or climb trees. You liked the same things and you knew each other’s secrets.
But now, sometimes, you feel like you barely know her any more. She never wants to do the things you used to do, and everything’s different. It’s almost like your best friend got kidnapped and replaced with someone who just looks like her.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—With little ghosts and goblins heading out into the night for tricks and treats, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation is offering some safety tips to keep everyone safe this Halloween.
Here are some guidelines for demonstrating safe pedestrian behavior as children walk through neighborhoods today and tonight.
