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The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute and Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Thank the President and Congress for Focusing Federal Translational Research Efforts against Lung Cancer SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) and Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) join the pancreatic and lung cancer patient communities in thanking President Obama for signing the Recalcitrant Cancer Act. This...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- November is Lung Cancer Awareness month and we salute these three uniquely inspiring and powerful personal missions. Together, with the ongoing momentum of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF), the Addario Lung Cancer Medial Institute (ALCMI), Jill's Legacy(TM), and the committed, collaborative efforts with the health industry, 17 U.S. and international universities and other foundations such as Michael...

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD), the leading source of health information, today announced its 2012 WebMD Health Heroes award winners. Now in its seventh year, WebMD's Health Heroes awards celebrate extraordinary Americans who met a health challenge and gave back to others in an inspiring way. This year's nominees include extraordinary people who pushed past adversity with passion, inspiration, and innovation and extended health solutions and...

Harvard Student Supports Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and Continues 3,500 Mile Journey in Memory of her Childhood Friend SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) today announced Kelcey Harrison's progress on the Great Lung Run. She has reached Arizona, the eleventh state on her journey, running her 2500th mile and is now --960 miles from San Francisco, the ultimate destination. Harrison, the first...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Natalie DiMarco is on a mission: to get the attention of First Lady Michelle Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, NBC Today Show's Natalie Morales, Howard Stern and a celebrity roster of high-profile media influencers (and the world) to stand up and pay attention to lung cancer. Almost immediately after being diagnosed with lung cancer, the North Bay, CA mother of two launched her personal campaign to beat the disease, and to tweet to get the...

The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute Congratulates Congress for Supporting Strategic Translational Research Investments for Lung Cancer SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) joins the pancreatic cancer patient community in congratulating and thanking the U.S. House of Representatives for unanimously passing the Recalcitrant Cancer Act (H.R. 733) yesterday. This important bill will bring a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 24-year-old Kelcey Harrison teamed up with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF), a patient-founded, patient-focused, patient-driven non-profit dedicated to ending Lung Cancer and its young people's movement: Jill's Legacy. Averaging 30-40 miles -- about 160,000 strides daily (ironically the number of people who die of Lung Cancer each year in the U.S.) -- Kelcey carries a symbolic torch with the message: ANYONE CAN GET...

Kelcey Harrison Will Trek 3,500 Miles from New York City to San Francisco to Honor Her Childhood Friend Who Lost Her Life at 22 to this #1 Cancer Killer SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Running across America is an amazing feat under any circumstances. But on Monday, July 30, when 24-year-old Kelcey Harrison begins the grueling 30-mile-a-day race from New York City to San Francisco, she will carry the symbolic torch in honor of her best childhood friend, Jill...

Kelcey Harrison, Member of Jill's Legacy® is Running Across the Country to Beat Lung Cancer in THE GREAT LUNG RUN SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "We will go to the moon. We will go to the moon and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard."- John F. Kennedy "It is my belief that Kelcey is going to bring much needed attention to this disease not only for Jill but for ALL Lung Cancer patients. For far too long there has been little...

William Marble Kipp II and Friends Join the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation's Army of Alliance Partners SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Like many who rushed to Silicon Valley's Internet gold rush, William Marble Kipp II found fame fast and furious. First as an innovator in the early 1990's at Google, then launching his own renewable energy enterprise, nothing could stop this passionate 42-year-old trailblazer. (Logo:...