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Jan 28

WSJ Article

Hey team, check out this Wall Street Journal piece on LIVESTRONG.com!

Cyclist’s Foundation Links to For-Profit

Demand Media, Armstrong
Team Up On Wellness Site
By REBECCA BUCKMAN
January 28, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120148319605121097.html

The charitable foundation launched by cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong — which four years ago ignited a fashion trend by selling yellow bracelets stamped with the “live strong” mantra — is making another foray into the for-profit world.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation, which spends about $40 million a year on health programs and cancer research, is teaming up with Web-site operator Demand

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Jan 28

Don’t Miss

On Thursday, January 31, at 11:00 p.m. EST √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú immediately following the Presidential debates √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) will be featured on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a special series, Broken Government, Critical Condition, examining patient access to healthcare in the United States. CNN will also re-air the segment at 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm EST over the weekend (Feb. 2 and 3). PAF is one of our national partners for LIVESTRONG SurvivorCare and we are proud to work with them to ensure patient access to treatment. Thanks to LAF Board Member, Sanjay Gupta, for highlighting such…

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I was reading this last night on an airplane flying back in to Austin after midnight. Needless to say I was tired, better yet exhausted, and this article kept my interest. What a sad state of affairs. As long as the incentives are misaligned in the traditional research community this will not change. That said, we can change this situation. The vibrant community of survivors, loved ones, and family members can come together and demand better. Check out the article below. If you are as outraged as I am let√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s work to fix the problem. Most of us are…

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Greetings to all-

Please allow me to send a different type of blog today. This is not your normal update. No no, this is far more personal.

Back when we started the LAF it was basically just College and me as well as a few committed volunteers, one of which ended up being employee #2 of the LAF. That person was Elizabeth Kreutz. Elizabeth is someone I met when I first came to Austin and has always been a dear friend. Little did we know at the time that she was an amazing photographer. She never told us that!…

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Having just celebrated the birthday of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. I think it is appropriate to reference something he once said: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”

I spent this past weekend reading and reflecting on several things. I also had a little fun. I read a book about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that a friend of Lance and myself sent to Lance recently. It is called “Dream” and I highly recommend it. I spent some time reading more about Randy Pausch. You might recall that Randy…

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