Janet Woodcock, Paul Kim join Friends’ board of directors

Understanding the impact of the Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Unless you were sleeping under a rock, you are aware of the coordinated attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities by Israel and the United States.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

By Robert Peter Gale

Unraveling connections between diabetes and cancer: Insights from metabolism research at City of Hope

The intersection of diabetes, obesity and cancer represents an important and underappreciated challenge in medicine. Apart from smoking, overweight is now the leading modifiable risk factor for cancer. With the global epidemic of overweight and diabetes driving cancer incidence across multiple organ sites, understanding the metabolic underpinnings of this relationship has never been more critical.

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology

The Pazdurs in their garden with their dog, Cleo. The dog’s full name is Cleopatra, Queen of Denial.In 1999, Rick Pazdur went in for a “perfunctory” final interview at FDA. Thinking it would only take a few minutes, his wife, Mary, decided to wait and have a quick cup of coffee at a nearby restaurant—Hooters.

House Dems host “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”

Over 20 scientists whose grants have been canceled by the Trump administration presented posters on their now-terminated work at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants.”

In the name of “radical transparency,” FDA touts publication of 200 complete response letters

In a move advertised as being in line with FDA’s goal of “radical transparency,” the agency July 10 announced the publication of more than 200 complete response letters.

She flew Black Hawks and battled cancer—now Col. Susan Fondy grapples with cuts to lymphedema research

Don’t try to convince Col. Susan Fondy that lymphedema doesn’t merit interest from medical researchers.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Janet Woodcock, Paul Kim join Friends’ board of directors

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Understanding the impact of the Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Unraveling connections between diabetes and cancer: Insights from metabolism research at City of Hope

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology

House Dems host “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”

In the name of “radical transparency,” FDA touts publication of 200 complete response letters

She flew Black Hawks and battled cancer—now Col. Susan Fondy grapples with cuts to lymphedema research

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Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology