EPISODE · Sep 20, 2023 · 1H 2M
Judy Pearson - #2406
from The Family Archives · host Hubbard Radio
Medical science has come a long way in the past hundred years. Even the past ten. And while getting here has been a combined effort of countless people, Mary Lasker and her husband Albert were among the first to realize that the federal government and its infinite money could be leveraged to improve cancer outcomes. Since then, cancer has slowly gone from a virtually guaranteed death sentence to something many people can be cured of. It wasn't long ago that doctors refused to use the word "cured" when talking about cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Medical science has come a long way in the past hundred years. Even the past ten. And while getting here has been a combined effort of countless people, Mary Lasker and her husband Albert were among the first to realize that the federal government and its infinite money could be leveraged to improve cancer outcomes. Since then, cancer has slowly gone from a virtually guaranteed death sentence to something many people can be cured of. It wasn't long ago that doctors refused to use the word "cured" when talking about cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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