Archive for October, 2018
My newlywed wife ended her life on her terms. Brittany Maynard advocated for aid-in-dying laws
Saturday, October 27th, 2018By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Dan Diaz Nearly four years ago, my newlywed, 29-year-old wife, Brittany Maynard, peacefully ended the unrelenting suffering caused by terminal brain cancer, the same kind that killed Sen. John McCain. She took prescription aid-in-dying medication she obtained after we had to move from California to Oregon to utilize it’s Death with Dignity Act. […]
PUERTO RICAN SCIENTIST AND CIENCIAPR CO-FOUNDER RECEIVES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PIONEERING STUDIES
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018NEW HAVEN, CT – Dr. Daniel Colón Ramos, a Puerto Rican scientist, associate professor at Yale University and a co-adjunct professor at the Institute of Neurobiology at the University of Puerto Rico, was selected last month to receive two important recognitions from of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the leading scientific agencies […]