Students reflect on their work to effect change on campus Nov 19, 2009
More than one person last spring told me it was one of the most significant student movements since the1920s when Notre Dame students basically kicked the Ku Klux Klan out of South Bend, Mary Daly, vice president of Notre Dame Right to Life, said. Daly, a senior, was a leader of ND Response, a student coalition organized to protest the University s invitation to the president based on his abortion views. (The Observer, IN)
Gene Test Might Predict Tamoxifen's Effectiveness Oct 8, 2009
"I think this is real. I think these variants have some impact on how effective tamoxifen is for a given woman, but I don't think it's an all or nothing, either you respond or you don't. I think there are gradations of response," said Dr. Mary Daly, senior vice president of population science and director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia ... scientific director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, D.C.; Mary Daly,... (MEDLINEplus)
Men with BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks Mar 3, 2009
When they do get counseling or testing, they're less likely than women to pass on the information or to discuss it thoroughly with their family members, according to study author Dr. Mary Daly, director of the cancer prevention and control program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. That's true even though men who carry these mutations "have a 50 percent chance of passing them on to their children," as well as an increased risk for getting certain cancers themselves, Daly said. (MEDLINEplus)
Dental drive-by helps schoolkids (6) Feb 21, 2009
World Photo by Lou Sennick Mary Daly walks to the Tooth Taxi parked outside of Madison Elementary School on Wednesday in Coos Bay ... The van is stopping primarily at schools with large populations of free- or reduced-lunch recipients, said program manager Mary Daly. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)