Judith Pearson talks about her new book "Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkable Life of Mary Lasker." She spent decades of her life relentlessly lobbying for the federal government to underwrite medical research. Her husband, Albert Lasker, was an advertising genius who gave her invaluable assistance and advice.

Matt Crawford speaks with author Judith Pearson about her book, Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkable Life of Mary Lasker. "I am opposed to heart disease and cancer the way one is opposed to sin." With that her battle cry, health activist and philanthropist Mary Woodard Lasker had a singular goal: saving lives by inc

(3/2/21) In 1986, the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship started a movement that changed the definition of what it means to be a survivor after 23 members—linked by their shared experiences surviving cancer—came together for a weekend in Albuquerque determined to demolish the myths surrounding the disease. Judit

Judy Pearson is a story teller, and an award-winning author. If there is a series of themes running through Judy’s life, one would be courage on a personal and intellectual level. She exemplifies it on a personal level and she writes about it professionally. As Judy says: "In every life crisis or challenge, there is so