Feel Good Friday

“Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dire diagnoses in medicine. There are few available treatments, and they do little to help. For decades, experimental drugs flopped in trials. Many researchers believed the biological obstacles could not be surmounted. In what seems the blink of an eye, all that has changed.” How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough.

+ “Rita Collins had a dream for her retirement: bringing books and people together all over the country. Behind the wheel of a van she’s making it happen.” NYT: This Bookstore Gets Good Mileage.

+ Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups.

+ Before ‘Ted Lasso,’ Cristo Fernández had pro soccer dreams. Now he’s living them. Futbol is life (imitating art).

+ The surprisingly strong case for feeling great about your coffee habit.

+ YouTube taught a Japanese teen how to kick field goals. Now he’s in the NFL.