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KFJX Pittsburg - Wed Nov 25, 10:09 am ET
The world of cancer screening has been upended in the past two weeks. Two health groups raised the recommended age for mammograms and cervical cancer screenings and recommended screening less frequently.
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Denver Post - Wed Nov 25, 3:06 am ET
Breast cancer patients and their families are invited to join a "survivorship program" focused on wellness, stress management and spirituality.
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WWAY 3 Wilmington - Wed Nov 25, 4:16 pm ET
Video Confusion surrounds new cancer screening recommendations Body Doctor Sandra Hall has been busy fielding calls from patients concerned about new pap smear and mammogram recommendations. Last week, a government task force said women should not start getting mammograms at age forty - instead, they should wait until they turn fifty. “They said from age 40 to 49 that benefit was small, they ...
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News 8 Austin - Wed Nov 25, 11:22 am ET
A representative from the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas stopped by the News 8 studio to talk about the great year BCRC has had and the organization's need for volunteers for 2010.
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St. Petersburg Times - Tue Nov 24, 7:19 pm ET
Other diseases are more deadly, but breast cancer politics can be hard to fight.
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 12:52 am ET
Deb Reynolds-Deiss of Palmyra, Ind., was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, at age 47 — and is convinced that having a mammogram every year since 40 is the reason she's alive.
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 12:43 am ET
With her personal fight against breast cancer fading into the past, Megan Schanie's days now begin at 6 a.m. with a high-intensity aerobic workout called "Insanity" and continue at the breakneck pace of a working mother.
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The Potpourri - Wed Nov 25, 3:28 pm ET
With recent government guidelines changing previous recommendations on when women should begin routine mammograms for breast cancer detection, Tomball Regional Hospital officials say the measures patients should take won’t change.
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Fenceviewer - Wed Nov 25, 9:15 am ET
ELLSWORTH — Breast cancer screening guidelines issued last week by a federal task force have raised furor among physicians, women and breast cancer survivors alike.
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WDAM-TV Hattiesburg - Wed Nov 25, 10:06 am ET
TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The world of cancer screening has been upended in the past two weeks.
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EurekAlert! - Thu Nov 26, 2:27 pm ET
( Northwestern University ) The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. That much is known. Very little, however, is known about how the drug works at the molecular level. A new study led by Northwestern University researchers now has ...
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Detroit Free Press - Thu Nov 26, 9:25 am ET
Thankful for family ... The father of the bride stood at the back of St. Anselm Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights wearing a black tuxedo. He looked thin but not frail. The hair on the back of his head is sparse in a square patch around the scar where a surgeon removed a brain tumor the size of a golf ball.
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The Spokesman-Review - Tue Nov 24, 3:51 pm ET
Newly compiled data suggest that “excess body fat alone is responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases in the U.S.” The report comes from the American Institute for Cancer Research, which said its data included cases of endometrial, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, gallbladder, breast and colorectal cancer. No one has pinned down exactly how body fat might increase cancer risk. Researcher ...
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KTVN Reno - Wed Nov 25, 2:35 pm ET
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports.
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KTVN Reno - Wed Nov 25, 2:35 pm ET
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found.
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Skanner - Wed Nov 25, 1:52 pm ET
When Carmen Anderson was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer for the second time, she did what came naturally – write jokes. “That’s my personality,” she told The Skanner. “Some people cry, some get depressed, some search for second opinions. I started writing jokes about my experience.”
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The Canton Daily Ledger - Wed Nov 25, 1:19 pm ET
The Breast Cancer Survivors' Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the First Congregational Church, 159 N. Second Ave., Canton.
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The Messenger-Press - Wed Nov 25, 1:50 pm ET
ROBBINSVILLE Christmastime last year seemed to bring a stroke of luck to Kevin Scibilia and his family when doctors said they had found a stem cell donor to aid him in his fight against cancer.
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Irish Central - Wed Nov 25, 1:29 pm ET
The annual CNN Heroes tribute will air Thanksgiving night on the cable news network, and Pierce Brosnan was on hand for the taping on Saturday in Hollywood to pay a special tribute to a woman who started an anti-breast cancer project.
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Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Nov 25, 7:15 am ET
HONOLULU — The development of a new home for the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii is on again, with the selection of a new planning and project management team after a disagreement with a prior developer ended up in court.
