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Health Technology Park In Connecticut Could Create Thousands Of Jobs
The Hartford CourantA $368 million health technology park — anchored by a cancer treatment center — could create as many as 2,500 jobs to north central Connecticut in the next five years, the project's developers say. The developers of ProTech Park said they...Tags: Enfield, Health Treatments, Boston, Medical Research, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Rising obesity rates imperil health gains
Americans have increased their life expectancy by cutting back on cigarettes, but the pounds they're packing on mean that, ultimately, they could lose ground.
A New England Journal of Medicine study published Wednesday looked at previous national...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, Health, Education, Hospitals and Clinics
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HCC graduate aims to 'pay it forward'
alnotarianni@aol.comWhen Kathy McKenzie took to the podium Saturday to present graduate remarks at the Hagerstown Community College 66th Commencement, she said she was there as the result of a life change that made her want to “pay it forward.” On March 9, 2004,...Tags: Marketing, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, University System of Maryland, Nursing
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Greencastle Relay for Life is a time to 'celebrate, remember and to fight back'
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTina Schaubroeck of Greencastle walked around the track at Kaley Field with a renewed pep in her step during the American Cancer Society’s 19th Annual Greencastle Relay for Life on Saturday. “I just found out this past March that I am free of...Tags: Breast Cancer, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Elementary Schools, Mammogram, Health Organizations
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Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley
Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie. The actress and sex symbol took the public by surprise last week with the announcement that she had her healthy...
Tags: Celebrity Surgery, Breast Cancer, Entertainment, Pancreatic Cancer, Tamoxifen (drug)
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Cancer cover girl rallies to launch fashion line
In a playroom at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, a frail, bald-headed 13-year-old girl is between takes for “omg! Insider,” a TV celebrity-gossip show, talking about her new fashion line. Talia Joy Castellano of Oviedo — her...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Oncology, Viral Diseases and Infections, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), The Huffington Post
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Hopkins clinician mixes art, science in facial prosthetics
She enters the clinic on a walker, slow yet remarkably steady, and as Pauline Wood hails her host for the day, she gives him a bag of lemon tarts she rose early that morning to bake.
With her white hair and glasses, Wood, 89, is every inch the lovable...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Sports, Mouth, Arts and Culture, Health
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New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments. An approach to oncology that has been in place...Tags: Breast Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Health Treatments, Arts and Culture, Lymphoma
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CORRECTED-Data show new Roche leukemia drug may improve on Rituxan
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 12 to show Biogen has stake in new drug) By Bill Berkrot May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental leukemia treatment that Roche Holding AG hopes will improve upon its best-selling cancer drug Rituxan delayed disease progression twice as...Tags: Trials, Biogen Idec Incorporated, Biotechnology, Health Treatments, Medical Research
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...Tags: Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Symptoms, Angelina Jolie
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Joey Sciacca: 'Superhero' boy valiantly fought cancer for years
Six-year-old Joey Sciacca idolized the Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man. But those who knew him said the little boy from Clermont was a genuine superhero himself. Despite unceasing pain from neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer he battled for four...
Tags: Olive Garden, Rentals, Halloween, Health Treatments, Spider-Man (fictional character)
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Creative arts may ease cancer-related anxiety, pain
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers who analyzed results from trials conducted between 1989 and 2011 said the...Tags: Acupuncture, Music, Breast Cancer, Entertainment, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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