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Jay Leno spotlights Allentown and IronPigs
In this week's medical news, it turns out that a chain of hospitals run by the Roman Catholic Church has decided that unborn babies are people, after all, and an Allentown group of urologists has been featured on national television in an alarming way....Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Great Allentown Fair, Jay Leno, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners
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Eugene Patterson dies at 89; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Eugene Patterson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and columnist whose impassioned words helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement as it unfolded across the South, has died at 89. Patterson, who helped fellow whites understand the...Tags: The Washington Post, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Journalism, World War II (1939-1945)
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Oversold cancer screenings
Early detection of cancer saves lives - right? Not necessarily. This widely-held belief drives many to get unnecessary screenings, according to Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports just-released analysis of the latest research and extensive expert...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Sepsis, Consumers, Tuberculosis, Biopsy
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Racial gaps remain in cancer rates
Cancer death rates among African American men declined faster than those of white men in the last decade, even though overall survival rates for black men and women remained the lowest of all racial groups for most types of cancer, according to a recent...
Tags: Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Death
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Huell Howser dies at 67; TV host profiled California people and places
Huell Howser seemed an unlikely candidate to become a television star — a big, grinning ex-Marine with a molasses-smooth Tennessee drawl and an eye for stories that others would pass by, such as the Bunny Museum in Pasadena and the rendering of...Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Television Stations, Obituaries, Adam Carolla
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D'Arcy, 80, diagnosed with cancer
This story was originally published January 3, 2013. The Most Rev. John M. D'Arcy, bishop emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has been diagnosed with cancer and soon will start treatment for the disease. He announced the news...Tags: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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'Legacy of faith': Bishop D'Arcy remembered
Despite deteriorating health, Bishop Emeritus John M. DArcy preached the word of God right up to the end. During a mass held last week by the Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades at DArcy's Fort Wayne home, DArcy -- confined to a wheelchair -- began preaching...
Tags: Barack Obama, New York Yankees, University of Notre Dame, Executive Branch, High School Sports
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Has it become necessary for elite athletes to take PEDs?
At the end, when his body began failing, Manny Fernandez took any drug the Miami Dolphins' team doctor gave him. When Butazolidin, illegal in race horses, took his white count to dangerous levels, the doctor prescribed Indocin, which ate his stomach...Tags: Barack Obama, Football, Sports, David Stern, Jim Otto
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Brain issues in back of Fencik's mind
Gary Fencik plans to watch Sunday's Super Bowl on a big screen TV from the comfort of his own home. The former Bears safety, who played in Super Bowl XX in New Orleans, also says he enjoys the comfort of not knowing whether he might be predisposed to...
Tags: Football, Psychiatry, Sports, Medical Research, Super Bowl
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Cancer death rates down 20 percent in past two decades
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterSome promising news in the fight against cancer. The death rate from cancer in the United States is down substantially in the past two decades. According to the American Cancer Society, rates rose steadily in the 1900's peaking in 1991. In 2009...Tags: Health Organizations, American Cancer Society, Death
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Brown takes prison message on the road
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown took his campaign against federal oversight of prisons on the road Tuesday, telling reporters in Los Angeles that further reductions in incarceration would risk public safety. “We already have reduced our prisons 43,000.”... -
For better health, add some greens to your winter menu
FARGO, N.D. - “Please keep your forks out of my broccoli,” I said to my teenage son and daughter while we enjoyed a family meal in a restaurant. They grinned at me and proceeded to steal the dark green vegetables from my plate. We need to review some...Tags: Cheddar Cheese, Meatloaf, Dietary Supplements, Onions, Margarine
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