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Should old, sick patients get skin cancer surgery?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than two-thirds of people with non-melanoma skin cancer underwent surgery to treat the condition, according to a new study - including patients who were at least 85 years old or had multiple other chronic diseases....Tags: Internal Medicine, Medical Research, Diabetes, Skin Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease
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Good coffee news: Drink helps prevent skin cancer, heart failure
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelJava lovers drink up! Two separate studies released today have found that those who drink coffee have a lower risk of developing the most common kind of skin cancer – basal cell carcinoma – and also have a lower risk of heart failure. The... -
Bio: Hall Of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun
The Hartford CourantJim Calhoun and his obstinate ways arrived in Connecticut in May 1986, hired to turn around a lowly UConn men's basketball program that seemed destined to remain the laughingstock in a conference of national powers. "It's doable," he famously said of...Tags: Northeastern Huskies, Georgia Institute of Technology, College Basketball, Big East Conference, College Sports
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Celebrated chef gives back
WGN NewsApproaching medicine like preparing a meal. Getting the exact recipe for success and infusing alternative ingredients. A world-renowned chef gets world-class medical care, and now he's serving up a huge helping of philanthropy to say thank you! The...Tags: Financial Aid, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Grant Achatz, Lymphatic System
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Natural Perspectives: Battling skin cancer — and my HMO
I've been battling skin cancer for the past two months. More accurately, I've been battling my HMO to get my cancer removed. The good news is that surgery offered a complete cure for this type of cancer, and it is now gone. The bad news is that the...Tags: Mouth, Allergies, Dermatology, Health and Medical Professionals, Cancer
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Long-time coach fighting a different battle
University High's Chris Conlin was diagnosed with cancer last month, but the long-time high school coach is maintaining a positive outlook in an effort to beat it.
Conlin, University High's baseball coach for the past 23 years, learned he had squamous...Tags: Chemotherapy, University of California, Irvine, College Baseball, Biopsy, Cancer
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Prairie Fare: Nourish and protect your skin
FARGO, N.D. - When I was young, sun tanning was a popular pastime among my peers during the warm summer months. My friends had a golden glow. However, I couldn't stand the heat, and I thought lying in the sun was boring. I stayed in the cool shade and...Tags: Sweet Potatoes, Vitamin D, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A, Skin
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Cancer Drugs Making Splash In Scientific World
ReutersAdvanced melanoma patients treated with an experimental pill developed by Roche and Daiichi Sankyo were 63 percent less likely to die than patients given chemotherapy, according to a new trial. The drug, vemurafenib, is designed for use in patients...Tags: Tumors, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Genentech Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments
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My Turn: Touched by another human's touch
I was deeply shaken to learn I had hypopharyngeal cancer. As a physician, I had access to my hospital's laboratory results, so I took a shortcut: Rather than wait for my surgeon to call me, I looked for my name in my hospital's pathology laboratory log...Tags: Throat, Oxytocin (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Pathology, Ear, Nose, and Throat
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Actinic Keratosis
HealthKey.com contributorActinic keratosis (AK), is a dry, scaly, rough-textured spot, patch or lesion that forms on the outer skin. It's caused by cumulative exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, such as sunlight or tanning lamps. AKs usually appear after age 40 or 50 because they...Tags: Actinic Keratosis, Tumors, Skin Conditions, Scalp, Health
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
HealthKey.com contributorSquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is caused by changing cells. It can occur anywhere in the body but appears most often in areas that have had frequent sun exposure: ears, lower lip, face, scalp, neck, hands, arms and legs. Stages: From Easily Curable to...Tags: Surgery, Health, Cryosurgery, Sunburn, Chemosurgery
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Ricky Byers’ Racing for a Cure turns to fan car to get on track at ‘Dega
The Fifth Turn - NASCAR Fan Blog» Orlando Sentinel – The Fifth Turn – NASCAR Fan BlogUpdate: Racing For A Cure This is an update about Ricky Byers that you may remember from previous blogs I've written about him. If not, read previous blog. He's still at it… Ricky Byers is still in search of funds to get him onto the race t...
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