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Battling Her Lung Cancer And Everyone Else's
The Hartford CourantThe stigma surrounding lung cancer bothers Diane Legg. "Most often the first question asked is, 'Did you smoke?'" she said. "No other disease, nobody asks such an in-your-face question. Most people who have a heart attack, they don't ask if they smoked....Tags: Lung Cancer, American Lung Association, Cancer, Heart Attack, Human Interest
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Tuesday expected to be a Knozone Air Quality Action Day
The city of Indianapolis expects another Knozone Air Quality Action Day on Tuesday, August 7. Tuesday’s Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast shows that ground-level ozone levels, a major contributor to urban and regional smog, may be high. Smog forms...
Tags: Respiratory Disease, Air Pollution, Diseases and Illnesses, Weather Reports, Environmental Pollution
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Knozone Action Day predicted for Sunday, Monday
The City of Indianapolis forecasts Sunday, July 1 as well as Monday July, 2 as Knozone Air Quality Action Days for ozone. The region’s air quality may become unhealthy for individuals who are sensitive to air pollutants and may be categorized as...
Tags: Respiratory Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Air Pollution, Weather Reports, Environmental Pollution
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Cancer: Don't mess with mama bear
My mom wants to help me with my problems, guide my decisions and protect me from those who would cause me pain. When I was 14 years old, my friend's mom called me out of the blue. Once she had me on the line, she threw accusations, saying she didn't want...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Cancer, Pneumonia, Burkitt lymphoma
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Office workers trained in CPR make life-or-death difference
On the morning of July 10, attorney Jerald Gale was reading an e-mail in his office on the 20th floor of a Koreatown high-rise. That's the last thing the 58-year-old husband, father and avid cyclist remembers before losing consciousness. Gale's heart...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, AIDS
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After you quit smoking: Food for thought
According to the Centers For Disease Control, almost 20 percent of the adults in the United States are regular cigarette smokers. That's approximately 45 million people. In fact, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the country....Tags: Pancreas, Cancer, Heart Disease, HIV, Heart Attack
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Jessica Yu's 'Last Call at the Oasis' made her a water activist
If you want to say that Jessica Yu burst onto the film scene in 1993 with her short "Sour Death Balls," you'd be almost literally right. The film is almost 10 minutes of people trying to handle the disgusting confection. Yu's work wins accolades,...
Tags: Water Supply, Coal, Science and Technology, Mining, Movies
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More than two dozen sickened at Plainfield Amazon facility
More than two dozen Amazon workers needed treatment after experiencing respiratory problems at the company’s Plainfield location. Thirty two people were treated for minor breathing difficulties after being exposed to a substance that was likely...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Forecast prompts officials to declare Friday Knozone Action Day
Forecasted humidity and temperatures have prompted Indianapolis officials to declare Friday a Knozone Air Quality Action Day. Central Indiana's air quality could become unhealthy for individuals who are sensitive to air pollutants because of a hightened...
Tags: Respiratory Disease, Air Pollution, Weather Reports, Environmental Pollution, Weather
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Newborn animals are wired to survive
I think there are some questions that, in this life, are just destined to remain unanswered. Answers to questions like what happened to Amelia Earhart and what really goes on at Area 51 are just not available. One nagging question that puzzles me...Tags: Blood, Amelia Earhart
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Wayne Township school district warns of possible TB exposure
The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township notified parents Wednesday that dozens of elementary students could have been exposed to tuberculosis. The school district said 46 students at Westlake Elementary School were possibly exposed to the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Tuberculosis, HIV, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Study: 2 in 5 Hoosiers will develop cancer during their life
A new study released Monday showed about 2.5 million Hoosiers, or two in five people now living in Indiana, will develop cancer. That’s 30,000 Hoosiers each year. Greenwood resident Rhonda Irskens never thought a colonoscopy would change her life...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Lung Cancer, Colonoscopy, Prostate Cancer, Cancer
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|Column| Petoskey News
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Jun 13, 2012
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Dec 12, 2012
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Jun 18, 2012
|Column| Daily American
May 2, 2012
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Apr 30, 2012
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