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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: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Biotechnology, The New York Times
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Conservation, Women's Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Raymond James Financial Incorporated, Healthcare Provider
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Letters: Jolie's choice
Re "Why Jolie's surgery? It's for the kids," Column One, May 15 My story is similar to Angelina Jolie's, though there are some differences. Ten years ago, at the age of 43, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy because I was the single mother of two...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Medical Specialization
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments
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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: Nose, Arts and Culture, General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Sculpture
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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: Vitamin A, Lung Cancer, Washington Hospital Center, Prostate Cancer, Arts and Culture
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization
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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: Heart Disease, Leukemia, Medical Research, Biotechnology, Cancer
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Lehigh Valley company news
Samuel Adams partners withRising Tide Community Loan fund The Boston Beer Co., in partnership with Accion, announced that its Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program has teamed up with the Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, a nonprofit micro-lender...Tags: Small Businesses, Medical Research, Renal cell carcinoma, Business, Boston Beer Company Inc.
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Cancer Institute provides new aid to locals
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — Local residents suffering from cancer no longer have to travel far for treatment, as the Cancer Institute at the Pioneers Memorial Hospital has begun accepting patients. The state-of-the-art center provides a full range of medical...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Colon Cancer, Health Treatments, Lung Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's mastectomy news reverberates in South Florida
When Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had both breasts removed to cut her risk of cancer, experts across South Florida predicted the Hollywood superstar saved more lives than her own. In the age of genetic testing, more women with cancer-...Tags: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Genetics, Healthcare Provider, Insurance
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Bristol-Myers shares jump ahead of melanoma trial data
ReutersCHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co rose to a 10-year high on Wednesday ahead of results of an early stage trial for its new melanoma treatment, with heavy betting in the options market suggesting investors see more...Tags: Skin Cancer, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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