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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, Death, American Cancer Society
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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, General Practitioners, Jay Leno, Cesarean Section, Allentown
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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: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Justice and Rights, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, World War II (1939-1945), The Washington Post
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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: Biopsy, Sepsis, Medical Procedures and Tests, Tuberculosis, Consumers
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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: Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Death, American Cancer Society
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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 Stations, Television Industry, Adam Carolla, Obituaries, Entertainment
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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, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, University of Notre Dame, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Career and Workplace, Immigration
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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: Andy Reid, Football, Adrian Peterson, Ray Lewis, Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement)
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Huell Howser never 'wanted story to be about him,' assistant says
L.A. NOWPublic television star Huell Howser, who died early this month of prostate cancer, did not talk openly about his illness because "he never wanted the story to be about him," his assistant said. The host of the TV series “California’s...... -
Jerry Brown tells PBS "the budget is fixed"
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown took a victory lap on "PBS NewsHour" on Tuesday night and said California's success in tackling the state's budget deficit is a model for the country....
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