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Throat cancer survivor speaks to Martinsburg High students
matthewu@herald-mail.comAfter throat cancer took his voice box, it took David Briles three years to learn how to speak a complete sentence by burping continuously. The 59-year-old Charleston, W.Va., native never regained much of his ability to laugh again, but was determined...Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Marine Corps, Quitting Smoking, Teaching and Learning, Relay for Life
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Frederick F. Otto
janeth@herald-mail.comEditor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs "A Life Remembered." Each story in this continuing series takes a look back — through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others — at a member of the community who died recently. Today's...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park, Charity
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Symptoms, Oncology, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Biotechnology
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Blues legend James Cotton tells his story, in song
Bluesman James Cotton has lived the kind of life they make movies about. He toiled on a Mississippi plantation from earliest childhood, found himself orphaned at age 9, practically was raised by blues master Sonny Boy Williamson II and flourished as a...
Tags: Muddy Waters, Human Accomplishments, Keb' Mo' , Howard Reich, Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Seeks Help Again For Bipolar Disorder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has sought help again for bipolar disorder, in what her publicist called a "pro-active" move to take care of her health. It's the second-known trip to a healthcare facility for the British actress...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Celebrities, Behavioral Conditions
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READER SUBMITTED: April Is Oral Cancer Awareness Month
StatewideAccording to the Oral Cancer Foundation, the 5-year survival rate of persons diagnosed with oral or throat cancer is about 65 percent. Those numbers are not just important to the 42,000 Americans who will be diagnosed with oral or throat cancer this year,...Tags: Symptoms, Oral Cancer, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Amid rising tensions, Palestinians turn out for protests, funerals
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As Palestinians poured into the streets Thursday for three tension-filled funerals, their leaders issued stern warnings about rising public anger over Israel's treatment of prisoners and protesters. In the southern West Bank...
Tags: John Kerry, Israel, Jerusalem (Israel), Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas
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Palestinian teens killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank clashes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian youths Wednesday night near an army-controlled checkpoint outside the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, killing two, according to Palestinian medical officials. They said Amer Nasser,...Tags: Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, West Bank, Armed Forces
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Hopkins scientists compete to find new solutions to treating cancer
Jason Howard, 32, posed a question to Johns Hopkins University students and doctors on Wednesday. "So how are we doing in the war against cancer?" he asked those gathered for the second annual Rangos Award for Creativity in Cancer Discovery...
Tags: Vaccines, Health Treatments, Culture, Drugs and Medicines, Arts and Culture
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Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israel sparks violence
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Violence broke out Tuesday in several Israeli jails and West Bank cities following reports that a Palestinian prisoner died of cancer at a hospital in southern Israel. Palestinians said that Maysara abu Hamdieh, 63, died...
Tags: Prisons, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Punishment
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The Last Waltz Lives On at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville
The Last Waltz Live w/Rev Tor Band and guests, April 7, 7 p.m., $25, $35, Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsvile, (860) 693-9762, 41bridgestreet.com In 2002, the world lost a distinguished and accredited journalist when Pakistani...
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John Wood Summers: Former DeLand commissioner dedicated later years to art
In the 1970s and 1980s, John Wood Summers pushed for positive changes as a member of the DeLand City Commission and Volusia County Council. But in recent years — until his death on March 24 at age 75 — he was known around DeLand as the "free...
Tags: Volusia County, Windermere, Melbourne, DeLand
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