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Chronology of 2001 anthrax events
Sun-SentinelSept. 18: Envelopes containing letters and granular substances are sent to NBC News in New York and the New York Post. Both are mailed from Trenton, N.J. Sept. 22: Editorial page assistant at New York Post who opens letters to the editor notices...Tags: Medical Services, Washington (U.S. state), Boynton Beach, New York, NBC (tv network)
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Proton Therapy
WGN NewsKilling tumors while sparing healthy tissue. It's the goal of doctors treating cancer patients around the world. Closer to home, a new weapon to fight the disease. It zaps away cancer cells much like traditional radiation, but this treatment's promise...Tags: Health, MRI (imaging), Medical Specialization, X-rays, Health Treatments
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Thyroid Robot
WGN NewsHiding the scar! Swapping one incision for another. It's a robotic surgery that leaves a scar but not where people can see it. Jennifer Panaro, Robotic Thyroidectomy Patient: "I never felt anything. My primary care physician found it during a general...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Health, WGN, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Local family tries to see silver lining during difficult times of illness
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comLindsay Pinieski said she was devastated a little more than a year ago when her husband, Zack, was diagnosed with cancer. But things started to look brighter after chemotherapy treatments drove the disease into remission. The Hagerstown family’...Tags: Health, Nevada, Science and Technology, Meningitis, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Breast cancer and the HCG diet
When VJ Sleight’s breast cancer returned last year, she wondered if the unusual recurrence – 23 years after her original diagnosis -- had anything to do with the controversial hCG diet that she had repeatedly followed.
The near-starvation...Tags: Health, Breast Cancer, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Estrogen, Human Body
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Six Flags searches for blood-curdling screamers, lesion-faced ghouls, singers with vampiric tendencies
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsA zombie waited in line for measurements. Blood-curdling screams erupted from behind a partition wall. Other than that, a recent round of hiring at Six …... -
Apple scab fungus more resistant to pesticides
TRAVERSE CITY — Apple growers in the eastern U.S. have a despised enemy known as apple scab — a disease caused by a fungus that forms ugly brown or greenish-black pockmarks on the fruit's skin. A scabby apple is unfit for grocery stores...Tags: The Associated Press, Health, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania
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From Canyon To Cove: Some answers just lead to more questions
I'm cancer-free. At least that's what my last "tumor marker" test showed after a few weeks of intensive treatment with radiation and chemotherapy. The test result caused my oncologist to smile — a rare sight. Call me a skeptic, but I wanted to...Tags: Health, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Pancreas, Health Treatments
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City Life: An unasked question when buying a home
If asked, most real estate agents will tell you that one of the most commonly asked questions is about the quality and location of the local schools — an important question, to be sure. Don Abrams, of Abrams Coastal Properties on Balboa Island,...Tags: Health, Medical Services, Human Body, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents
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Baruj Benacerraf dies at 90; Nobelist made key discoveries about immune system
Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his pioneering work explaining why some people are able to fight off infections and tumors while others are not, died Tuesday at his Boston home. He was 90.
The cause was...Tags: Health, Human Body, Los Angeles Times, Colleges and Universities, Asthma
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Medical tourism: A faraway health fix
When Stan Long's doctor told him he needed prostate surgery, the unpleasant procedure bothered him less than the part of the price tag he'd be on the hook for: $15,000 for the hospital stay his Medicare plan didn't cover.
So Long, who lives in Washington...Tags: Medical Services, Plastic Surgery, Washington (U.S. state), Eric Clapton, Government Health Care
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New Cancer Treatment Cooks Tumors to Death
There's a new high-tech cancer treatment that literally cooks tumors away. Rich DeMuro gets the inside scoop on this groundbreaking procedure and how this minimally-invasive treatment gets patients in and out of the hospital on the same day.
Cedar...Tags: Human Body, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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