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Brain Cancer News

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16 hrs ago | Trumbull Times

Pounding the pavement for love'

Last year, Trumbull resident Stephen Bacchiocchi was just like anyone else. But his life changed one day when he was diagnosed with a type of small-cell cancer that spread from his lung to the prostate to the ...

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Related Topix: New Haven, CT, Health, Trumbull, CT, New Haven Metro

Yesterday | ArgusLeader.com

Dell Rapids to support cancer victims

Sue Horstmeyer describes herself as a list-maker. About a year ago, the Sioux Falls woman's to-do list included buying her tombstone and finding her burial plat.

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Related Topix: Sioux Falls Metro, Dell Rapids, SD, Health, University of Florida

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Racine Journal Times

Exceptional care: Healthy tips to filling your medical needs

Even if you're not rich or well-connected, you can find leading-edge treatment when it matters.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Health

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Argus Leader

Motocross race to benefit Steven Hagen

A motocross benefit race is planned this weekend in honor of Steven Hagen, 21, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Jul 21, 2008

News.ncmonline.com

Undocumented Farm Worker Becomes Brain Surgeon

Good things don't necessarily come to those who wait, but rather to those who persist and work hard.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University, University of Nebraska System, Hospital Administration, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System), Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, Mexico, World News,

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Joan Aragone column: It ain't over 'til it's over

In the immortal words of former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, "It ain't over 'til it's over." Berra was talking about baseball, but his words apply to the latest contest between Congress and the ...

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Related Topix: Health, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Rochdale Observer

Let's give Ryder fighting chance

HE family of a four-year-old boy battling a rare form of brain cancer are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for treatment that could save his life.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Donations save jobs of Children's Hospital psychologists

Donations have poured in to save the jobs of two clinical psychologists at Children's Hospital Oakland who specialize in working with child cancer patients and their families.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Pediatric Cancer, Health, Psychology, Science

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

Murcer Memorial Service Set For Aug. 6

A public service for Yankee great and Oklahoma City native Bobby Murcer has been set for 11 a.m. Aug.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma City Metro, Oklahoma City, OK, Health

Thu Jul 17, 2008

TheCelebrityCafe

Former Yankees Outfielder Bobby Murcer Dies at Age 62

Home : Features : People : Former Yankees Outfielder Bobby Murcer Dies at Age 62 Former Yankees Outfielder Bobby Murcer Dies at Age 62 12-Jul-2008 Written by: Stevi Cosh Yankees broadcaster and ex-outfielder ...

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Related Topix: Health

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Boston Business Journal

Mass. sets national course for fisherman insurance

The state's congressional delegation is working to build bipartisan support for a bill - using a concept that began in Massachusetts - that would make low-cost health insurance available to fisherman and their ...

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts Government, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat

Tue Jul 15, 2008

HealthDay

Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes

An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme may help boost a patient's immunity response and improve the outcome, a new report says.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Jul 14, 2008

AFLCIO.org

Senate Passes Bill to Strengthen Medicare, with Kennedy at the Helm

Sen. Edward Kennedy , in the middle of chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer, made his first appearance yesterday in the U.S. Senate in nearly two months to vote to strengthen Medicare.

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Related Topix: Health, John McCain, US News, US Politics, Cancer, Medicine, Folk, The Kennedys, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, Republican

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Topeka Capital-Journal

Victory for Medicare patients may be fleeting

After 19 years, you'd think I would have learned daily events may outdate a weekly column.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly

Sat Jul 12, 2008

News-Medical.Net

UAB joins elite brain cancer research group

Brain cancer experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been selected for membership in the Ivy Genomics-Based Medicine Project.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Health

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Las Vegs Sun

At critical political time, Reid called on a lion

Fri, Jul 11, 2008 Sun Topics Sen. Harry Reid Washington - The day before the Fourth of July, when he was back in Nevada, Sen.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicare, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Ensign, Harry Reid, Democrat

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Mother Jones

This Is Your Brain on Cell Phones

That X-ray, he says, made him excruciatingly sensitive to electromagnetic fields - the low-level radiation that emanates from power lines, microwaves, and, most vexingly, cell phones.

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Related Topix: Health

KFBB

Senate oks doctor reimbursement bill

With Democrat Ted Kennedy casting a crucial vote, the Senate has approved legislation to void a 10.6% pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Health, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WHDH

Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with brain cancer, has returned to the Capitol to vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation.

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Related Topix: Health, Healthcare Law, Law

WSTM-TV Syracuse

4-year-old gets his wish granted

Sunday, July 06, 2008 at 5:41 p.m. A great day to be out on the water today and that's exactly what the Pullano family of Onondaga found out, on what turned out to be a very special day.

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