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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Victory for Medicare patients may be fleeting
After 19 years, you'd think I would have learned daily events may outdate a weekly column.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.