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33 min ago | 411mania.com

WWE News: Lilian Garcia Talks Mother's Breast Cancer, WWE Superstar Business Cards

WWE News: Lilian Garcia Talks Mother's Breast Cancer, WWE Superstar Business Cards Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 05.16.2013 Garcia posts a new blog... - Lillian Garcia has posted a new blog entry on the WWE Community site about her mother's fight with breast cancer back in the late 1980s: It all started when my mother felt a lump in her breast.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

4 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

Cancer cover girl rallies to launch fashion line

In a playroom at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children , a frail, 13-year-old girl is between takes for "omg! Insider," a TV celebrity-gossip show, talking about her new fashion line.

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Related Topix: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Ellen, Health, Medicine

Fri May 17, 2013

CBS 47

Survey finds that 7-in-10 women would follow Jolie's lead

A survey by market research company YouGov reveals seven out of 10 British women would have the procedure if tests showed they had a high chance of developing breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Entertainment

MLive.com

Relay Recess: Palmer Elementary students raise money for cancer, motivated by principal's journey

Palmer Elementary school third grader Denajah Cage, on right, walks the track at Briggs Park during Relay Recess on Friday, May 17, in support of the American Cancer Society.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Medicine, Health, Grand Rapids, MI, Family, Kids

SanLuisObispo.com

Former Tuesday Morning CEO sues over firing

The lawsuit by Kathleen Mason follows a discrimination filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this summer.

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Related Topix: Retail, Tuesday Morning, Medicine, Health, Law, Employment / Labor Law

WNED

Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like The Old One?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, is the official list of all the mental disorders doctors can use to diagnose mental illness.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Columbia University, Genetics, UC San Francisco, Health

Examiner.com

Evidence Supports a Correlation Between Pesticides and Breast Cancer

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PESTICIDES INTRODUCED ON THE BLOOD HAS A POSITIVE CORRELATION TO THE OCCURRENCE OF BREAST CANCERS IN WOMEN.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

Ivanhoe

Breast Cancer Detection Rates May Vary

The Prevention and Cancer Control at Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto, Canada has found that digital direct radiography is significantly more effective than computed radiography at detecting breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Examiner.com

Dr. Oz: What you should know about breast cancer and Angelina Jolie's mastectomy

When Angelina Jolie revealed that she had chosen a double mastectomy to save her life, her announcement shocked the world.

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Related Topix: Health, Ovarian Cancer

CNN

Your breast cancer questions

When Angelina Jolie revealed she'd had a double mastectomy, she probably had a pretty good idea that her bravery would empower other women to tell their breast cancer stories.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health

Romford Recorder

Breast cancer survivor Davina Hall, of Hornchurch: 'Cancer improved my life'

This week, Angelina Jolie announced she had undergone a double mastectomy to cut her risk of breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Essex County, England, Ovarian Cancer

NewsChannel 9 WSYR

Preemptive breast removal a growing trend

Shortly after revealing that she had a preventative double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie said she will also have her ovaries removed.

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Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Health, North Syracuse, NY, Medicine, Family, Kids

Cornish Guardian

WBMiles published Truro breast cancer specialist urges in calm in wake of news of...

A breast cancer specialist from Truro is urging calm amongst women in Cornwall following the news that film star Angelina Jolie is to have her breasts removed in a double mastectomy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oncology

Wed May 15, 2013

The Alternative Press

Breast Cancer Survivors Invited to Celebrate Life

Breast cancer survivors who reside in Sussex County are invited to a unique celebration of life at Project Self-Sufficiency on Saturday, June 8th, from 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. The Survivor Celebration will feature cooking demonstrations, a kickboxing class, health and wellness information, and music.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Sussex County, NJ, Cko Kickboxing, Curves, Health Club, Fitness, Yoga

WATE-TV Knoxville

Details of Jolie's breast treatment revealed

Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer - strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ovarian Cancer, Genetics, Associated Press

WLWT-TV Cincinnati

Local woman urges genetic testing for mutation that causes breast cancer

Angelina Jolie is making headlines after announcing Tuesday that she had a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA mutation, a gene that increases a woman's risk of breast and ovarian cancers.

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New Tecumseth Free Press

Breast cancer screening program at SMH to add Saturday appointments

Computed radiography mammogram machines the provincial government announced this week will spend $25 million to replace and phase-out over the next few months, will not impact the breast screening program at Stevenson Memorial Hospital .

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Patch.com

Breast Surgeon: Angelina's Actions 'Impressive'

Dr. Heidi Memmel understands exactly why actress Angelia Jolie opted to have a preventive double mastectomy, which the actress announced Monday .

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Related Topix: Park Ridge, IL, Health, Ovarian Cancer

National Public Radio

Genetic Counseling Can Help Women At Risk For Breast Cancer

Following Angelina Jolie's op-ed in the New York Times revealing her double mastectomy, Audie Cornish talks with Sue Friedman, founder and executive director of FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered , about access to genetic testing and preventive surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue May 14, 2013

The Southtown Star

Homewood breast cancer survivor prescribing hope

Dr. Sheri Phillips, a national spokeswoman for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said there was a time when she wanted to die.

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