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Friday | WOWK-TV

Morgantown Area Hospitals Partner Together in Cancer Fundraiser

Two north central West Virginia hospitals have launched a joint fundraiser to benefit patient care and cancer research.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Morgantown, WV, Oncology, Medicine, West Virginia University, Colorectal Health, Health

Friday | BBC

Swine flu delays screening plans

A bowel cancer screening programme, due to begin in December, has been delayed, because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu instead.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Colorectal Health, Pancreatic Cancer

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Health News Digest

Does Race, Income Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome?

" A patient's socioeconomic status has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Oncology, Medicine, African-American, Colorectal Health

MLive.com

Breast cancer hits home for Tutak family

Eva Houseman, 49, was the first of her siblings to find out that she had the gene that predicts an 85 percent chance of getting breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Montague, MI, Colorectal Health, Grand Rapids Metro, Whitehall, MI

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Edge San Francisco

Do you know the 10 benefits of chewing fresh ginger?

Ginger has been used as a natural remedy for many ailments for centuries. Now, science is catching up and researchers around the world are finding that ginger works wonders in the treatment of everything from cancer to migraines.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Migraine, Ovarian Cancer, Colorectal Health, University of Minnesota

Tue Nov 03, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds

The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Health, Medicine

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Medical News

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, OPR launch an innovative oncology treatment initiative

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Oncology Physician Resource announced today the launch of an innovative oncology treatment initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients with certain types of cancer.

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Herald Bulletin

Man battles cancer for more time with family

ANDERSON, Ind. - At 52, Mike O'Bryant thought he had plenty of time left to watch his daughter get married, meet his future grandchildren and continue to build friendships at the neighborhood bar.

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Related Topix: Anderson, IN, Colorectal Health, Health

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Kansas City InfoZine

Can Curry Kill Cancer Cells?

These new findings with stomach cancer cells are only the latest to suggest that this hotly studied spice may possess anti-cancer potential.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Middletown Journal

Woman a luckya for suriviving cancer twice

When Tania Gardner-Culbertson thinks about her past 20 years - and compares them to the troubling time living in France toward the end of World War II - her lip quivers and she fights back tears.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Health, Medicine, Breast Cancer

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Conflicting Advice on Cancer Tests

Arthur Cohen was a healthy, active 85-year-old when his Toronto doctor recommended a colonoscopy to check for early signs of colorectal cancer.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Skokie, IL, Cervical Cancer, Geriatric Medicine

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Man kept in seclusion at mental hospital dies

A severely mentally ill man who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital has died, weeks after his family won a battle to have him moved closer to them.

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Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Colorectal Health, Health

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Herald News

Don't avoid colon screenings

I've noticed that having a discussion about colon cancer screenings with patients older than 50 often makes them feel uncomfortable.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, Crohn's Disease, Breast Cancer, Aurora, IL

Physics Org

Higher risk of GI diseases may mean more vigilance, earlier screenings for minorities

Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego underscore the growing disparities in gastrointestinal disease, particularly colon cancer and Barrett's Esophagus, among certain ethnic and gender populations, including African Americans, Latinos and women.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Colorectal Health, Health, African-American, Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Flintshire Standard

Anger over Wrexham hospital's test delays

ABOUT 500 Wrexham Maelor patients are facing agonising delays for vital test results.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Health

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Burlington Free Press

Essex cancer survivor climbs Kilimanjaro

Two years ago, Kelly Carpenter spent her 29th birthday in the hospital receiving her sixth round of chemotherapy to treat stage three colon cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, World News, Africa, Tanzania, Pop/Rock, The Alarm, Nursing

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Middletown Journal

Young family, normal life, then cancer

Andy Obermeyer has a cabinet full of expensive medicine at his home in West Chester Twp.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Colorectal Health

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Medical experts rethink routine screenings for breast and prostate cancer

A startling new analysis concludes that routine screenings for breast and prostate cancer miss the most deadly forms of the disease - and may expose healthy patients to risky, expensive and needless treatments.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Prostate Cancer, San Francisco Metro, UC San Francisco, Colorectal Health

Tue Oct 20, 2009

MediLexicon

Gastrointestinal Practice Issues National Challenge After Half Of Needy Patients Screened Show Polyps

As Washington policymakers debated health care reform on weekend talk shows, 48 people who are out of work or without health insurance received free colonoscopy screenings at Gastrointestinal Associates here.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Colorectal Health

Mon Oct 19, 2009

This Is Bristol

Weston Hospital patient shaves head for cancer unit

A patient at Weston General Hospital has shaved her head to raise money for the cancer unit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, Oncology, Nursing

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