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READER SUBMITTED: Three ECHN Events: Test Drive The Robot, Be The Match, Make Your Mammogram Appointment
Eastern ConnecticutThe da Vinci Si surgical system is transforming lives with smaller incisions for faster recovery and less pain. Join Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) and members of the Manchester Memorial Hospital Perioperative Robotic Team on Saturday, May 18,...Tags: Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Diseases and Illnesses, Health Insurance, Radio Industry, South Windsor
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Area woman becomes United Way manager
Daily American Staff Writer"I love United Way," Lladel Lichty said. "It is such a quality organization. I'm amazed at what we do and how we're threaded throughout the community." Lichty has been working at United Way of the Laurel Highlands for just seven months, but she's already...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Political Fundraising, Politics, AMC (tv network), American Cancer Society
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Mother overcame tragedies with strength, perseverance
alnotarianni@aol.comDorothy Hull is no stranger to adversity. The 90-year-old mother of eight lives quietly in Martinsburg with her daughter, Darlene Cuddy, filling her weekdays with crossword puzzles and game show reruns, and going out to eat on Saturdays. But her life...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Breast Cancer, Game Playing, Crosswords
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LETTER: History Repeats Itself With New Toxins
Journey back 100 years in America's history. While industries touted the amazing properties and safety of using radium, mercury and asbestos in various manufacturing processes, workers were being made ill by daily exposure to such substances. As...Tags: Social Sciences, Health and Safety at Work, Culture, BPA Contamination and Investigations, Arts and Culture
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LETTER: Toxin Exposure Parallels Increased Health Problems
I applaud The Courant for the op-ed "Toxic Chemicals Bill Would Protect Kids" [April 30]. As a nurse with many years of experience in critical care and expertise in environmental health, I am well aware of the rising incidence of diseases in this country...Tags: Autism, Children's Health
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Reflections, aspirations as Mother's Day approaches
My mom died in 2006. She had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood, just 10 months earlier. Many times since, I’ve wanted to call her. Sometimes I’ve wanted to ask her mundane, culinary questions — to clarify a...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Mother's Day, The Herald-Mail
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Local Voices, May. 08
Football industry I have seen coverage in the Tribune Sports pages of the terrible toll the game of football takes on athletes. Yet on you go with your endless and detailed coverage of games, trades, the draft, etc. If Chicago's latest-greatest...Tags: Family, Dermatologists, Health, Skin Cancer, Lymphoma
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Brawley Relay for Life wraps up
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterBRAWLEY — As much of Brawley slept early Sunday, Cattle Call Park was alive as the Brawley Relay for Life wrapped up its 24-hour event fundraising event. Team Shelley’s Angels member Brianna Dowden has participated in the event for four years...Tags: Relay for Life, American Cancer Society
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Michigan firefighters seek workers' comp for cancer
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In May 2009, then 36-year-old Sterling Heights firefighter Chris Slezak, went to his doctor on a Monday because he felt out of shape and worn out. By that Friday, Slezak, who was active and healthy his entire life, got his...
Tags: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice
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Genomes provide clues for treating leukemia, endometrial cancers
Efforts to sequence the human genome have revealed genetic risk for disease, and taught us about our early ancestors. Now, efforts to sequence the genomes of cancer cells -- to pinpoint the changes that occur in cancer cells' DNA when a person has the...
Tags: Education, St. Louis, Endometrial cancer, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines
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Dave Gold dies at 80; entrepreneur behind 99 Cents Only chain
Dave Gold launched his 99 Cents Only Stores empire in Los Angeles at age 50 after mulling over the idea for over a decade. The thrifty entrepreneur took the dollar store concept and introduced it to middle-class and upscale neighborhoods. In the...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, 99 Cents Only Stores, Politics, Heart Attack
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Boys Lacrosse Teams To Honor Student-Athlete With Leukemia
The Hartford CourantHonoring Student-AthleteWho Has Leukemia Glastonbury High School and Joel Barlow High School of Redding will wear orange Saturday at 5 p.m., when the schools play in boys lacrosse, in honor of Glastonbury student-athlete Morgan Bjarno in an effort to...Tags: New Britain Rock Cats, Big East Conference, Sports, Schools, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program
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