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Problem Solver: Giving thanks
Not long after I started this column more than seven years ago, I came to realize the folks who read it are among the best on Earth. Whenever I failed to come through for a consumer — and often even when I succeeded — there was a small...
Tags: Track and Field, Jon Yates, Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Human Interest
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Virginia K. Shirley
janeth@herald-mail.comWhen Virginia “Ginger” Shirley was diagnosed with ovarian cancer more than two years ago, she had been fighting other medical issues for more than a decade. This time, after surgery, she pulled out a pencil and paper and wrote letters to her...Tags: Food Network (tv network), Joe Flacco, The Herald-Mail, Football, Breast Cancer
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Former Mich. first lady Helen Milliken dies at 89
DETROIT (AP) — Helen Wallbank Milliken, who was Michigan's longest-serving first lady and a staunch supporter of women's rights and environmental protection, has died. She was 89. Milliken, who spent 14 years as first lady, died on Friday...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Petroleum Industry, Regional Authority, Politics, Feminism
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Former Michigan first lady Helen Milliken dies at 89
DETROIT (AP) — Early in her husband's political career, Helen Milliken dutifully played the role of unassuming, supportive spouse. But she evolved into an outspoken advocate of women's rights, the environment and other issues close to her heart...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Petroleum Industry, Regional Authority, Politics, Rick Snyder
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Beyond Chemotherapy
Fighting cancer has never been easy. But new research — much of it being done in Southern California — is pointing toward a future in which patients will receive precisely targeted treatments that are more effective and have fewer side...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Cancer, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Liver Cancer
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Commentary: I miss and remember my 'Mimi'
My grandmother, Joanne Ruth "Mimi" Mulder, was born Nov. 6, 1936, in Seattle. She spent a short while in Yakima, where her grandparents, Ruth and Wheeler Warren, ran one of the first Washington apple-packing companies. Soon after, she moved to sunny...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Remarkable Woman: Kelly Weaver
As Kelly Weaver walks through the halls of the Alexander Leigh Center for Autism in Crystal Lake (alexanderleighcenterforautism.com), she beams with pride. "We started with one student in my basement back in 2007," says Weaver, the center's executive...
Tags: Autism, Schools, Behavioral Conditions, Infertility, Students
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CookieRide delivers home-baked treats in Howard Co.
Firefighters from the Rivers Park Fire Station had only one question for Casey Dyson as they sampled home-baked cookies from her fledgling delivery service: Does she pack cold milk on her scooter? Dyson, a Columbia resident who launched CookieRide in...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Howard Community College, Energy Saving, Media Industry
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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Trials, Renal cell carcinoma, University of Maryland, College Park
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Kathie Lee Gifford asks Martin Short about dead wife
We've all put our foot in our mouth at some point, saying something we wish we could take back. Luckily we're not on a live television show. Kathie Gifford wasn't so lucky when she made the ultimate fool of herself asking Martin Short about his long time...Tags: Martin Short, Kathie Lee Gifford
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Breaking the breast cancer code
How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed? Do you work...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Mastectomy, Science and Technology, Breast Cancer, Mammogram
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Laurie Stein
Laurie Stein received the worst possible news she could've gotten about her own health nearly a decade ago. In June 2003, at the age of 34 and just eight months after giving birth to a baby girl, she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. The...
Tags: Mastectomy, Science and Technology, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Genetics
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Sep 26, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Oct 10, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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