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Mail Call - Oct. 23
“I hear that the GOP are all up in arms because Joe Biden appeared to be laughing at some of Paul Ryan’s grandiose claims last night. Did their poor little puppy get his feelings hurt?” — Chambersburg, Pa. “U.S....Tags: Joe Biden, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Republican Party, The Herald-Mail
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Breast cancer patients honored at center event
Daily American Staff WriterOfficials from the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center in Windber held their fifth annual Tribute to Survivors event on Sunday at the center. Center director Patty Felton said the event is held to honor breast cancer survivors who have been treated at the...Tags: Lymphatic System, Breast Cancer, Human Interest, Health Treatments, Cancer
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Grants available to support breast cancer programs
The South Dakota affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is accepting applications for grants for breast cancer and breast health programs from South Dakota nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies and educational institutions. In the past,...Tags: Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Patricia Parkins' story or survival
Sun SentinelWhile living in Jamaica in February 2009, I felt pain in both breasts. My primary doctor ordered a mammogram and ultrasound. The results indicated Mammary Duct Ectasia and antibiotics were prescribed. I sought a second opinion, and that doctor confirmed...Tags: Jamaica, Science and Technology, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Coral Springs
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Breast cancer awareness month busy time for Aberdeen hospitals
calvinmen@aberdeennews.comOctober is especially busy for radiologist Sheryl Siegmund-Weekly. Because it's breast cancer awareness month, more women are getting their mammograms, said Siegmund-Weekly, who works at at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. The mammogram X-ray produces...Tags: Breast Cancer, Biopsy, Radiology, Medical Specialization, Cancer
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Hospital's Breast Center provides screening, biopsy service
Last year more than 4,000 patients passed through the doors at the Breast Center at Palms West Hospital, which has been providing full screening and biopsy service to the western communities since 2000. "We work closely with many of the surgeons out...
Tags: MRI (imaging), Breast Cancer, Biopsy, Medical Specialization, Cancer
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Stiletto Strut project melds art with awareness
For two women, art is an integral part of life. From designing, to painting and creating, art is part of them – and, in their own ways, so is breast cancer. Plantation resident Judy Polstra has had many breast cancer scares in the last few years,...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Coral Springs, Weston (Broward, Florida), Fine Artists
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Mammography benefits questioned
In recent years many leading health organizations have advised that all women age 40 and up have an annual mammogram or be tested every two years for the presence of breast cancer. Women with a higher risk for the disease may have been told to get bi-...
Tags: MRI (imaging), Internists, Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments
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Faces of health care: Medicaid recipient on life filled with pain and money headaches
WDBJ7 ReporterThursday's decision shot down the provision that allowed individual states to give more money to Medicaid recipients. Catherine Fitzgerald a current Medicaid recipient and Danville resident, has been around the health care block so to speak. She's...Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Cancer, Health
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Weighing the risks and rewards of 3-D mammograms
One local woman got the scare of her life when doctors found a suspicious lump in her breast. “I can only tell you that I thought my life was over,” said Toby Klausner. “Completely over, that waiting and it was just some strange image...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Symptoms
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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: Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Cancer
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Carla Zorovich
What was it like being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40? When I was 39 years old I felt something strange. I went and got a regular mammogram; they detected something and it was slow growing. In this case, and virtually all breast cancer cases,...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Medical Specialization, Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Radiation Therapy
Oct 22, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Oct 19, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Oct 15, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 15, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 15, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 28, 2012
|Story| WDBJ7
Oct 16, 2012
|Column| WXIN-LTV
Sep 26, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Oct 10, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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