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Closing the Racial Gap in Chicago Breast Cancer Mortality Rates
TribLocal - EvanstonBy Lacy Schley/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Breast cancer deaths are higher in the most racially and economically segregated Chicago areas, especially those with the fewest healthcare …... -
Protection at a cost
Studies showing that alcohol protects the heart raise questions about drinking.
Does moderate, prudent drinking protect the heart and arteries? Two analyses say — shout, actually — that the answer is yes. But they raise a bigger issue: What...Tags: Substance Abuse, Heart Attack, Harvard Medical School, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research
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Tobacco sales compliance The health department's Learn to Live program offers to retailers a tobacco sales compliance kit. The kit includes a training guide that explains Maryland's tobacco laws. It's illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the...Tags: Substance Abuse, Diseases and Illnesses, Lab Tests, Vaccines, Methadone (drug)
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The Miami Circle and the Tequestas
South Florida Sun-SentinelDeveloper Michael Baumann paid $8 million for a 2.2-acre property near the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami, where he planned to build two luxury condo buildings and a parking garage. However, his project came to a halt in...Tags: Florida Atlantic University, Education, Tequesta, Florida, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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News Briefs for April 26
Wildflower walk on Saturday Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge will host the second of two spring wildflower walks 10 a.m. Saturday. The walk will be on the Martha B. Clay Wildflower Trail, which begins near the North Rolling Fork, just past the bridge...
Tags: Over-the-Counter Medicines, Madeline Kahn, Environmental Issues, Marty Feldman, Lung Cancer
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Todd Cohen, Adam Keil On Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Walk
PIX11.comTodd Cohen and Adam Keil stopped by to talk about the Second Annual Purple Stride New Jersey for pancreatic cancer awareness. Second Annual Purple Stride New Jersey (www.purplestride.org) - Sunday Nov. 6th, 8:30 Registration, 10 a.m. 5 run/walk - Mack...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Medical Research, Research, Pancreatic Cancer
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Tearful Janklow unveils deadly brain cancer diagnosis
Associated PressWith a fresh incision curving along his hairline from temple to ear, former Gov. Bill Janklow broke down and cried Friday as he announced that he’s dying of brain cancer. But it wasn’t the cancer that prompted the tears. It was...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Politics, Health, Diabetes
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Doctors defend prostate screening
For most of the last decade, Ronald Vari watched helplessly as his PSA level steadily rose, all too aware that the pattern could be a sign of prostate cancer. Yet initial biopsies didn't detect the disease.
Confused and frustrated, the Chicago resident...Tags: University of Chicago, Biopsy, Diseases and Illnesses, Demographics, Medical Research
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Eat these foods to help prevent cancer
The following article was submitted by Lynne Groeger, a registered dietitian specializing in Oncology Nutrition. She works for Peninsula Cancer Institute in Newport News, Williamsburg and Gloucester.
Many plant foods, especially vegetables and fruits,...Tags: Tangerines, Diseases and Illnesses, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hormones and Metabolism, Testosterone
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Heat and humidity can be fatal for pets
High temperatures, extreme humidity, lack of shade, lack of water and poor ventilation are extremely dangerous to the "backyard" dog and other tethered animals unable to move about and seek better living quarters for themselves. Eighteen years ago as a...Tags: Science, Punishment, Swelling, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fatigue
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Government Still Seeking Source of Tainted Turkey
Staff WriterConsumers looking for answers about a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey will have to continue to wait as the government investigates the source of at least 76 illnesses and one death. The Agriculture Department and the federal Centers for...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Diseases and Illnesses, North Carolina, Alabama, Consumers
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How extreme heat attacks the body
The moment you step into oppressive heat, the body senses life-threatening danger and starts fighting to keep things cool.
The heart beats faster as it increases the flow of blood to the skin, trying to keep critical internal organs from overheating. But...Tags: Heart Attack, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart and Circulatory System, Disasters and Accidents, Weight
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