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Wait-and-see may be best for early prostate cancer
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Watching and routinely examining men with early, slow-growing prostate cancer is more effective and cheaper than sending them to surgery or radiation right away, according to a new study. The findings are based on a model of...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, American Cancer Society, Prostate Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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'Sleepless in Seattle' Producer Lynda Obst on Why Nobody Makes Romantic Comedies
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Lynda Obst went looking for Hollywood and what she found was an industry obsessed with the wants and whims of teenage boys and foreign audiences and indifferent to traditional virtues like originality, humor or heartbreak....Tags: TV Land (tv network), Lynda Obst, Netflix Inc., Hot in Cleveland (tv program), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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U.S. lung allocation system aims for objectivity, fairness
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceConcerns have been raised about the plight of Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old girl dying of cystic fibrosis and awaiting a lung transplant in Philadelphia. I would like to correct some of the misconceptions about the lung allocation system and how it...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, High Blood Pressure, Lung Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Disease
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Iain Banks, bestselling Scottish author, dies at 59
Bestselling Scottish author Iain Banks, 59, has died of cancer. His death arrived just two months after he announced on his website that he had been diagnosed with the terminal illness. Banks wrote both science fiction and bestselling social novels....Tags: Fiction, Stephen King, Google+
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READER SUBMITTED: Hospital's Breast Cancer Treatment Targets Cancer, Protects The Heart
Greater New BritainThe Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) is one of few area hospitals offering prone radiation therapy that treats breast cancer confined to the left breast while sparing and protecting the heart from radiation. While radiation therapy has proven...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Radiation Therapy, Diabetes, Medical Research, Cardiologists
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READER SUBMITTED: Support The Cause And Raise Funds For Breast Cancer Research
StatewideIt is estimated that there will be more than 3,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in CT in 2013 and that almost 500 will die from the disease. Death rates for breast cancer have steadily decreased in women since 1989 due to progress in earlier...Tags: East Lyme, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook
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More women removing ovaries to prevent cancer
Ovarian cancer can be a death sentence for many women. It is difficult to treat and often goes undetected until the late stages when it has spread to other organs in the pelvis and abdomen. Actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly decided to have her...
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Forward strides for stroke survivors
One night in 1999, a rash of frightening sensations hit Paul Titus all at once. His left arm went numb. His left eye began twitching. He couldn't speak without slurring. Unaware what the symptoms meant, he was slow to call for help. When his...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Education, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Examining which cancer screenings you may not need
Early detection of cancer is the best chance of cure, right? Maybe not. A growing body of counterintuitive evidence suggests that some cancer-screening tests — including those for breast, prostate, colon, lung and cervical cancer — may be...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Dartmouth College, Healthcare Provider, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer
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RPT-PREVIEW-Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore
Reuters(Repeats for wider distribution. No changes to headline or text) By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES, May 31 (Reuters) - Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer over a year ago, Gabe Tartaglia was loath to undergo the kind of harsh...Tags: Wolcott, Healthcare Provider, Biotechnology, Lung Cancer, Citigroup Incorporated
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Smoke? Fat? Sedentary? Watch out for heart disease, study says
It’s no surprise that someone who has never smoked, who eats a Mediterranean diet and keeps a normal weight and who exercises regularly is healthy. How healthy? Chances of death from all causes is reduced by 80% over eight years. Pretty healthy....
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Symptoms, Dietary Supplements, Body Mass Index, Health and Medical Professionals
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