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ISSUE: November 1, 2009
Articles about cancer
The Devil Inside
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10-15-2005
Researchers are identifying the genes that could cause disease in our own bodies. But how much do we really want to know about what lurks within us?
Article Excerpts:
...a potentially devastating health threat such as
cancer
. Coupled with advanced pharmaceutical...
... drug works for only 50 percent of patients. Some
cancer
patients undergoing chemotherapy, for instance,...
...the genetic mutations that predispose them to
cancer
are given a 50- to 70-page web-based report that...
In the Pink
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10-1-2009
Grammy Award–winning songstress and humanitarian extraordinaire Sheryl Crow is famous for her fab pop music. But Crow’s celebrity status has entered a new dimension: poster child for breast-cancer awareness. Since her well-documented battle with the disease in 2006, the singer has empowered women worldwide to take charge of their health and dive into their emotions.
Article Excerpts:
... entered a new dimension: poster child for breast-
cancer
awareness. Since her well-documented battle with...
... you can grow as a person. How did your breast-
cancer
experience impact your music? Having fought for...
...emotions in the lyrics. Are there any breast-
cancer
organizations that you feel strongly about? I...
Richards Almanac
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7-1-2008
Denise Richards has gone from a sultry big-screen siren to a tabloid sensation. Now, with a new reality show, she's hoping to turn a new page in what is, increasingly, the open book of her life.
Article Excerpts:
... (Irv’s wife of 37 years), succumbed to
cancer
in 2007. There are also three cats. And dogs. A...
...until May 2006, when it was determined that the
cancer
had spread. In February 2007, she suffered a...
...suffered a seizure; doctors then discovered the
cancer
had spread to her brain. She died just eight...
An Unlucky Devil
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12-15-2007
The Tasmanian devil is not just an imaginary character in a Looney Tunes cartoon - it's a very real creature. And it's in very real danger of being wiped out.
Article Excerpts:
...world of the devil, a mysterious, disfiguring
cancer
called devil facial tumor disease is decimating...
...infects. "The tumor appears to be a
cancer
, a cancer that can transplant itself from devil...
... "The tumor appears to be a cancer, a
cancer
that can transplant itself from devil to devil.
Win-win
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1-15-2002
Run, cycle, or skate to your personal best in some of the worlds most desirable sporting competitions. But its not all just about you, its about the team, which includes a very special member.
Article Excerpts:
...so many things that I consider being ''gifts of
cancer
.'' One is being part of the Team in Training and...
...people who are not patients helping people with
cancer
makes a huge difference. Having people train...
...people train on behalf of patients shows that
cancer
doesn''t have to be isolating and living with it...
Changing Medicine’s Dna
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3-1-2004
Science has unraveled the human genome. Now Franz Humer wants it to revamp your doctor visits.
Article Excerpts:
...that this is a drug that works in breast-
cancer
patients who overexpress [have too much of] a...
...between 15 and 20 percent of all breast-
cancer
sufferers, then we get response rates of 60 and...
... Humer In the case of Herceptin, breast-
cancer
patients are tested on their expression of a...
Under Pressure And Coping
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12-15-2006
Thanks to the vision of one man, health-care workers now have an emotional outlet to help them deal with the stress and loss that they face on a daily basis.
Article Excerpts:
...man about a decade ago while completing his
cancer
training in San Francisco. The man was in his...
...a runner, in fact - before developing a type of
cancer
called Hodgkin''s disease. "He''s really one of...
Beer — It Does A Body Good
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9-15-2006
Beer It Does a Body Good IF you're ANYTHING LIKE ME, which is to say overweight and slothful, then you had to be happy about the news coming out of the health sciences this summer.First of all, let me say that I try to stay as far away a...
Article Excerpts:
...report provides it in the conclusion that
cancer
prevention is found in beer. "Oregon State...
...report hops has a compound that inhibits
cancer
development."
