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Westbrook on DL; Gast will start Tuesday
St. Louis Post-DispatchCardinals sinkerballer Jake Westbrook will miss at least his next two starts because of inflammation in his right elbow, and that necessitated a move to place him on the 15-day disabled list. The Cardinals and the pitcher stressed that the irritation...Tags: Shane Robinson, Minor League Baseball, Baseball, Jake Westbrook, Daniel Descalso
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Smaller turnout not a concern for Komen organizers
The Columbus DispatchWhen the 21st annual Komen Race for the Cure begins Saturday morning, 40,000 people are expected to take part -- the lowest number since 2007 and 20 percent fewer than the record high of two years ago. With fundraising up this year, however, Komen...Tags: Boston Marathon, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Planned Parenthood, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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CRHS hosts annual healthy tea
Culpeper Star-Exponent, Va.Although this year's Women's Health Tea was held in a new location on Thursday, the annual educational event still provided the same charming outdoor setting where guests sat at picnic tables adorned with colorful flowers while listening to experts...Tags: Physical Therapists, Health and Medical Professionals, Chemotherapy, Physical Therapy, Salads
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Budget cuts limit cancer treatment options
The Dayton Daily NewsCancer clinics across southwest Ohio are struggling to provide drug therapies for many of their patients as a result of Medicare cuts in reimbursements for cancer drugs included in the government's spending cuts known as sequestration. The 2 percent cut...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider, Biotechnology, Chemical Industry, Chemotherapy
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Genetic test determines breast cancer risk for men and women
For most women, the risk of developing breast cancer over a lifetime is 12 percent. For women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, that risk multiplies to close to 87 percent. In choosing a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, Hollywood star Angelina...
Tags: Mammogram, Hospitals and Clinics, Hysterectomy, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Fibromyalgia, IBM, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine
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Punching his ticket
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThere are many paths people take to find fitness, both physical and mental. Sometimes it becomes addition by subtraction when eliminating activities in the search to find the perfect one. Snooky Fujikawa took that journey more than 20 years ago,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Marketing
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Mastectomy gives peace of mind
Albuquerque JournalA few days after Angelina Jolie announced she had undergone a double mastectomy to beat the odds of getting breast cancer, Albuquerque native Lisa Jey Davis shared her own version of a very similar story. And she has no regrets. Davis, 47, a 1983...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Breast Reconstruction, Healthy Diet, Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie
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The Mount Airy News, N.C., Jessica Johnson column
The Mount Airy News, N.C.The human body contains an estimated 30,000 genes. We must pay over $3,000 to access some of the information in two of those genes, information that reveals our chance of dying of a terrible disease. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two genes that can contain a...Tags: Justice and Rights, Mount Airy, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, American Civil Liberties Union, Angelina Jolie
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Sisters increase awareness of hereditary breast cancer
Richmond Times-DispatchWhen tests showed that sisters Dina Reinhardt and Tracie Abrams both carried the breast cancer 1 gene mutation, significantly raising their risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, both decided to have their breasts removed. Reinhardt, 36, married...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Health and Medical Professionals, Angelina Jolie, Tamoxifen (drug), Mastectomy
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Genetic counselor discusses Jolie, cancer risks
The Macon TelegraphWith the revelation earlier this week that Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy in February because of her family history of breast and ovarian cancer, it raised the profile of genetic testing and having surgery as...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Colon Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Diabetes, Heart Disease
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