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READER SUBMITTED: YMCA Of Greater Hartford Receives $1,000 CVS Caremark Community Grant
Greater HartfordThe YMCA of Greater Hartford announced that it has received a $1,000 CVS Caremark Community Grant. The Community Grants Program was created by CVS Caremark as part of its commitment to helping people on the path to better health by creating greater access...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Medical Procedures and Tests, Lifestyle and Leisure, Diabetes
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State moves to restore funding for cancer agency
Austin American-StatesmanThe state's beleaguered cancer research agency edged out of the legislative doghouse Monday when budget conferees recommended restoring funding after months of controversy and an ongoing criminal investigation. The recommendation calls for spending $594...Tags: Politics, Health Organizations, Liver Cancer, Cancer, Rick Perry
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Cycling pedals on in post-Armstrong age
San Jose Mercury NewsThe shadow of Lance Armstrong looms large as the Amgen Tour of California starts its weeklong run Sunday in Escondido, Calif. Cycling has reached a crossroads with its first big event in the United States since Armstrong acknowledged in January that...Tags: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Marketing, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, Testicular Cancer
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Woman's fight against cancer adds meaning to Mother's Day | Op-Ed
Hearing the words “you have cancer” was a life altering experience. Hearing it twice was devastating. For anyone, a cancer diagnosis is difficult to bear. For me, as an actress and singer, the effects of my diagnosis were amplified as I...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Infertility, Mother's Day, Breast Cancer, Social Issues
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Jose Rosado: Too many athletes belong in the hall of shame
Unfortunately, many of us have had that difficult conversation with young children regarding their sports heroes and cheating. Usually at the end of the conversation, we remind them that winners never cheat and cheaters never win. We tell them this even...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball, Lance Armstrong, Sammy Sosa, Sports
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Health Briefs
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonAZ requests test kits for influenza strain In response to a new strain of influenza reported in China, the Arizona State Laboratory has ordered H7N9 influenza test kits from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. China is continuing to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Arthritis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease, China
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Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG message should remain in spite of him
HealthThis morning, as I followed the trail of toys that my children sprinkled across the living room, I ran into a yellow LIVESTRONG wristband that was glowing on the green carpet. My instinct was to pick it up. Then I thought about the recent headlines I've... -
El arte, un arma contra el cáncer
En una mañana reciente el colombiano Hugo Camargo, quien padece de Leucemia desde hace 17 años, se encontraba realizando una "obra de arte" para su madre, el jueves, justo en el Día de San Valentín, en el hospital Broward Health, en Fort Lauderdale....
Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Broward Health Medical Center, Pompano Beach
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Lance Armstrong and Steven Seagal: Doing good?
Well, well. Two famous men, both wanting to give back. No wonder that hackneyed phrase “give back” makes my skin crawl. Lance Armstrong is reportedly volunteering to “help clean up” cycling and become the repentant poster boy...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Chuck Norris, Students, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Teaching and Learning
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Lance Armstrong's confession wins little applause
Lance Armstrong called himself a lot of names -- liar, bully, jerk and even humanitarian -- in the first part of his taped interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night. Nevertheless, early reactions suggest that his performance was found lacking, a...Tags: Lance Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey, OWN (tv network), Sports, Anderson Cooper
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Lance Armstrong to talk about family and sponsors Friday night
The second half of Lance Armstrong's much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey airs Friday night with the disgraced cyclist scheduled to discuss a range of topics about his life outside of cycling. Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing...
Tags: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey, OWN (tv network), Sports
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Lance Armstrong on sponsors leaving: A $75-million day in losses
A night after Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout the course of his athletic career, the disgraced cyclist spent the second half of his much-hyped television interview with Oprah Winfrey talking about fallout from the scandal. Armstrong, who...
Tags: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Corporate Crime, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, Oprah Winfrey
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