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Setting Times stories to music: From Nirvana to Yo La Tengo
By Kari Howard The stories I read spark musical connections every day. It’s a bit more rare when the walk to work does. But one of my favorite moments this week came when I was strolling down Broadway past Grand Park in downtown LA, a section...
Tags: Entertainment, Boston Marathon, Angelina Jolie, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music
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My wife faced Angelina Jolie's dilemma 11 years ago
The revelation that actress Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed because of gene testing results may have seemed shocking and extreme to many of you. My family knew better. We've been there. My wife, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a...
Tags: Insurance, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Lehigh Valley Hospital
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Woman steps up to the plate for those affected by breast cancer
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Krista McElwain was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2011. On Tuesday, she threw the first pitch as the Baltimore Orioles honorary bat girl at Camden Yards in Baltimore to represent those affected by breast cancer. She wore her father's...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Health Treatments, Baseball, Chemotherapy, Baltimore Orioles
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New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments. An approach to oncology that has been in place...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Prostate Cancer, Lymphoma, Roche Holding AG
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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: Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Healthcare Provider, Science and Technology, Health Insurance Cost
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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: Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Mammogram, MRI (imaging), Bon Secours
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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, The New York Times, Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie, Healthy Diet
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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: Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer, Science and Technology, Plastic Surgery, American Civil Liberties Union
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Ovarian Cancer, Healthcare Provider, Prostate Cancer, Angelina Jolie
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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, Prostate Cancer, Angelina Jolie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Colon Cancer
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Obituary: Monica Hines, mom of 8, lifelong student, leaves legacy of music, love
St. Paul Pioneer PressShannon Hall sat next to her "black twin," longtime friend Monica Hines, at the Twins Care assisted living facility in Highland Park, preparing for the worst. Hall quietly explained to Karen Rainford, one of Hines' academic instructors, that the family...Tags: Entertainment, Lung Cancer, American Idol (tv program), Death, Colleges and Universities
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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: Ovarian Cancer, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Family, Cancer
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