Helping hands helping many areas
Helping hands met july 30 at faith community church. The Furry Friends project was a tremendous success with two vans filled with pet food, blankets, towels, toys, plus other assorted pet things. St. Johns Animal Shelter received an estimated 500 pounds of dog and cat food. Another project is the coupon [...]
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About Town for Aug. 22, 2010
Michael Douglas “Very Optimistic” About Throat Tumor Treatment
Tobacco control = cancer reduction
SHENZHEN – The single biggest impact on cancer can be made by reducing tobacco use, a leading expert has told delegates at the World Cancer Congress.
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Michael Douglas “Very Optimistic” About Throat Tumor Treatment
Michael Douglas has a tumor in his throat and will undergo radiation and chemotherapy. The Academy [...]
Making a point about pot
Danger Lurking in Some Dietary Supplements?
A dozen ingredients commonly found in dietary supplements should be avoided, according to a new report, because they are linked to cancer, coma, kidney and liver damage, heart problems, and death.
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Making a point about pot
The Mail Tribune got an earful Wednesday from medical marijuana supporters who were [...]
Red flag, or nothing to worry about?
HEALTHY OUTLOOK: PAM DODSON, RN Know what to do in a heart or stroke emergency
You are shopping, working, or out for a run, and someone nearby collapses. If the collapsed person has had a cardiac arrest, what would you do?
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Red flag, or nothing to worry about?
How concerned should you be if [...]
The five diseases, which need to be known about
Eisai Announces Results of Phase III Study of Dacogen® (Decitabine) for Injection in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—-Eisai Inc. announced today preliminary results from a randomized Phase III clinical trial of Dacogen® for Injection versus either a low-dose chemotherapy agent or supportive care in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia , a life-threatening cancer [...]
More awareness about advance care planning, and hospice and palliative care
Small scar but big surgery in Goa’s Apollo Hospitals
Panaji, Jun 30 : Small scar but big surgery is the latest buzz in the surgical world pioneered by the Apollo Group of Hospitals, taking advantage of the modern tools that can perform critical operations through a single incision on the belly button.
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Liver Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Signs, Diagnosis, Treatments, Stages. Everything You Need to Know About Liver Cancer
Product DescriptionLiver Cancer:
This book is for people who have liver cancer, as well as for their family members, friends, students, and others who want to find out more about this disease.
This booklet is only about cancer that begins in the liver. It isn’t about cancer that spreads to the liver from somewhere else.
It’s common [...]
Manuel open-minded about All-Star team
The ins and outs of navel gazing Hanson-style
It could come to this: a forensic examination of Pauline Hanson’s belly button. The political candidate insists she is not the young woman posing in near-nude photos splashed across News Limited’s Sunday newspapers. That woman had a very distinctive navel – what is affectionately called an “outie”.
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What you Need to Know About Kidney Cancer
What you Need to Know About Kidney Cancer