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Angelina Jolie's mastectomy news reverberates in South Florida
When Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had both breasts removed to cut her risk of cancer, experts across South Florida predicted the Hollywood superstar saved more lives than her own. In the age of genetic testing, more women with cancer-...Tags: Genetics, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Medical Specialization, Judaism, Human Interest
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Crews break ground on 310,000-square-foot expansion at Cox South
cbrewer@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth on Wednesday morning broke ground on an expansion that will include a women's and children's hospital and a neuroscience center. CoxHealth officials expect the 310,000-square foot addition to be complete in 18 to 24 months,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Barack Obama, Politics, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Angelina Jolie's breast surgery sparks cancer discussion
Angelina Jolie's news that she elected to have both breasts removed to reduce her chances of developing breast cancer has put a celebrity spotlight on a decision more women are facing. Advances in genetic testing and a better understanding of the BRCA...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Plastic Surgeons, Celebrity Surgery, Diseases and Illnesses
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County's health care costs to rise
As Brown County works to implement the federal health care act, it's discovering that the measure is coming with no shortage of regulations, as well as some extra expenses. County commissioners have occasionally discussed both since the reform act...Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009), Employees, Duane Sutton, Tea Party Movement
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Doctor's empathy: Cerebral palsy clinic in St. Louis run by doctor with cerebral palsy
Associated Press WriterST. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber. "We know it's not fair, but that'...Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Interest, Cerebral Palsy, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Northwestern University invests in early-stage cancer clinical trials
Northwestern University is investing $10 million in an initiative that aims to enroll more patients with advanced and hard-to-treat cancers in early-stage clinical trials. The university, which plans to announce the new institute this week, said it...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Literature, Colon Cancer, Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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Tri-State briefs
Berkeley County sobriety checkpoint set for Friday MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday to 12:01 a.m. Saturday along U.S. 11 near the intersection of Evans Run Drive...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Congress, Corporate Officers, Rabies, Awards and Prizes
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Weight loss takes on competitive dimension at area businesses
PETOSKEY -- Some Northern Michigan businesspeople are walking around a bit lighter after participating in a recent weight-loss competition. The "Win by Losing" program was hosted locally for the second year in a row by the Health Care Task Force, a...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Wii, Internists, Weight Loss, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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8-year-old stroke survivor raises awareness at museum event
At the age of 8, Kendall "Roo" Gillis is a stroke survivor. Last July, the first-grader who earned her nickname Roo from the character of the same name in Winnie the Pooh, was playing on the beach when she told her mother, Greta, "my head hurts." Her...Tags: Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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AutoNation joins racing champ Hunter-Reay to raise at least $1 million to help fight cancer
Fresh from launching its name coast-to-coast, AutoNation is starting its first nationwide drive for charity: a push to fight cancer, working with South Florida's IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay. The Fort Lauderdale-based auto retailer will...
Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Services and Shopping, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Colon Cancer, AutoNation
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Jolie surgery sets good example by careful weighing of risks: doctors
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning actress, but doctors say her choice is shared by many other women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer....Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Genetics, Biology, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization
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