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Engineered T-cell therapy offers hope to adult leukemia patients
A therapy that supercharges the body's immune cells and sends them back in to fight a deadly form of leukemia has shown promise in adult patients who were out of options, according to a new report published Wednesday. Adults who have relapsed after...
Tags: Leukemia, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Nearly 18 million Americans will be cancer survivors in 2022
Better cancer treatments and an aging population will push the number of cancer survivors in the U.S. to nearly 18 million by 2022, according to a new report from researchers at the National Cancer Institute. As of January 2012, there were 13.7...
Tags: Palliative Care, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Science and Technology, Human Interest
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Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., Temptations singer
Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., a Baltimore singer who performed with the Temptations during the 1970s and later used his own diagnosis of prostate cancer to help raise awareness of the disease in African-American men, died Feb. 18 from the disease at...
Tags: American Cancer Society, New York City, Havre de Grace, Entertainment Events, Grammy Awards
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Dodgers get first looks at Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu; tie White Sox, 2-2
PHOENIX -- That shiny new two-thirds, $208-million worth of Dodgers’ rotation made its spring debut on a breezy Sunday afternoon. Zack Greinke started and threw two scoreless innings and Hyun-Jin Ryu followed and pitched one. Very baby steps,...
Tags: Baseball, Tim Federowicz, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, Steve Garvey
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Dodgers get only three hits, lose spring opener to White Sox, 9-0
The Dodgers played baseball Saturday, some real, live, actual baseball. Or at least the version that passes for it during spring training. Their first game of the spring wasn’t much to get excited about, their offense remaining in hibernation...
Tags: Andre Ethier, Baseball, Dylan Axelrod, Sports, Adrian Gonzalez
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Temptations singer Otis 'Damon' Harris dies after prostate cancer battle
Pop2itOtis "Damon" Harris, the youngest member of The Temptations until 1975, has passed away at the end of a 14-year battle against prostate cancer.... -
Steve Garvey prostate cancer surgery prompts auction of his trophies
Pop2itFormer Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey has undergone surgery in his battle against prostate cancer. Now in his campaign for awareness, the baseball great is auctioning off his trophies.... -
Chesapeake Urology Associates' Sankar Kausik, Named Chief of Urology for Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Chesapeake Urology Associates, P.A., one of the nation's largest urology groups, has announced Dr. Sankar Kausik, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been named Chief of Urology for the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, part of Upper Chesapeake Health, an affiliate...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Mayo Clinic, General Practitioners, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Havre de Grace
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Otis 'Damon' Harris, Temptations singer and Baltimore native, dead at 62
Baltimore native Otis "Damon" Harris, a one-time member of the legendary Motown act The Temptations, died on Monday after losing a 14-year-long battle to prostate cancer, according to family spokesman Chuck Woodson. Harris was 62. Harris, a resident...Tags: Entertainment Events, Grammy Awards, Super Bowl XLVII, The Temptations (music group), Baltimore Ravens
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Baltimore storyteller Jon Spelman makes debut performance of 'Prostate Dialogues'
After Jon Spelman got the bad news, he found himself thinking often and at odd moments about "Moby-Dick." Perhaps that's because the behemoth that was attacking the Baltimore storyteller was as submerged, unreasoning and unpredictable as any great white...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Radio, NPR, Demographics, Florida State University
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Personalized risk info helps with screening decision
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People make more educated decisions about screening tests when they're given a personalized assessment of their own risk, rather than one-size-fits-all information, according to a new review of past studies. Those personalized...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, University of Missouri , Disease Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Alzheimer's musical surprises and moves
As a subject for a musical comedy, Alzheimer's disease can be a tough sell. Even Avrum Krause, director of the Time of Your Life Players, who came up with the idea of writing a musical comedy about a rock guitarist who develops early onset Alzheimer's,...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Association, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Rush University Medical Center, Alzheimer's Disease
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