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Addison's Army: fighting to save a little girl from cancer
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIn pictures, Addison Cox looks happy and healthy. She has strawberry blonde hair, clear blue eyes, and a girly grin. But inside, she's fighting a battle. "She has about 15 tumors in her tiny little body,” Kimberly Rubio said. That's why... -
Wingnuts' mourn loss of Brian Rose
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsWichita Wingnuts' bench coach Brian Rose died early Thursday morning at the age of 34, following a three-year battle with stage 4 melanoma. "It is with a very heavy heart that we have to say goodbye to one of our own," said Wingnuts' General Manager...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses
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Putting a sunny face on skin cancer research
HealthFor the last 30 years, The Skin Cancer Foundation has been fighting the good fight against the growing menace of skin cancer. It has issued a consistent message about skin protection and research into the most common form of cancer in the United States.... -
Joan Helen Cappelen Feehan April 7, 1931- January 23, 2013
Our beloved Joan, passed away peacefully in Tustin, CA on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 after a battle with cancer. Joan was born April 7, 1931 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of Helen and Arthur Cappelen. She attended West High School and University of...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Santa Claus (fictional character), Human Interest, YMCA, PTA
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Roanoke Doctors say Fiscal Cliff could Mean Patients are Turned Away
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterImagine calling the doctor only to be told 'I'm sorry. We can't see you.' That's what many doctors fear could happen to patients who are 65 and older if we hit the fiscal cliff. "It's going to force a lot of doctors not to accept new Medicare patients and...Tags: General Practitioners, Government Health Care, Roanoke County, Medicare
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Skin cancer phone apps aren't very accurate: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smartphone applications that use algorithms to analyze skin lesions may not be very good at determining which ones are cancerous, a new study suggests. The apps are marketed as educational only and so aren't covered as medical...Tags: Medical Specialization, Dermatologists, Skin Conditions, Computer Hardware, Medical Research
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National cancer forecast: 1.66 million new cases in 2013
More than 1.66 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2013, while more than 580,000 Americans are expected to die of the disease, according to the annual statistics report of the American Cancer Society. The report, released Monday, notes that...
Tags: Lung Cancer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Death
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Reality TV viewers more likely to tan
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - College students who watch reality television beauty shows are at least twice as likely as non-viewers to use tanning lamps or tan outdoors for hours at a time, a new study suggests. That finding doesn't prove watching shows...Tags: Medical Specialization, Entertainment, Dermatologists, Discovery Communications, Inc., Hospitals and Clinics
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Gov. Jerry Brown being treated for prostate cancer
PolitiCalThe office of Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday that California's chief executive is being treated for prostate cancer. Dr. Eric Small, Brown’s oncologist at UC San Francisco, said in a statement that the governor is undergoing a short course of.... -
Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant
Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...
Tags: Entertainment, Hearing Impairment, General Practitioners, Rush Limbaugh, 3M Co.
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Monitor moles in children
Everybody gets moles, even people who routinely use sunscreen. Moles can appear on any area of the body, from the scalp to the face, chest, arms, legs, groin, even between fingers and toes and on the bottom of the feet. Not all moles are related to sun...
Tags: Freckles (complexion), Mole (lesion)
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East Stroudsburg University graduate a Hall of Fame fighter
Arthritis made it difficult for Todd Painton to walk as a youth, but he battled through it and was a starter on the Elizabethtown High School basketball team his senior season. He was the first recruit for East Stroudsburg University head coach Sal...
Tags: Arthritis, College Basketball, East Stroudsburg University, Science and Technology, Sports
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