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IU Health offers mammograms at discounted price
Indiana University Health released the following on Friday: LA PORTE, Ind.–During the entire month of May, several Indiana University Health locations throughout Northern Indiana are offering mammograms at an exclusive $95 discounted rate to...
Tags: Mammogram, Breast Cancer, General Practitioners
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Cancer Consortium seeks to cut disease in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society will be in Indianapolis to speak to a group seeking to reduce cancer in Indiana through the development of a comprehensive plan. Dr. Otis Brawley will speak at the...
Tags: Otis Brawley, Health and Medical Professionals
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Lung cancer scans backed for older, heavy smokers
The American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend screening certain older, heavy smokers for lung cancer. The society is releasing new guidelines Friday for annual CT lung scans. But they are only recommended for people ages...Tags: Lung Cancer
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Annual Smoke Out focuses on ways to quit
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The day Regina West, 53, had her last cigarette last month, her 3-year-old granddaughter picked out a new dress for her at Good Will as a way to say congratulations. The South Bend woman had her first cigarette at 18, and is now about 45...Tags: Human Rights, Quitting Smoking, National Government, Politics, Local Government
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Want to quit smoking? How about today?
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY -- If you're a smoker and you've been waiting for the right time to quit -- today might be a good day. Thursday is the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout -- which encourages people who smoke to make a promise to stop. ...
Tags: Quitting Smoking, Health Treatments
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Marquette Bank collects food for the hungry
Marquette Bank is collecting food donations for the hungry as part of its commitment to helping the community, bank officials say. Customers, residents and bank employees can leave non-perishable food donations at any of the bank's 23 locations until...Tags: Career and Workplace, Human Interest, Breast Cancer, Employees, Orland Park
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READER SUBMITTED: Relay For Life Of South Windsor/Rockville
South WindsorRelay For Life Of South Windsor/Rockville will be held Friday, June 7 from 3 p.m. through Saturday June 8 at 3 p.m. at the South Windsor High School, 161 Nevers Rd, South Windsor. Relay For LIfe is an American Cancer Society event to raise money, increase...Tags: South Windsor
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Cancer prevention study
Cancer prevention study Haven Lutheran Church and the American Cancer Society are fighting back against cancer by hosting enrollment at the church for a new research study titled Cancer Prevention Study-3. Area residents can help researchers better...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Radford (Radford, Virginia), Religion and Belief, Christianity, Skin Cancer
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Norman F. Brown, 62
Norman Frederick Brown, 62, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Julia Manor Health Care Center. Born Saturday, June 10, 1950, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Norman Brown and the late Mildred (Fuestel) Brown....Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Annapolis, Human Interest, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Water Supply, Politics, Elections, Health Organizations
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Greencastle Relay for Life is a time to 'celebrate, remember and to fight back'
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTina Schaubroeck of Greencastle walked around the track at Kaley Field with a renewed pep in her step during the American Cancer Society’s 19th Annual Greencastle Relay for Life on Saturday. “I just found out this past March that I am free of...Tags: Mammogram, Elementary Schools, Human Interest, Breast Cancer, Cancer
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Altadena Junction: Civil War memorial, a summer market and rally
It's a little-known fact that Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena may have one of the largest collections of remains of Civil War veterans outside of the areas where the battles were fought. According to Nick Smith, a historian who works at the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Spanish-American War, Abraham Lincoln, Wars and Interventions
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