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Idaho teen loses cancer fight after delivering son
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become just another teenage mother. That much, she knew. While being admitted to the hospital, she pulled her nurse down...Tags: MRI (imaging), Health Treatments, Human Body, Medical Specialization, Human Body
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'Bark for Life' draws cancer survivors, furry friends
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterIn Sunday's bright sun, a large cap shaded 4-year-old Brandon Mirich's head, which is balding and sensitive from chemotherapy. The leukemia is in remission. So now he deals with the medications for three years. But this was an easy day in Howard Park....Tags: Indiana, International Travel, Health, Leukemia, Hospitals and Clinics
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Health care provider pays $3.49M for billing error
BAD AXE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan nonprofit health care provider has agreed to pay the government $3.49 million after disclosing its billing for chemotherapy treatments at a Bad Axe facility didn't comply with Medicare and Medicaid requirements. The...Tags: Lawyers, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Government Health Care
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Baby found in hospital trash in stable condition
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a premature baby found in a restroom trash can at a Washington hospital is in stable condition. But Detective Brenda Anderson says it remains to be seen whether the boy will have developmental complications from...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Family heads to court over son's cancer treatments
SKANDIA, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula family is fighting state negligence claims for refusing additional chemotherapy and radiation treatments on their 10-year-old son. WWTV/WWUP reported (http://bit.ly/unDdOv ) Monday that a hearing is...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments, Cancer
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Chandler girl, 7, raising money for ill classmate
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A 7-year-old Chandler girl has a lofty goal and vision, not for herself, but for her friend. Kiana Banks, a first-grader at Chandler's Hull Elementary School, wants to raise $100,000 for her friend and classmate Amber Fernandez,...Tags: Health, Entertainment Events, Lymphoma, Blood Cells, Hospitals and Clinics
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Making room with a helping heart
In the face of adversity, the love of a son has inspired the kindness in strangers. When Ritch Roberts' mother was diagnosed with lung cancer nearly six months ago, he decided to have her move in with his family.
But with a full house already, space...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer
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Cancer-fighting pill shows promise in battle against melanoma
MISHAWAKA--- Doctors say a cancer-fighting pill shows promising signs in the fight against melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer.
A local oncologist says drug is not a cure, but it shrank tumors and patients who used the drug lived longer....Tags: Tumors, Human Interest, Human Body, Medical Specialization, Drugs and Medicines
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Cancer center offers free services for patients, survivors, caregivers
SOUTH BEND—A diagnosis of cancer is a life changer. Many patients do not know how to deal with the physical and emotional changes. RiverBend Cancer Services has a new wellness center where they offer free programs for people affected by cancer. ...Tags: Human Interest, Mastectomy, Health, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations
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Colorado mom-to-be mistakenly given chemo drugs; long wait to see if baby OK
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Doctors say the early stages of pregnancy are an especially bad time for a pharmacological mix-up where a woman prescribed antibiotics instead is given a powerful drug used in chemotherapy. Yet a pharmacist at a Colorado...Tags: Abortion, Tumors, Uterus, Medical Specialization, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend survival
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have approved a new cancer drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb that is the first therapy to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma. It's the first new drug the Food and Drug Administration has approved to...Tags: Human Body, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Immune System
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Doctors aim to save fertility of kids with cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up. Upset that doctors did not make that risk clear, his mother, Christine, tracked down...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health, Colleges and Universities
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