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Steve Sabol, president of NFL Films, dies
NFL.comThe football world says goodbye to a legend of the sport on Tuesday. Steve Sabol, President of NFL Films, has died at the age of 69 years old after an 18 month battle with brain cancer. Sabol took over the mantle of NFL Films President in 1985 from his...Tags: Roger Goodell, Entertainment, Football, National Football League, Sports
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Family: Corwin Brown a victim of football-related head injuries?
SOUTH BEND — In a statement issued through a family friend Tuesday, the family of Corwin Brown thanked friends, former teammates, coaches and police who helped save his life.
"Corwin inflicted the most serious harm to himself and his family with...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Football, Crimes, National Football League, Symptoms
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Tween who blogged about cancer dies of brain tumor
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old Southern California girl who started a blog and a Facebook page to raise awareness about child cancer has died of a brain tumor. Jessica Joy Rees was diagnosed in March. Her family says her 10-...Tags: Cancer, Health, Orange County Register, Human Body, Facebook
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Health Treatments, Medical Specialization, Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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Football's concussion problem: What if the game is doing irrevocable harm?
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer(First of two parts) They crash together with ferocity. Helmets collide. Teeth clench. Feet pound. It is practice day for the Granger Rocket Football league, and the gathered boys - ages 9, 10, 11, 12 - are going through the standard tackling and...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Memory Loss, Head Injuries, High School Sports, College Football
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Testing under way on brain of man in Pa. shooting
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — Testing is under way to determine if a brain tumor contributed to a Pennsylvania ex-convict's deadly shooting rampage before he was killed by police. A spokeswoman for the Delaware County medical examiner says the pituitary...Tags: Delaware, Delaware County, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Health, Chicago Hotels
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Brain injury raises risk of dementia, study finds
PARIS (AP) — A big study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of American troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Researchers say even concussions seem to raise the risk of...Tags: Skull Fracture, Injuries and Wounds, Defense, Health, Human Body
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Largest study on cellphones and cancer finds no link
LONDON (AP) — Heavy cellphone users worried that they might be setting themselves up for cancer can breathe easier. The biggest study to look for any connection has found no link. It followed more than 350,000 people for about a decade and says...Tags: Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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Study finds no cancer link with kids, cellphones
WASHINGTON (AP) — A European study concludes a few years of cellphone use did not raise children's risks of brain cancer. Repeated studies in adults have been reassuring, too, although an arm of the World Health Organization said this spring that...Tags: Health Organizations, Cancer, Health, Human Body, Family
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'Amazing' therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia. It involves turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy cancer cells. It's only been done in three...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Cancer, Health, University of Pennsylvania, Genetic Engineering
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CDC seeks input on meningitis vaccine for infants
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are hearing from parents, health care providers and others in New Hampshire as it starts exploring whether infants should be vaccinated against meningitis, a rare but...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health, Human Body, Preventative Medicine, Meningitis
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US Rep. Giffords released from Houston hospital
HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned home to her astronaut husband on Wednesday, leaving behind a Houston hospital where she began to rebuild her life after a gunman shot her in the head five months ago.
Giffords' release marks a new...Tags: Physical Therapists, Health and Medical Professionals, Injuries and Wounds, Democratic Party, Surgery
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