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Home pregnancy tests may detect men's cancer
If you've been near social media or on the Internet, you may be aware of the buzz over posts claiming a teenage boy took a home pregnancy test as a joke, received a positive result, and wound up being diagnosed with testicular cancer. CNN interviewed a...
Tags: News Agency, Health Organizations, Testicular Cancer, Death, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Greenwood woman gets life-saving transplant after four-year wait
A Greenwood woman said she had almost given up hope, when she received a life-changing phone call. Julie Miranda needed a kidney and pancreas transplant, but it felt like she had been waiting forever. She said with one phone call, her prayers were...
Tags: Dialysis, Diabetes
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Letter: Ever considered the possibility of organ donation?
Editor: Have you or your family ever considered the possibility of organ donation? It is not a subject that is easily discussed, but it is a very important issue and one that should be shared with all members of your family. There are 115,662 people...Tags: Human Interest, Lungs and Airways, Charity, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Dream comes true for Somerset girl
Daily American Staff WriterA dream came true for 5-year-old Ariah Rogers when she met Mickey Mouse at Disney World in September. “It was fantastic,” said her father, Jesse Rogers. “It was great.” This was an experience he never thought she’d...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Amusement and Theme Parks, Cystic Fibrosis, Human Interest, Walt Disney World Resort
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All about billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, potential AEG bidder
The whispers started right away: Was Patrick Soon-Shiong, a Los Angeles billionaire-doctor-philanthropist-businessman, on the shortlist of potential buyers for entertainment giant AEG? Soon after the company put itself on the block Tuesday, Soon-Shiong...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, AEG, Drugs and Medicines
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Salem woman takes part in diabetes research
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterPeople with Type One Diabetes have to manage their disease every day. They're tied to insulin pumps and blood sugar monitors. But one local woman is taking part in clinical research she hopes will one day give more freedom to people with diabetes. "I...Tags: Insulin Injections, Technology, Science and Technology, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Medical Research
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Living donors and families join together in celebration of life
alnotarianni@aol.comThey received “the nightmare call of all parents,” Charles Hutchinson said. He and his wife, Cindy Hutchinson, received news at their Boonsboro home on Thanksgiving morning three years ago that their son, C.J., then 20, a U.S. Marine...Tags: American Legion, Human Interest, Transportation Accidents, Charity, The Happiest News!
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker's diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel.
It's a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who increasingly are using the operation...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hormones and Metabolism, American Diabetes Association, Physiology, Weight Loss Surgery
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Healing hands lead the way
Burleigh is a Bernese mountain dog who is more mountain than dog. At 120 pounds, the 16-month-old bounds into the examining room at a Des Plaines doggy fitness center like an animal a quarter of his size. Burleigh is Katie Mehrtens' youngest client and...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Injuries and Wounds, Acupuncture, Sports
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Mom admits fatally abusing 9-year-old girl
SAN DIEGO -- A Mountain View woman who abused her 9-year-old daughter over a 17-month period, culminating with a fatal punch and kick to the child's stomach, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. Crystal Cardenas, 27, will be sentenced to 15...
Tags: Punishment, Trials, Abusive Behavior
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Hagerstown mother wants FDA to regulate energy drinks
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comWendy Crossland said she's always made it clear to her three kids that energy drinks were off-limits, and most importantly, never allowed in the house. "All I knew was that it had a lot of caffeine, which isn't good for anybody," she said, sitting in her...Tags: Chest, Heart Attack, Emergency Health Procedures, Substance Abuse, Washington, DC
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Santo's attitude in battle with diabetes an inspiration
Sam Fuld and Ron Santo didn't discuss their common bond very often. They didn't have to, according to Fuld, because he could feel the affection flowing his way. "My time with the Cubs, from the first day until the trade, Ron was always there,'' Fuld said...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Matt Garza, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Leo Durocher, William Singer
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