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Area students qualify for international science fair
Students from Aberdeen Central High School and Northwestern Area High School are headed to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. The two top individual projects at the Northern South Dakota Science Fair, along with the top...Tags: High Schools, Engineering, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Social Sciences
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Technology makes more options possible for those considering hysterectomies
marieg@herald-mail.comFor more than six months, Nancy McClain thought her abdominal cramps and low back pain were the result of a bladder infection. But when the discomfort wouldn't disappear, she headed to her gynecologist, who performed a pelvic ultrasound, revealing a...Tags: Back Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, Women's Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cesarean Section
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Spotlight: Game changer turned law student into savvy social media guru
Sun SentinelEditors note: The spotlight features South Floridians On The Move in their careers. Who: Meaghan Edelstein, 34, Boynton Beach From: Founded and headed Spirit Jump, from 2008 to 2010, a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide hope and comfort...Tags: Nova Southeastern University, Marketing, Colleges and Universities, Business, American Cancer Society
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Let’s Start 2013 by Preventing Cervical Cancer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelJanuary is cervical cancer awareness month, and at Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, we are ringing in the new year by talking prevention all month long. Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer in women. It’s also the most... -
Valentine's dinner pays tribute to cancer survivors
davem@herald-mail.comBoonsboro resident Selena Doyle reflected Monday night on her successful battle against breast cancer. Doyle said she underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery in Baltimore to turn the tide against the disease. Doyle feels that if she had been...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Chemotherapy, American Cancer Society, Human Interest
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Obesity and cancer
WSBT-TVHow much you weigh could put you at major risk of developing cancer. In fact, doctors treat 100,000 cases every year, and those are only cancers linked to obesity. Body weight can determine who gets cancer, how you treat it and how likely you are to...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Treatments, Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemotherapy
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Music story isn't over yet for Dolly Varden
A sampling of how it works for a rock 'n' roll band in middle age: The bass player and drummer drive in for rehearsal from the suburbs where one of them is an interfaith counselor and the other, for a time, operated a fresh-bread franchise. One...
Tags: Music, Breads, Radio, Concerts, Morningstar Incorporated
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St. Luke's physicians recognized for safe GYN surgery
HealthFour St. Luke's Allentown Campus and gynecologic surgeons have been recognized for high-quality surgical care. Dr. Michael Patriarco, director of Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery; Dr. Tirun Gopal, Dr. Sheldon Linn and Dr. David Hanes recently were awarded... -
No hands: How robots are transforming minimally invasive surgery
Premium Health News ServiceIn an operating room at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., Dr. Colleen Feltmate performs a hysterectomy on a woman with uterine cancer. As Dr. Feltmate operates, she doesn't stand next to the patient, but in front of a monitor and console. The...Tags: Oncology, Science and Technology, Heart Surgery, Hospitals and Clinics, Women's Health
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Maryland breast cancer resources
A selection of resources for breast cancer patients and families:
Nonprofits, charities and support groups
Active Survivors Network Helps people affected by illness, disease and accidents to maintain an active lifestyle. activesurvivor.org or 410-823-...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Environmental Issues, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Charles Street, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Walking — and sharing life details — to fight cancer
Before she joined the sea of pink-clothed people who turned out for a breast cancer walk in Baltimore Sunday morning, Janet Warren filled out a medical history and gave a blood sample. It was a different way to show her commitment to the cause — one...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Superman (fictional character), Skin Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer
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Amy Byer Shainman
Faced with a family history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, and a high likelihood that she might get one or more of the cancers, Amy Byer Shainman underwent a preventive double mastectomy with reconstruction surgery and a hysterectomy. "Surgery...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Religion and Belief, Cancer, Judaism, Reconstruction
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