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'Love Is All You Need' has feel-good vibe balanced by real-life problems
The Philadelphia InquirerSusanne Bier, the Danish director who emerged from Lars von Trier's militantly minimalist Dogma school, is hardly known for her rom-coms. Damaged war veterans, paralyzed accident victims, dark family secrets ... not exactly a laff riot. And so, while...Tags: Health Treatments, Mastectomy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Breast Cancer, Love Is All You Need (movie)
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Veteran Broward detention deputy dies at 39
A longtime Broward Sheriff's Office employee who was recently recognized for her courageous spirit died of cancer on Monday. She was 39. Joslyn Ruback, of Boynton Beach, joined the agency in 2000 and worked as a detention deputy. Mrs. Ruback did not...
Tags: Christianity, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Health Treatments, Mastectomy, Lauderhill
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Teen with cancer realizes DJ dream
Spinning music is something that Shiloh Beck, aka DJ SHI B, is very passionate about. The 15-year-old ninth-grader, who dreams of becoming a professional DJ, got to live out one of his dreams by spinning music alongside some DJs during a recent...Tags: Disc Jockeys, here! (tv network), Radio Industry, Music, Health Treatments
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Efforts help leukemia patient and his family
A local teen is fighting to regain his health after being diagnosed with leukemia, and supporters have raised about $60,000 to help pay his and his family's expenses. An avid basketball player and accomplished sailor, Christopher Williford sported a...Tags: Biotechnology, Family, Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Leukemia
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Young people fascinated with history
History is for old fogeys, right? Well, then, what are all these young people doing volunteering at the Washington County Historical Society? And, why are high and middle school students engaged with in-depth historical research projects? Interns and...Tags: Polio, Students, Arts and Culture, Berlin (Germany), Civil Rights
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Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies; song reaches No. 1 on iTunes (video)
LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) — When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his...Tags: Music, Health Treatments, Entertainment, Music Industry, Apple iTunes
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Tribune series had a therapeutic effect
I thank Heidi Prescott for her series "Gone too soon" in The Tribune. I experienced a miscarriage in 1971 and I didn't have the moral support that is available to families today. My dad and two of my friends were all I had. My son and his wife lost...Tags: Environmental Issues, Health Treatments, Environmental Politics, Skin Cancer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Did sisters' anti-cancer caps go too far?
Just hours before dawn on May 14, Jackie Underwood's three daughters held her in their arms as cancer stole the last breath from her broken body. For many days before, and almost every day since, her children — Makia Underwood, 32, Zakia Clark, 29,...
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Navigators Educate, Assist And Support Cancer Patients
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutIf you or a loved one has been recently diagnosed with cancer you might have been offered the services of a patient navigator. Navigators are specially trained staff who work one-on-one with patients and their loved ones to guide them through diagnosis,...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Radiation Therapy
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In a state where walleyes are king, a passion for trout
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)PRESTON, Minn. Even now, aided by a walker, Mel Haugstad is surrounded by fish and fishing. Eighty-two years old and struggling with cancer since 2006, the retired Department of Natural Resources fisheries manager sat in the basement of his home here on a...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Biotechnology, Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Fishing
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Staffing, pay at issue in UC medical center strike
University of California patient care workers took to the picket line early Tuesday to begin a two-day strike for better staffing and higher pay. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, they wore green shirts, carried noisemakers and chanted, "All day,...
Tags: Unions, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Health Treatments
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Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers
A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say. The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the ...
Tags: Unions, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, AFSCME
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