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Fighting the Big Lie of Mass Consumption

Natalia Rose | Posted 12.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Planet Earth, Social Change, Cancer, Mass Consumption, The Big Lie, Meat Industry, Processed Foods, Food Industry, Social Psychology, Green News

Keeping people employed is not a good enough reason to perpetuate the plunder of our precious resources. Convenience is not a good enough reason. Fear of change is not a good enough reason.

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The Decade In Health: New Bugs, Scary Food, Bad Drugs

usatoday.com | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer Vaccine, Hormone Therapy, Health, Swine Flu, Food Supply, Sars, Vioxx, Vaccine, Cancer, Obesity, H1n1, Wellness, Living News

As the decade comes to a close, USA TODAY looks at some of the more newsworthy medical stories of the past 10 years....

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Four-Year-Old Girl Needs Bone Marrow Transplant, Faces Long Odds

Posted 12.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: HLH, Bone Marrow Registry, Npr, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Maya Chamberlin, Impact News

NPR: In September, 4-year-old Maya Chamberlin was diagnosed with a rare blood disease known as HLH. Her chances of survival depend on finding a suita...

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Give Until it Hurts: I Promise, It'll Feel Good

Marika Holmgren | Posted 12.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Charitable Organizations, Philanthropy, Environmental Organizations, Charity, Arts, Donating to Charity, Charitable Giving, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Donating to Non-Profits, Impact News

The end of the year is just a couple of days away. Giving is easier than ever before: you can give through traditional channels, or use new giving strategies through Facebook or even a text message.

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Teresa Heinz Says She's Fighting Breast Cancer

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Preventive Services Task Force, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Edwards, Breast Cancer, Heinz Ketchup, Teresa Heinz, Chemotherapy, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Mammograms, Cancer, Heinz, Radiation, Politics News

BOSTON — Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue u...

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What the Media and Obama Never Understood About the Public Option

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Corporate America, Rahm Emanuel, Medicare Buy In, Private Health Insurance, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Health Care Reform, Planes, Cancer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

What I'm afraid of is that this bill makes private insurance larger and stronger -- and thus, gets us further away from curing the main problem of our health care system: perverse incentives.

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Fraud, Cancer, House Collapse: Adversity Inspires Philly Mom To Pay It Forward

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 12.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: With-in Strong Hands, Fraud, Project h.o.m.e., W.I.S.H., House Collapse, Rowan Homes, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Philadelphia, Cancer, 12 Days 12 Cities 12 Families, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...

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Liz Claiborne, the Legend, the Woman -- the Cancer Victim

Art Ortenberg | Posted 12.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Liz Claiborne, Cancer, Liz Claiborne Cancer, Liz Claiborne Death, Art Ortenberg, Style News

The world knew my wife as a uniquely talented designer, a founder of a great fashion company, a beautiful, gracious, accomplished artisan. But the world knew little of her nine years as a cancer patient.

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Cancer Survivor's T-Shirt Line Fights Illness With Laughter

Posted 12.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Huntsman Cancer Foundation, T-Shirts, Cancer, Hunstman Cancer Institute, Somuchmore, Linda Hill, T-Shirt Slogan, Impact News

Four-time cancer survivor Linda Hill believes that the battle against the disease begins with a state of mind, NPR reports. The 48-year-old and her ...

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3 Tips to Take Control of Fat Bottoms and Your Bottom Line!

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Bloomberg, USA Today, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News

As the poor are being turned away from free cancer screenings, the US is buckling under the weight of obesity. Over the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity.

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Milk Thistle Shown To Help Cancer Patients

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Milk Thistle, Plants, Chemotherapy, Health, Alternative Medicine, Natural Remedy, Liver, Natural Medicine, Cancer, Liver Problems, Wellness, Liver Inflammation, Living News

A new study, published online today in the journal Cancer, finds that milk thistle may help reduce the liver inflammation associated with chemotherapy...

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A Battle Close To Home: Thirty Eight Years After Nixon's Declaration Of War

Diane Balma | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: War on Cancer, Herceptin, Nixon War on Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gleevec, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Health Care, Living News

Scientists know more than ever before about the mechanisms of cancer and how to stop its spread. Yet the new numbers we're seeing are victories in skirmishes, not battles.

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Mammography Wars: Drawing the Line Between Breasts and Politics

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Health Care Reform, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Us-Preventive-Services-Task-Force, Mammogram Guidelines, Los Angeles News

How did mammography guidelines end up in the middle of a political discussion? It was the timing, of course. The conclusions were immediately plunged into a partisan, political dispute.

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Dominick Dunne's Last Book Skewers The Rich

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Book Review, Wealthy, Books, Too Much Money, Book Reviews, New Books, Cancer, Dominick Dunne, New York, Celebrities, Books News

"Too Much Money" (Crown Publishing, 288 pages, $26), by Dominick Dunne: You didn't think the grave could possibly silence one of the most famous chron...

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Armchair Generals in the War on Cancer

Mark Drapeau | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Drew Carey, Twitter, Cancer, Internet Scams, Charity, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Entertainment News

Now, a private person pledging $1 million is a generous thought, to be sure, but how much does it need to be re-tweeted, blogged about, and generally celebrated?

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Jane Hamsher Calls For Cancer Foundation To Cut Ties With Joe Lieberman's Wife

Firedoglake | Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Breast Cancer, Hadassah Lieberman, Health Care Reform, Susan G. Komen, Senator Lieberman, Cancer, Health Care, Politics News

Nancy G. Brinker The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Headquarters 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244 Dear Ms. Brinker, The Susan G....

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Senate Deal Lets Health Insurers Rob the Public Purse

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Debate, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Senate, Health, Health Care Reform, Medical Costs, Medicaid, Medicare, Cancer, Medicine, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Risk, Politics News

The Senate is about to take on the worst deal in history. And at the end of the day, the only winners are the same companies who got us in this mess in the first place.

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Deadly Traffic: Tests Link Freeway Smog To Brain Cancer

Daily Bulletin | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Cancer, Freeways, Brain Tumor, Health, Brain Cancer, Smog, Traffic, Polution, Congestion, Green News

In as little as three months, the brains of laboratory rats begin to change after being exposed to the air around congested Southern California freewa...

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Shedding Light on Sunny LA's Vitamin D Deficiency

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.09.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Sunshine, Vitamin D, Vitamins, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Skin Cancer, Cancer, Health Care, Los Angeles News

Unfortunately, there is a pandemic of vitamin D insufficiency around the world, and those of us living in sunny Los Angeles are not immune from the problem.

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Bryant Gumbel Cancer: Announces Cancer Surgery On "Regis" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Bryant Gumbel Surgery, Bryant Gumbel Cancer, Bryant Gumbel, Cancer, Bryant Gumbel Lung Cancer, Bryant Gumbel Smoker, Media News

Bryant Gumbel announced Tuesday morning that he had cancer surgery two months ago to remove a malignant tumor near his lung. Gumbel, 61, was guest-ho...

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Colon Cancer Deaths Could Make Big Drop, Experts Say

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Colon Cancer Deaths, Cancer Treatment, Death by Cancer, Cancer Deaths, Colon Cancer, Cancer Death, Colon Cancer Fatality, Cancer Cure, Colon Cancer Report, Colon Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Cancer Fatality, The Future, Technology News

ATLANTA — Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic n...

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A Commonsense Approach To Cancer Prevention?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Leukemia, National Institues of Health, Breast Cancer, Prevention, Disease, Mount Sinai, Asthma, Phil Landrigan, Cancer, Nicolas Kristof, Health, Living News

Billions more are spent every year on research to find new treatments and cures for cancer. It's one of the most common diseases and one of the most costly. Why, then, is there so little focus on prevention?

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ACS Chief Sends Mixed Messages On Mammography

John McDougall, M.D. | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Health, Menopause, Women's Health, Cancer, Mammogram, Health Care, Wellness, Living News

Dr. Otis Brawley of the ACS voiced strong support for annual mammography for women 40 and above in an Op-Ed piece published November 20, 2009 -- a position that contradicts previous statements.

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Literary Community Rallies Around Author Through Donations for Silent Auction

Cicily Janus | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books

In artist communities around our country, it is imperative that we support each other and gather the support of others outside the community, especially in times of trouble.

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Cell Phone Use Doesn't Raise Cancer Risk: Study

Telegraph | Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent | Posted 12.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Brain Tumor, Cell Phone Brain Cancer, Phone Cancer Risk, Mobile Phone Cancer, Cancer, Cell Phone Cancer, Brain Cancer, Technology News

Using a mobile phone for more than 10 years does not appear to raise the risk of brain tumours, according a new study that re-opens the debate on the ...

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