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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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A Sunrise Industry: Life Sciences and the Genomics Wave

Fred Hassan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Disruptive Technology, Innovation, Life Sciences, Genomics, Health Care, Fred Hassan, Genomics Revolution, Cancer Research, Cancer, Alzheimers, Human Genome Project, Technology News
Fred Hassan

Life sciences will be our country's most important sunrise industry over the next several decades. Because of this sunrise, tens of millions of baby boomers can expect to live longer and live better.

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10 Reasons I Quit Smoking

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Smoking, Bad Habits, Recovery, Nicotine, Cigarettes, Prevention, Addiction and Recovery, Well-Being, Health, Addiction, Quitting Smoking, Cancer, Cigarette Tax, Wellness, Living News
Therese Borchard

You're almost there. You want to quit. In fact, 80 percent of your brain is sure you can. But 20 percent insists that you can't. How do you make it over to the other side without falling SPLAT on your face?

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Wanted: A Rethink!

Consuelo Reyes | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Documentary, Rethinking Cancer, Cancer, f.a.c.t., Films, Living News
Consuelo Reyes

Considering that even high-profile cancer victims who can afford the best health care in the world still succumb to the disease, one could be forgiven for asking: isn't there another, better way?

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The Government Is Trying To Control My Breasts

Helene Pavlov | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: u.s. Preventive Services Task Force, Cancer, Breast, Pavlov, Mammogram, Health Care, Living News
Helene Pavlov

Last Monday a government task force came out with an opposition to the American Cancer Society's long-standing position that women in their 40's shoul...

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The Cancer Vixen Mission: No Breast Left Behind

Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Mammogram Guidelines, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Marisa Acocella Marchetto

If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.

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Mammography: A Not-So-Fatalistic View

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Health, Women's Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Elaine Schattner, Mammogram, Wellness, Living News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

In my view, the press is getting and giving the wrong message on mammography. There are significant flaws in recent analyses that have escaped most headlines.

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The Great Mammography Debate: "Peace of Mind" Or "Power Of Me?" What Kind Of Person Are You?

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Mammogram Recommendations, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News
Mehmet Oz, M.D.

The new task force recommendations on mammograms are not a blanket, one-size-fits-all prescription for every woman. Guidelines should never replace a dialogue with your own doctor that considers individual risk.

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What You Don't Know About Osteoporosis -- Part 3

Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Osteoporisis, Bones, Women's Health, Health, Bone Health, Vitamin D, Calcium, Cancer, Obesity, Wellness, Living News
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D.

In this, our final segment on Osteoporosis, let's take a closer look at some of the myths and legends of the effects of eating meat, minerals and proteins and quaffing a pint or two.

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Dead Moms Everywhere -- That's What Postponing Mammograms Means

Jenny Block | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan G Komen, Mammography, Insurance, Breast Cancer, 3-Day, Mammograms, Breasts, Cancer, Mammogram Guidelines, Health, Living News
Jenny Block

My mother would be dead. There's nothing complicated about it. She would be dead if she had not gone in to have her routine mammogram at age 45.

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How "Nana, What's Cancer?" Was Born

Beverlye Hyman Fead | Posted 11.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Living With Cancer, Nana What's Cancer, American Cancer Society, Writing, Books, I Can Do This, Cancer, Grandparents, Families, Books News
Beverlye Hyman Fead

My granddaughter who was eight kept my book by her bedside and was fascinated with everything concerning it. One day she told her mother she wanted to do a book report on "I Can Do This."

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Guidelines Push Back Age For Cervical Cancer Tests

nytimes.com | DENISE GRADY | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women Health, Women's Health, Health, Cervical Cancer Tests, Pap Test Age, Cervical Cancer, Cancer Tests, Cancer, Cervical Cancer Screening, Living News

New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in ...

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Eight Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Siddi, Elizabeth Warren, Food, Diabetes, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Susbidies, Barack Obama, Allergies, Green News
Robyn O'Brien

In the face of current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's and allergies, our families are no longer guaranteed a healthy livelihood. We need a new food system. It's our health on the line.

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SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Art, Social Change, Emma Thompson, Venice Arts, Chicago, Slideshow, Un, Exhibitions, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, New York, Livestrong, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Impact News

Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...

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America's Health Rankings 2009

americashealthrankings.org | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Therapy, Health Rankings, Smoking, America's Health Rankings, Health, Well-Being, Treatment, E-Rankings, Cancer, Heart Disease, Obesity, Wellness, Living News

America's Health Rankings: select a core or supplemental measure to view the result for all states for the 2009 Edition....

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'Movember': Facial Hair for a Cause

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Men, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Movember, The Giving Life, Advocacy, Living News
Halle Tecco

Movember is an international month-long "celebration" of the mustache, where men grow out their whiskers to raise money and awareness of major health issues affecting their gender.

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Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Paul Allen Cancer, Allen Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Vulcan, Paul Allen, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Cancer, Technology, Business, Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma, Paul Allen Hodgkin, Paul Allen Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma Hospital, Steve Ballmer Diagnosed, Technology News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemot...

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Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, When Should You Get a Mammogram, Mammogram Age, At What Age Should I Get a Mammogram, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Mammogram Ages, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...

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The Medicine You Don't Have to Take

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Yoga, Neti Pots, Cancer, Sinus Infections, Living News
Trish Kinney

We don't usually see our self-image -- who we perceive ourselves to be -- as a work in progress. But maybe we should, rather than let it serve as an excuse not to change.

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Cell Phones: Damaging The Brains Of Children?

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Fcc, Brain, Children, Health, Brain Cancer, Telecommunications, Cellphones, Cancer, Children's Health, Living News
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

There are deeply troubling reports from nations where phones have been used longest that children may be especially vulnerable to the radio frequency waves emitted by cell phones.

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Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Leukemia, Inspiration, Health, Chemotherapy, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Backetball, Wellness, Chemo, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Living News

I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

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Cancer: Big C To Little c (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Gig, Cancer Cure, Toanlam, Lee Ann Kim, Breast Cancer, Cure, San Diego Asian Film Foundation, Cancer, Sdaff, Cancer Awareness, Goinspirego, Mammogram, George Lin, Health, Living News
Toan Lam

While it's not a fun topic to talk about and in many cases and cultures -- taboo -- talking about cancer could save your life or the life of someone you care about. I've experienced that the hard way.

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Help 'Lift Up' Ellie Potvin, Eight Year Old With Rare Cancer

HuffPost | Tam Vo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Charlotte, Rhabdomyoarcoma, Cancer, Ellie Potvan, Childhood Cancer, North Carolina, Impact News

Ellie Potvin was only six years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyoarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, in July of 2008. Ellie's parents...

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Can Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

cnn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Research, Health, Phones, University of Pittsburgh, Cellphones, Cancer, Scientific Study, Wellness, Radiation, Electromagnetic Radiation, Living News

In the year since a U.S. cancer researcher's warning drew wide attention, more evidence is emerging that long-term cell phone use is associated with c...

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Chemicals In Everyday Products Turning Boys Into Girls?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Pesticides, Sunscreen, Parabens, Boys, Dioxin, Defra, Healthy Child Healthy World, Toxins, Girls, Toxic Chemicals, Stainless Steel, Organic Food, Plastic, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Cancer, Phthalates, Health, Living News
Christopher Gavigan

A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers from gender bending chemicals in everyday products.

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