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Killing Me Softly with Healthcare: How I Was Nearly "Terminated" By My Health Insurance Company

Ester Amy Fischer | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Cancer-Survival, Single Payer Healthcare, Health Insurance, Cancer, Public Health Care Option, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News

One thing I've learned through my ordeal is this: the health insurance industry functions like a gambling casino. Your health -- indeed your life -- has an odd attached to it.

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A Letter to Senator Dodd Following His Cancer Diagnosis

Kim Stagliano | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Dodd, Prostate Cancer, Healthcare, Senate, Connecticut, Christopher Dodd, Cancer, Dodd Cancer, Politics News

You well know that tens of millions of Americans without health insurance remain sleepless when they or a loved one become ill. And I know you're fighting to change that. Thank you.

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Unemployed Due To Illness, Glad To Be Alive

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Health Care Reform, Credit Crisis, Cancer, Down-Not-Out, Health Care, Recession, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Business News

Faye Harris, 52, recently emailed the Huffington Post about losing her job as an accountant at Emory University Hospital in April. Reached by phone, ...

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What's Worse, Health Care or Cancer?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Cancer Screenings, Prevention, Health Care Crisis, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

The final fact is that American health care needs prevention more than anything else.

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You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Dr. P. M. Bhargava, President Obama, Infertility, Milk, Revolving Door, Dennis Wolff, Food Safety, Rbgh, Organic Trade Association, Food Safety Czar, Organic, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, International Dairy Foods Association, FDA Policy, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Fda, Food Related Illness, GM Foods, Asthma, Michael Taylor. Safety Testing, Cancer, Genetically Modified Foods, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, GMO Labels, Genetically Engineered Foods, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Substantially Equivalent, Inflammation, Immune Problems, Genetically Modified Organisms, Food Labels, Accelerated Aging, Milk Supply, Igf-1, Rbst, Monsanto, Ohio Governor Strickland, Genetically Engineered, Insulin Regulation, Governor Ed Rendell, Food Supply, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Gmos, Food and Drug Administration, Allergies, Multiple Chronic Illness, Green News

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar.

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So You Think You Can Dance Salutes Breast Cancer

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Positive Thinking, Entertainment, Inspiration, Spiritual, Breast Cancer, Dance, Cancer, Spirituality, Entertainment News

Melissa so poignantly danced the part of a woman who is fighting cancer in her body and seeking solace in the arms of Ade. It was television at its best. It was a celebration of the spirit.

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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Has Cancer

AP | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Adam Yauch, Adam Yauch Cancer, Cancer, Music, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boy Cancer, Entertainment News

(AP STORY, Official Video Announcement Below) NEW YORK -- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (yawk) has what is described as a "very treatable" cancerous tumor...

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Cronkite and McCourt: True to Their Craft

Carol Hoenig | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Icon, Television, Honesty, Angela's Ashes, Walter Cronkite, Cancer, Wbbm, Frank Mccourt, A Reporter's Life, Irish, Catholic, Media, Living News

Pundits all praise Cronkite for his journalistic accomplishments, as though they are unattainable today. And maybe they are, thanks to the corporate-owned media.

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Another Reason for Health Care Reform: Winning the War on Cancer

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Cancer, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Politics News

The evidence that environmental causes are the primary cause of preventable cancer is becoming overwhelming.

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US News And World Report's Best Hospitals In America

US News And World Report | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

US News and World Report's list of Top American Hospitals. Browse Rankings by Specialty: * Cancer * Diabetes & Endocrine Disorders ...

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Brain Cancer Survival Connected To 7 Key Genes (STUDY)

AP | By Carla K. Johnson | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer Survival, Health, Brain Cancer Study, Brain Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Gene, Cancer Study, Living News

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Kim Jong Il Has Pancreatic Cancer: Report

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Kim Jong Il Cancer, Cancer, Kim Jong Il Illness, Kim Jong Il, North Korea, Kim Jong Il Pancreatic Cancer, Kim Jong, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of...

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Phil Mickelson's Mom Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Weeks After His Wife

people.com | Posted 08.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Cancer, Phil Mickelson, Breast Cancer, Phil Mickelson Cancer, Mary Mickelson, Phil Mickelson's Wife, Home News

Less than seven weeks after Amy Mickelson, wife of championship golfer Phil Mickelson, announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, there...

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Become a Rock Star Volunteer

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: New York City Public Schools, Civic Participation, Charity, Volunteering, Passion, Cancer, Hugs, Compassion, Living News

The simple actions of giving and receiving rejuvenate us because these gestures remind us what it means to be human.

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4 Cancers That A Vegetarian Diet Prevents

thedailygreen.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Vegetarian, Bladder Cancer, Vegetables, Bone Marrow Cancer, Vegetarian Diet, Cancer, Blood Cancer, Diet, Vegetarianism, Benefits-of-Vegetarian-Diet, Stomach Cancer, Green News

Want to avoid blood, bone marrow, bladder and stomach cancer? (Um, yes.) Try a vegetarian diet....

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This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Toyota Corolla, Steroids, Jim Morrison, Smoking, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Queen, Number-One Songs, Sam Cooke, Same-Sex Marriage, Neverland, Failing Newspapers, Dead Rock Stars, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Cats, The Who, Hummer, Heterosexual Marriage, Death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Avocados, Bernard Madoff, Cancer, Joe Strummer, Online News, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Motown, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Nirvana, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Twitter, Life on Other Planets, Elvis Presley, Musical Legends, Plastic Surgery, Laptops, The Doors, Sports Radio, John Lennon, Fantasy Baseball, World Series, Freddie Mercury, Atari Computers, The Sex Pistols, Gas Guzzlers, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Moonwalking, Selena, Comedy News

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

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About BPA: Do You Feel Lucky?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Endocrine Disruptor, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Cancer, Bpa Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Dangers of Bpa, Green News

BPA, a synthetic estrogen as well as a plastics hardener, disrupts the endocrine system and causes a growing list of chronic, often permanent disorders in lab animals.

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Go Green With Your Sunscreen (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Protection, Sunburnt, Summer, Sun, Green Living, Cancer, Sun Rays, Suncreen, Green News

Conventional sunscreen contains four times as many hazardous ingredients linking them to cancer and birth defects. A recent study even found that four...

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California Takes On Plastic Bottles Made With BPA

Grist.org | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Neurological Disorders, Infertility, Bisphenol A, Bottles, Food-Storage Containers, Plastic Bottles, Obesity, Sippy Cups, Sports Bottles, Polycarbonate Plastic, Baby Bottles, Plastic, Bpa, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, Green News

It's the stuff of a good Hollywood movie-a potentially toxic chemical lurking in the bodies of most unwitting Americans; a decade of mounting but scut...

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How Effective Is Our Cancer Research Funding Process?

nytimes.com | GINA KOLATA | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer Research, Health, Cancer, Wellness, Living News

The cancer institute has spent $105 billion since President Richard M. Nixon declared war on the disease in 1971. The American Cancer Society, the lar...

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Cycling For A Cause: Team Fatty Lives Strong For Susan

Tara Stiles | Posted 07.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Livestrong.com, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, All for Good, Team Fatty, United We Serve, Giving, The Balanced Life, The Giving Life, Healthcare, Living News

Team Fatty has to be the best name in history for a cycling group. It's that kind of recreational sporting humor that keeps people motivated to reach...

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30 New Toxic Chemicals You Should Avoid

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Toxic Substances, Toxic, Children, Health, Environment, Reproductive Problems, Cancer, Green Living, Green News

California has identified 30 chemicals that may cause cancer, reproductive problems and other serious health concerns. ...

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Farrah Fawcett: A Deeper Look

Greg Archer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Farrah's Story, Lee Majors, Kate Jackson, Charlie's Angels, Spin City, Jaclyn Smith, Cancer, Farrah Fawcett, The Burning Bed, Robert Duvall, Ryan O'Neal, Logan's Run, Extremities, Entertainment News

Farrah represented for me the cool sister that I never had at the time--somebody free and empowered and, most of all, fun.

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Cancers Threaten Wild Animal Populations

treehugger.com | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Cancer in Animals, Cancer, Animals, Cancer in Wild Animals, Green News

If this Green Turtle appears sad, perhaps it is pondering the newest threat to its endangered species. Cancer kills about one in every ten humans; now...

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Sexual Abuse Takes Toll on Victims

Trish Kinney | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Abuse, Chronic-Pain, Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome, Healing, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Mayo Clinic, Living News

The emotional stress of being a victim of sexual abuse may lead to physical illness such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and even cancer.

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