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Headlines for Friday, May 25, 2012
METALLICA: Ulrich's Acting on Display Monday
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich makes his acting debut -- playing someone other than himself -- when Hemingway and Gellhorn premieres on HBO on Monday night at 9:00 p.m....Tags: Robyn, Tom Bergeron, Pumpkin, Tracey Gold, United Center
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Colon cancer patient helps others get screened
WGN NewsColon cancer -- it's the disease that took the life of Robin Gibb. It is a preventable disease, yet many shy away from the screening. One local woman fighting advanced colon cancer herself has another mission -- to show you how to survive. It was a great...Tags: Health Insurance, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemotherapy, Ovarian Cancer, Health Treatments
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Study: Simple scope exam flexible sigmoidoscopy cuts colon cancer deaths
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. Many doctors recommend a more complete test — colonoscopy — but many people refuse...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, University of Pittsburgh, Symptoms, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research
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Parkinson's disease may be diagnosed by studying colon, reports say
Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain, but it may be possible to diagnose it at an early stage by examining the bowel, researchers said Tuesday. As new drugs to treatParkinson's are developed, they noted, earlier diagnosis should make it possible...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Brain, Human Body, Sigmoidoscopy
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Laxative-free colonoscopy may soon be possible
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. A colonoscopy is a life-saving procedure, identifying polyps and early-stage tumors so they can be removed before they grow and spread. But many people refuse to undergo the procedure...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Music, Internal Medicine, Entertainment, Cancer
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Contrary to popular belief, beta-blockers don't prevent colorectal cancer
Contrary to popular belief among physicians and patients, the family of hypertension drugs known as beta-blockers does not prevent development of colon and rectal cancer, German researchers reported Monday. In fact, long-term use of the drugs might even...
Tags: Epinephrine, Drugs and Medicines, Coreg (drug), Metoprolol (drug), Cancer
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Runner creates J's Run to honor her mother and fight pancreatic cancer
"We used to call her Mrs. Talbots," says Jenn LoConte of her mother, Joan Stein. The vibrant woman in her 70s loved shopping at Talbots, doting over her grandchildren and attending meetings of the Bethlehem Garden Club.
Three years ago, she suffered an...Tags: Running, Gallbladder, Patrick Swayze, Road Running, Chemotherapy
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Review: Cancer comedy 'A Little Bit of Heaven' a lot of hokum
To the cancer comedy subgenre we can add a new category: the colonoscopy rom-com, not likely to metastasize beyond "A Little Bit of Heaven." What Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Treat Williams and Peter Dinklage saw in the material, one can only guess....
Tags: Entertainment, Peter Dinklage, Treat Williams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Romany Malco
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A Little Bit of Heaven
Fox 5 San Diego staffKevin Bacon is that actor we all loved in Footloose and so many movies the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” became part of pop culture. Director Nicole Kassell thought it would be a good idea to cast him as a child molester in a film (The...Tags: Alanis Morissette, Romance (genre), Kevin Bacon, Peter Dinklage, Treat Williams
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Woman organized 5K run/walk to honor mother and fight pancreatic cancer
HealthTo honor two women who lost lives to pancreatic cancer and raise funds for research to find a cure, Jenn LeConte of Hanover Township, Northampton County, started J's Run 5K Run & Fitness Walk, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 12 at Asa Packer... -
Lloyd Waters: Coffee? Tea? How about some MoviPrep?
Mickey Mantle was one of my favorite baseball heroes as I was growing up in Dargan. I still remember the exciting 1961 home run race between him and Roger Maris. As Mantle lay in his New York hospital bed dying from cancer of the liver, he famously said,...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Cancer, Liver Cancer, Colon Cancer, Health
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Study: 2 in 5 Hoosiers will develop cancer during their life
A new study released Monday showed about 2.5 million Hoosiers, or two in five people now living in Indiana, will develop cancer. That’s 30,000 Hoosiers each year. Greenwood resident Rhonda Irskens never thought a colonoscopy would change her life...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lungs and Airways, Human Body, Chemotherapy
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