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Smokers, drinkers need earlier tests for colon cancer
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Mar 28, 2006 It's no surprise that cigarettes and booze have health consequences - an earlier risk of colon cancer is one of them. According

Men, smokers get colon cancer earlier
United Press International - Mar 27, 2006 EVANSTON, Ill., March 27 (UPI) — Smokers, drinkers and men have a higher risk of getting colon cancer at an earlier age, says a new study.

Smokers and drinkers diagnosed with colon cancer at earlier age
Canada.com, Canada - Mar 28, 2006 TORONTO (CP) - People with colon cancer who smoked and drank alcohol appeared to develop the disease up to a decade earlier in life than those without the

MGH Will Host Free Presentation On Colon Cancer Screening
WLUC-TV, MI - Mar 17, 2006 There will be a free presentation at Marquette General Hospital on Tuesday, March 21 for more information regarding colon cancer screening.

Published - Thursday, March 30, 2006
La Crosse Tribune - Drew Allen Chesebro, 25, rode on to the next life in a motorcycle accident in Phoenix, Ariz., Thursday, March 23, 2006. Because Drew had an enormous heart, he formed a tremendous circle of friends in the short year-and-a-half that he lived in Phoenix

Colonoscopies can save lives
Baton Rouge Advocate - I readily admit that I was afraid to undergo a colonoscopy. I feared pain, embarrassment and, perhaps subconsciously, what might be found. Now in chemotherapy for colon cancer, I regret postponing the procedure that I should have had three years ago

Community Calendar
Sentinel & Enterprise - St. Leo School PTO annual pancake breakfast : 8 to 11 a.m., in the school’s auditorium, 120 Main St. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, Irish Soda bread, pastries, juice and coffee will be served. The Irish American Step Dancers will perform

Her interest in lieutenant governor’s job puts her in spotlight
Idaho Statesman - Patricia Kempthorne, 53, grew up in Boise. She went to South Junior High, graduated from Borah High School in 1971 and from the University of Idaho with a degree in business in 1975. She married Gov. Dirk Kempthorne in 1977. They have two children

Entrepreneur all about healing others
Rockford Register-Star - ROCKFORD Looking at Sheila Belt s medical file, you could easily assume that she has had a life full of woes and hardship. In the past 20 years, Belt has been treated in intensive-care units about a dozen times, spent 18 months recovering from

Survivor knows prevention is best medicine
The News Journal, DE - Mar 28, 2006 and women. About 106,680 new cases of colon cancer and 41,930 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed this year. About 55,170

Colon Cancer Awareness Month
WBKO, KY - Mar 20, 2006 She was diagnosed with stage one colon cancer. "Of course, I thought, I just had a baby what in the world could have happened?".

Colon cancer can strike even healthy people
2TheAdvocate, LA - 13 hours ago By LAURIE SMITH ANDERSON. Dr. Gerald Miletello has treated five patients under the age of 50 for colon cancer since the first of this year.

Church rallies to help pastor
Waynesboro Record Herald, PA - 3 hours ago house. At the end of January, he got some bad news. Berkey, 51, who hadn't been in a hospital since 1971, had colon cancer. The

Early detection is key to beating colon cancer
Milton Daily Standard, PA - Mar 21, 2006 DANVILLE March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and physicians can t stress enough how crucial it is to become educated and aware of this

Stories of struggles, hardships told at Immigrants’ Day
Enterprise - BROCKTON Cape Verde native, Maria Janvier has lived in the United States for about 20 years. Ten years ago, the 46-year-old stepmother of three teens became a U.S. citizen. “I am a citizen. I am able to vote. I am able to participate,” Janvier

Relay for Life an event and inspiration for Oakdale student
Modesto Bee - OAKDALE Nick Ayers has contemplated and rejected the idea there might not be a cure for cancer. “I’m hoping there is one,” said the 17-year-old Oakdale High School junior, whose parents have both battled cancer. “I think with all the stem cell

Conquering Cancer
Forbes - Despite a spate of setbacks in testing new cancer drugs for the broadest possible market, mysterious miracle cures are emerging in a few patients. Adriane Riddle was young, strong and healthy two years ago, a fierce water polo player who attended her

Pamela Cowan, The Leader-Post
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - Saskatchewan Health has an obligation to cover the costs of Avastin since it hasn’t instituted a colon cancer screening program, says the president of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada. Health Canada established a National Committee on

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WHEC TV 10 - Monday, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced $1 million in federal funding for the University of Rochester’s Wilmot Cancer Center. The money will go toward the purchase of a new state of the art piece of equipment. The Trilogy Radiosu More New

Weill Cornell Medical College Establishes Lung Cancer Research Institute 
Newswise - Mar 23 2:29 PM
The Lehman Brothers Foundation has pledged $6 million to help establish the Lehman Brothers Lung Cancer Research Center. The Center is dedicated to the efficient translation of laboratory discoveries into novel and more effective treatment strategies for lung cancer patients.Save to My Web

Today’s Community Calendar 
Portsmouth Herald - Mar 29 6:29 AM
MOVE LIKE THE ANIMALS - YOGA FOR KIDS class for ages 6 and up, will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through-April 5 at Portsmouth Center for Yoga and the Arts, 95 Brewery Lane No. 9, Portsmouth. $8 per child, adults free. Register: 431-4755.Save to My Web

Annual colon cancer report card sets off debate on mandating colonoscopy 
EARTHtimes.org - Mar 22 5:38 AM
WASHINGTON - A report released by a coalition of anti-cancer groups on Tuesday says that thirty-one states do not have proper laws that can get insurance companies to cover the costs of screening for colon cancer. Only about 15 states have adequate laws to compel the insurance companies to cover the screening of colon cancer.Save to My Web

ETSU physician named to federal panel on women’s health 
Kingsport Times-News - Mar 25 8:31 PM
JOHNSON CITY - An East Tennessee State University physician has been named to a federal panel that makes recommendations about initiatives intended to improve the health of U.S. women.Save to My Web

Colorectal testing vital for seniors 
Muskogee Phoenix - Mar 28 1:05 AM
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. And, every senior should be tested for this type of cancer since experts advise that the possibility of colon cancer increases with age. The American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that screening tests are used to look for diseases in symptom-free individuals. These recommended tests can find colorectal cancers at an early stage, thereby greatly improving a Save to My Web

Cancer drug has OK - it just isn’t available
Montreal Gazette - A Montreal woman with an aggressive form of colorectal cancer says the Quebec health-care system is denying her access to a drug that is keeping her alive. Manon Lemoignan, 46, a mother of two girls, is fighting against a deadly, inoperable colon

Health coaching
Mankato Free Press - Four-wheelers, putting greens and chance to meet ex-Vikings coach Bud Grant may have drawn men through the doors of the Midwest Wireless Civic Center Tuesday, but disease prevention was the main event. The theme of the second annual Mankato Clinic

Health Notes: Holistic Health Fair
Hartford Courant - The Connecticut Holistic Health Association will hold a health fair Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union at Quinnipiac University in Hamden. More than two dozen practitioners will discuss and demonstrate their health practices

Police Chief Urges Others To Screen For Cancer
News Channel 10 - PROVIDENCE — It was in October that Providence police Col. Dean Esserman announced he was being treated for colorectal cancer. Today, he’s recovering in a hospital following a second and final surgery and, through others, he’s urging people to be

Patients allege sex abuse
Bakersfield Californian - A Bakersfield doctor has been temporarily barred from treating women because of what officials call “egregious” sexual abuse of patients. Two former female patients have accused physician Esmail Nadjmabadi of committing multiple acts of sexual abuse

Health Notes: Holistic Health Fair
Hartford Courant - The Connecticut Holistic Health Association will hold a health fair Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union at Quinnipiac University in Hamden. More than two dozen practitioners will discuss and demonstrate their health practices

A life. And death - part 1
Toronto Sun - Shyam Nadkarni died Jan. 31. But before he passed on, he was one of six terminal patients who talked about life — and death — with the Sun’s Thane Burnett. (Ernest Doroszuk/Sun) A life in three sentences. When Shyam Nadkarni died in late January

90% of Cancer Patients Completely Unaware of New Breakthrough Cancer
PressePortal.de - Zurich, Suisse (ots/PRNewswire) - - Knowledge Gap of Concern to Both Physicians and Patient Groups Nine out of ten patients battling cancer in Europe have never heard of a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, known as anti-angiogenesis, according

Community Calendar
Sentinel & Enterprise - St. Leo School PTO annual pancake breakfast : 8 to 11 a.m., in the school’s auditorium, 120 Main St. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, Irish Soda bread, pastries, juice and coffee will be served. The Irish American Step Dancers will perform

Body of work
Record Searchlight - Luckily, staying healthy doesn’t require that kind of vigilance. But physicians recommend several tests to help you stay on top of your general health. We talked with doctors and other health experts and came up with a dozen; some are for everyone, a

Get ahead of cancer by getting checked out
The Tennessean, TN - Mar 9, 2006 to say that last year, the most advanced at-home colon cancer-screening test introduced to catch pre-cancerous polyps before the onset of noticeable symptoms.

Doctor s Q&A
The Herald, UK - Mar 19, 2006 be other explanations for your symptoms, so you associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer. gene which is associated with colon cancer also increases

Mom with a mission
Helena Independent Record, MT - Mar 7, 2006 In hindsight, Donaldson knows she had symptoms of colon cancer for at least a year blood in the stool, cramping, urgent need to sprint to a bathroom.

Detecting Ovarian Cancer
WSOCtv.com, NC - Mar 17, 2006 and personal history of breast or colon cancer are also and may not be attributed to possible cancer. Potential symptoms include: unexplained weight gain or

Preventing Colon Cancer
News 10 Now, NY - Mar 29, 2006 Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related-death, but you can reduce I didn't really look forward to it and I didn't have any symptoms.".

A life. And death - part 1
Toronto Sun - Shyam Nadkarni died Jan. 31. But before he passed on, he was one of six terminal patients who talked about life — and death — with the Sun’s Thane Burnett. (Ernest Doroszuk/Sun) A life in three sentences. When Shyam Nadkarni died in late January

Expect a miracle: A mother holds on to hope for son with cancer
Asheville Citizen-Times - My angel s name is Erica. I didn t know that when I saw her on a patch of velvet, silver and gold with the words Expect a miracle across her front. She was sitting on the counter among several others at Mountain Made in the Grove Arcade

Cancer Center begins clinical trials
Quincy Herald-Whig - The Cancer Center at Blessing Hospital has received approval to initiate clinical trials from the New England Institutional Review Board. A clinical trial is a research study of human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Carefully

HealthCheck Reports: March 2006
WPVI - Shelly: “It’s a pain all over it moves, you always feel achy everywhere. It moves from one joint or bone, to another.” For nearly a year, Shelly Wright was barely able to get herself out of bed. Fibromyalgia made her body so sensitive, even a hug

March 2006
AccessAtlanta - Yes, that platinum ringleted blonde in the slinky red dress on Kevin Federline s arm inside the VIP section early Sunday morning at Vision nightclub in Midtown was none other than Britney Spears. The couple appeared at the club to celebrate

Colon Cancer Screening
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Mar 7, 2006 Testing persons without symptoms or signs of colon cancer (such as blood in the stool or low blood count) is called screening. Screening

Screenings key to colon cancer prevention
Greenville Daily Reflector, NC - Mar 20, 2006 hemorrhoids. "Going by symptoms or early signs of colon cancer, there really are none that are reliable," Robertson said. When a

Colon Cancer: 7 Things You Should Know
Fashion Monitor Toronto, Canada - Mar 8, 2006 It s not enough to look out for symptoms. If you start experiencing signs of colon cancer, the disease is likely to be advanced.

The Super Colon Educates Baltimore Residents on the Importance of
Yahoo! News (press release) - Mar 17, 2006 The Super Colon is an incredible, inflatable teaches people about the risks, symptoms, prevention, early detection and treatment options for colorectal cancer.

A fighter enters race to save lives
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),  USA - Mar 28, 2006 her ovaries, it had spread to her colon and stomach in women, according to the American Cancer Society. because there are no obvious, common symptoms and no