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Evan Handler writes of being bald, boorish and grateful in 'It's Only Temporary'
Evan Handler almost died.
"It's important to work that information into any story I tell," he wrote in his memoir, "in the hope it might excuse whatever behavior I confess to later on. And after two bouts with leukemia, four brutal rounds of conventional...Tags: Cancer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lawyers, Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City
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Local business thanks those who burned calories for breast cancer
Forum Publishing GroupLast month's Spin-A-Thon was a huge success. More than 500 people showed up to support a great cause and help raise money to fight a fast spreading disease that is affecting one in every six women. We, at Metamorphecise raised about $30,000 toward Braman...Tags: Medical Research, Cancer, Charity, Pembroke Pines, Dwayne Johnson
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Student from Pines Charter Middle West helps raise funds for cancer cure
Forum Publishing GroupMariana Gonzalez never thought pancakes, sausage and milk could save her life. That's what she ate along with 100 friends, family and Pines residents during a Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast hosted in the 11-year-old's honor. Doctors discovered a Wilms...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Cancer, Pancakes, Dining and Drinking, Biotechnology
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Showing their support
Forum Publishing GroupIt wasn't a typical Saturday morning garage sale. It didn't take place outside of someone's home, but rather at the Pembroke Pines Charter School West Campus. The school's covered basketball court was transformed into a bazaar with tables featuring...Tags: Cancer, Game Playing, Charter Schools, Relay for Life, Furniture
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Life is precious, enjoy it
Forum Publishing GroupAt the tender age of 2-years and 3-months-old, my firstborn, my son, was diagnosed with Wilm's Tumor. It was heart breaking, heart wrenching and probably the most devastating news I have ever received in my life. When my son got sick, the treatment...Tags: Miramar, Cancer, Pembroke Pines, Dining and Drinking
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Sun honored for series on prostitution's link to AIDS
By a Baltimore Sun reporterThe Baltimore Sun today received an Excellence in Urban Journalism Award for "An Epidemic's Unseen Cause," a two-part series published last November that examined the link between prostitution and AIDS in Baltimore. Former Sun reporter Jonathan Bor and...Tags: AIDS, Health Treatments, Prostitution, Newspapers, Therapies
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Mother of HIV-positive Indiana teen sues over bullying of girl at middle school
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ A school district in the state where HIV-positive Ryan White fought for the right to attend classes two decades ago is being sued by the family of a 14-year-old girl who says she was bullied so badly over her positive status that she...Tags: AIDS, Trials, Minority Groups
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HIV/AIDS spreading fast in Russia despite more funding to fight it, AIDS coordinator says
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) _ A top Russian anti-AIDS coordinator on Friday lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a year despite increased federal funding. A misguided focus on treatment instead...Tags: AIDS, Health Treatments, Therapies
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Court rules on case of Iowa woman with cancer
Associated Press WriterThe Iowa Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday that sends the case of a woman who sued her doctors for failing to diagnose breast cancer back to a lower court for more proceedings. In her lawsuit filed in Scott County District Court, Pamela Rock claims...Tags: Defendants, Cancer, Local Authority, Breast Cancer, Trials
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Sister speaks of brother's death in NYC Marathon
There is an incredible picture of Fred Costa crossing the 20-mile mark of the New York Marathon earlier this month. The physical education teacher from Cincinnati is wearing pink bunny ears on his head and a look of determination on his face. His arms are...Tags: Teachers, Super Bowl, Cancer, Teaching and Learning, Death and Dying
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Lawsuit says Ind. teen with HIV bullied at school
A school district in the state where HIV-positive Ryan White fought for the right to attend school two decades ago is being sued by the family of middle school student, who says she was bullied so badly after telling a friend she had the virus that she...Tags: AIDS, Trials, Minority Groups
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Deaths elsewhere
DR. ADRIAN KANTROWITZ, 90 Heart transplant pioneer Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich., of complications...Tags: Heart Disease, Death and Dying
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