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submitted by Grace 257 weeks 11 hours 24 minutes ago
Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing its roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as "difficult to fathom or quantify."
"Nine brave, heroic, courageous firefighters of the city of Charleston have perished fighting fire in a most courageous...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 257 weeks 11 hours 27 minutes ago
A new statement could have a very beneficial effect in alerting patients and doctors that ovarian cancer is present at an early stage when it is most treatable.
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submitted by Grace 259 weeks 2 days 19 hours 44 minutes ago
Dr. Ryan Thompson was desperate.
This weekend he's traveling to Israel with his daughter, then to Mexico on a medical goodwill mission. Weeks ago, he'd mailed his passport renewal application, but the document never arrived.
For three days, he awoke at 3 a.m. to work the government's phone...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 261 weeks 17 hours 22 minutes ago
People who have recovered from cancer are often refused travel insurance or charged more, a study says.
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 263 weeks 19 hours 27 minutes ago
Reuters - The author of the study referenced in the second paragraph points out that the original statement that "60 percent of breast cancer cases in women worldwide were attributable to alcohol consumption" is erroneous; rather, "breast cancer comprises 60% of alcohol-attributable cancers among women."
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submitted by Grace 265 weeks 5 days 17 hours 52 minutes ago
It may still be chilly this spring, but West Nile virus season is already upon us.
Across California, mosquitoes and birds infected with the potentially fatal virus have cropped up, from the state's southernmost counties north to Santa Clara County, although their numbers are small.
Two human cases,...(more)
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submitted by Grace 265 weeks 5 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
It must be something in our nature. Is there anything more pleasing than a bonus offer?
We reach for the shampoo packaged with the minuscule free sample or the cereal that promises four extra ounces. We graze the samples at Costco and load up at buy-one, get-one-free...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 102 weeks 2 days 23 hours 19 minutes ago
History shows that a succession of crises — not just one — can sink confidence in a leader.
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submitted by Grace 64 weeks 18 hours 31 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Obama administration wants Congress to approve legislation overhauling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation's troubled housing finance giants, within two years....
