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Empowered to reach out to cancer patients
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 1 day ago
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When lorry driver Tan Chu Tea, 53, found blood in his stools two years ago, he was unsure what to make of it...I was worried and didn't know what to do, said Tan who lives with his family in Selayang. Luckily for Tan, non-governmental organisation
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Mbebe diagnosed with cancer
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 days ago
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African Cup of Nations (Afcon) Local Organising Committee (LOC) CEO Mvuzo Mbebe has been diagnosed with colon cancer , and has undergone surgery to have it removed. "Through surgery, doctors have managed to remove the part of the colon containing the
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Getting a colonoscopy? There's an app for that.
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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Published May 21, 2013 FoxNews.com A group of physicians in Phoenix decided that people undergoing a colonoscopy could really use the help of an app. Not only is preparing for a colonoscopy unpleasant, it's also a confusing, multi-day process.
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Get Your Rear in Gear is Saturday
Ladd :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
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Get Your Rear in Gear events are hosted by the Colon Cancer Coalition and designed to empower local communities by bringing awareness to colorectal cancer, provide support to those affected, and send a message for all to take charge of their own
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Staying fit cuts middle age cancer deaths, study finds
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
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Bloomberg News Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found. In a study of 17,049 men, those with good respiratory and cardiovascular fitness
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Doctors May Screen Stool Samples for Cancer
Innsbruck :: Austria | 5 days ago
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Doctors may soon be able to save lives by checking stool samples for DNA evidence of cancer, researchers said . A new stool test could one day help spot colorectal cancer, one of the most common cancers in the industrialized world, which now can
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Young family mourns loss of loving mother
Wellington :: New Zealand | 7 days ago
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The year 2013 was shaping up to be a good one for Southland man Hamish Menlove and his young family, but the sudden loss of his wife Megan, 31, quickly changed that and now he's urging anyone with health concerns to act on them. Earlier this year,
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Cancer programs given boost
Melbourne :: Australia | 9 days ago
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A $226 million package to improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment and research is one of the few new spending measures in a tight health budget. Wayne Swan, a survivor of prostate cancer, has found $18.5 million for research on the disease,
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Colorectal cancer screening available
Pikeville :: KY :: USA | 13 days ago
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Pikeville Medical Center will host a free colorectal cancer screening on Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m. noon at the Pikeville Medical Leonard Lawson Cancer Center, located beside the Landmark at 127 South Mayo Trail, Pikeville. Screening physicians
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Pilot scheme finds 60 cancer cases
Auckland :: New Zealand | 14 days ago
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A bowel cancer screening programme pilot credited with saving 60 lives in its first year highlights the "outrage" of not rolling it out nationwide, University of Otago health services researcher Dr Sarah Derrett says. Dr Derrett is on the board of
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