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'All My Children' Actress Adjusts to Life on Set After Landing New Role as Mom
AOL: Parent Dish &bull Yesterday
Alicia Minshew and her husband Richie Herschenfeld with their daughter Willow. Credit: Courtesy of Alicia Minshew As a soap opera actress, Alicia Minshew was used to heavy doses of daily drama. What she wasn't accustomed to, however, was drama in her own life. Minshew, who plays Kendall Hart Slater, the strong-willed daughter of Susan Lucci's Erica Kane on "All My Children," got a shock in August 2009 when she was six months pregnant and found out that the cast and crew they were relocating the show from New York City to Los Angeles. "We panicked when we got the news… Full Story »
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Breast Pump Reviews: Evenflo Comfort Select Performance Dual Electric Breast Pump Review
breastpump-reviews.blogspot.com via @breastpumprevie &bull YesterdayI didn't notice it being too noisy because I've never used another one. Occassionally, the small parts inside the pump would stick or back up with milk, but it was only once in a while (and after many months of… Full Story »
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Diabetes drug can reduce risk of cancer, researchers find
LA Times: Health &bull Sep 1, 2010
Metformin reduced the development of lung tumors in mice by more than 70%. Clinical trials on humans for lung, breast and prostate cancer are being organized. A growing body of evidence suggests that the widely used diabetes drug metformin can reduce the risk of cancer, researchers said Wednesday. A study in mice exposed to tobacco carcinogens… Full Story »
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Breast Cancer Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women's Lives
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Aug 31, 2010Aug. 31, 2010 -- Women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer genes cut their risk of death, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer by getting preventive surgery. Just a few months ago, 42-year-old Maxine Grossman, PhD, faced all these decisions.… Full Story »
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Breast, ovary removal found to raise cancer survival rates
LA Times: Health &bull Aug 31, 2010
Even if a patient has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, the surgery can reduce risk of dying, finds a study of women with two common breast cancer genes. Preemptive removal of breasts or ovaries in women with two common breast cancergenes can sharply reduce the risk of contracting cancer and dying, even if a woman has already been diagnosed… Full Story »
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Breast, ovary removal cuts cancer risk in high-risk women
CNN: Women's Health &bull Aug 31, 2010
The study, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirms that preventive mastectomy and ovary removal can slash the risk of cancer in women carrying the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 gene mutations, and it suggests that surgery is more effective than rigorous screening at preventing future cancer. Researchers at 22 cancer centers in the U.S. and Europe followed nearly 2,500 women with… Full Story »
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Lance Armstrong: 'My Son Is Almost Old Enough To Think I'm Uncool'
Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Aug 31, 2010Professional cyclist Lance Armstrong may be famous, but his children likely won't think that he is "cool" for much longer. Armstrong recently headed to Jasper, Alberta to ride in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and spoke with the… Full Story »
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Health Calendar: Grief, mammograms, heart walk
Dallas Morning News: Family Health &bull Aug 31, 2010
The Caregiver Education and Support group at Baylor Medical Center at Irving invites anyone caring for an older adult or chronically ill or disabled loved one to attend "Loss and Grief" from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. The free meeting… Full Story »
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Breastfeeding Multiples - Yes, It's Possible!
iParenting: Pregnancy Channel &bull Aug 30, 2010
Research certainly confirms that breast milk is the ideal food for babies because it contains the nutrients needed for the first four to six months of life. Breast milk also contains substances that help protect babies from many illnesses. However,… Full Story »
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'Brisk walking' could prevent 10,000 cancers a year
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Aug 30, 2010
More than 10,000 cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented each year if people took more exercise, such as going for brisk walks or even performing vigerous household chores, according to experts. Full Story »
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People's Pharmacy: Medical marijuana battles cancer
Houston Chronicle: Health News &bull Aug 29, 2010
Q: I would like you to know about medical marijuana for cancer. In her late 30s, my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Stage 4a. It was a 6-centimeter tumor that had grown around the hepatic artery and portal vein.… Full Story »
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Bereaved relatives were never told of inquiry into allegations cancer care had been botched
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Aug 28, 2010
Relatives of a hospital manager who died from breast cancer have spoken of their anger at being kept in the dark about an inquiry into alleged failings in diagnosis. The family of Jane Hopes were devastated when they discovered, in April, that doctors at the hospital trust where… Full Story »
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When that glow has to go
LA Times: Health &bull Aug 28, 2010
Sweating too much can be more than just a damp drag. Though drugstore remedies help most, for some there are stronger options, including pills, Botox and even surgery. Pills, Botox and even surgery are some options that can remedy too much perspiration. But for most of us, a little sweat is a good thing. Summer temperatures make some people glisten and others drip, but, regardless, most of us want ways to dry off. But we all know friends or relatives who sweat more than others." A normal amount of sweating is about an… Full Story »
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Hospital at centre of cancer misdiagnosis scandals makes secret payouts to patients
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Aug 28, 2010
An NHS inquiry is examining thousands of tissue samples after four doctors from different hospitals in Bristol expressed fears that repeated blunders were being made by a laboratory at Bristol Royal Infirmary. An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has uncovered critical errors made by the hospital, and secret payments of thousands of pounds to patients who were harmed as a result of incorrect diagnoses. Cases include a woman paid 12,000 last year after needlessly undergoing an operation… Full Story »
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Hall of Famer Dave Winfield Talks Baseball and Breast Cancer
AOL: Parent Dish &bull Aug 27, 2010
Dave Winfield, left, stands with with his mother, Arline, and brother, Stephen. Photo courtesy of the Winfield familyTwenty-two years spent slugging home runs and earning Golden Gloves in the Major Leagues didn't slow Dave Winfield down. Voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, his first year of eligibility, Winfield is now an executive vice president/senior adviser of the San Diego Padres, a commentator on ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" and the founder of his own charitable foundation. In 1988, Winfield's mother, Arline, passed away from breast cancer. This year, in her honor, he is working with the Susan G. Komen… Full Story »
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Miracle mum brings baby boy back to life
Gurgle &bull Aug 27, 2010
As Australian mother Kate Ogg was saying goodbye to her baby, Jamie, whom doctors told her had passed away just 20 minutes after he was born, he began to show signs of life. Doctors placed Jamie on Kate's chest, and… Full Story »
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Dr. Jay M. Pensler from PlasticSurg.org, a Leading Plastic Surgery Center in Chicago, Illinois Announces a New Gynecomastia Surgical Technique that Greatly Reduces Patient Recovery Time
SkyNewsWire.com: Health and Fitness &bull Aug 27, 2010( SkyNewswire.com ) --- Dr Jay Pensler, a leading Gynecomastia plastic surgeon based in Chicago, Illinois, has announced the development of a new technique for the correction of Gynecomastia (Male Breast Reduction Surgery) that eliminates the need for postoperative drains,… Full Story »
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What Should You Say And When Should You Tell?
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Aug 26, 2010
I got the sweetest email from Lisa. She wants to know what she should say when people ask when she's going to stop nursing her 2-year-old. She's happy, her toddler's happy and her fiance's happy. It's everyone else who has a problem. I don't suppose telling them to "mind their own damn business," is really Lisa's style. Women all over the world nurse well into the second year and beyond. What's the big deal? Frankly, I don't know. It's hard enough to get women in the US to… Full Story »
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Baby Brought Back to Life by Mother's Love
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Aug 26, 2010
An Australian mother has told how her touch brought her 'dead' baby back to life. Doctors gave tiny Jamie Ogg no chance of survival when he was born prematurely at 27 weeks weighing just 2lb. His twin sister Emily had survived but after battling for 20 minutes to get him to breathe Jamie was declared dead. He… Full Story »
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The 10 healthiest ethnic cuisines
CNN: Women's Health &bull Aug 25, 2010
Traditional Japanese cuisine is one of the healthiest. The diet is rich in cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables, including bok choy and shitake mushrooms. Maybe you'll grab Indian takeout or whip up a taco salad. But, uh-oh, these days it's easy to find yourself biting into the ethnic version of a triple burger and fries. We've Americanized dishes to the extent that they don't have their original health benefits," says Daphne Miller, M.D., author of "The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets from Around the World -- Why They Work and How to Make Them Work for You." Enjoy global cuisines in… Full Story »
