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McClatchy News Service Anna Gorman waits for surgery in 2006 in the pre-op of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Gorman has a genetic mutation, BRCA1, which she inherited from her father, Ira Gorman. BRCA1 dramatically increases the risk of certain types of cancer.
Preventive mastectomy reduces risks
LOS ANGELES — Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn’t want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about...
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Teens flock to Tweets
WASHINGTON — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about onlin...
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Associated Press An iPhone shows Twitter and Facebook apps among others on Tuesday in Washington. A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.
Parents claim weight obsession harms kids
CHICAGO — Like the other fourth-graders at King Lab, Jennifer Dreller’s daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment at the Evanston, Ill., school. But t...
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Poll finds support for medicinal marijuana use
Although the ongoing national debate about marijuana’s legal limbo status persists, new survey data indicates a vast majority of Kentuckians support legalization of the drug solely for medicinal pu...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Lorane Smith of Mayfield talks about her experience falling prey to an ischemic stroke during a luncheon series discussion at Baptist Health Paducah on Tuesday. Smith, an avid marathon runner, was surprised by a stroke that could have developed by a hole in her heart known as a patent foramen ovale.
When time is of the essence
In more ways than one it was a matter of timing that ensured Lorane Smith received the appropriate and immediate care necessary when a stroke changed her life entirely. An avid distance runner a...
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Associated Press Rose Ragona stands in front of the Chicago skyline on May 1. Ragona was diagnosed with breast cancer and recently had a mastectomy where surgeons saved much of her skin and started reconstruction during the same surgery. New approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
Women have more options for surgery
CHICAGO — One of the world’s most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, wheth...
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Associated Press An advisory on a salt shaker's location is seen Tuesday on a table at a Boston Market restaurant in Alexandria, Va.. Boston Market has removed the salt shakers from the tables in their restaurants nationwide. A surprising new report questions how sharply Americans should cut back on salt.
Study questions how US should cut salt
WASHINGTON — A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it’s not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle. Ma...
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Associated Press Prostate cancer patient Dean Smith (left) meets with Dr. Peter Carroll at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco on Thursday. Carroll, chairman of urology at the University of California, San Francisco says a study he led on a new prostate cancer test suggested it could triple the number of men known to be at such low risk for aggressive disease that monitoring is a clearly safe option.
Gene test may help guide treatments
A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. ...
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Christie’s surgery highlights weight-loss options
WASHINGTON — Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people’s waistlines, but their health. Obesity causes or worsens myriad healt...
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McClatchy News Service Dr. Leyda E. Bowens performs a Fraxel Laser treatment for wrinkles and acne scars on Maria Elena Ferrer on the Mercy Hospital campus on April 17 in Miami, Florida.
Forever young: skin essentials that turn back time
MIAMI — In our youth-obsessed society, looking young is more important than ever. But going under the knife is not always desirable. No worries: Dermatologists and plastic surgeons now have a re...
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