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NY Lawmakers Petition To Add Cancers To Zadroga 9/11 Health Act
pix11.comNew York lawmakers announced Wednesday plans to file a petition requiring 9/11 Health Program Administrator Dr. John Howard to add cancers to the benefits coverage under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The filing comes less than a...Tags: Charles B. Rangel, Prostate Cancer, Justice System, Laws, John Howard
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Finally, First Responders Get Memorial Of Their Own
Staff reporterMore than 300 people turned out Saturday for the dedication of the 9/11 Responders Remembered Memorial Park in Nesconset, Long Island. The ceremony featured the unveiling of a 60-foot black granite wall . The names of about a thousand first responders...Tags: Battery Park, Long Island, Health, New York City Police Department, Human Interest
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First Responder 9/11 Memorial Park On Long Island
Staff reporterHundreds turned out for a walk-a-thon to remember the first responders who died after September 11th, and to raise money to build a memorial park in their honor. There was a special groundbreaking ceremony for the park which will be built at the corner...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Long Island, Health, New York City Police Department, Nesconset
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American Cancer Society Holds Fundraiser
wpix.comPIX11 teamed up with the American Cancer Society for its "Relay For Life" Fundraiser Saturday at New York University in the village. In attendance were cancer survivors, their caretakers and their loved ones. Peggy Ludwig and her son, Adam Butterfield,...Tags: Cancer, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, New York University
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NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg Diagnosed With Stomach Lymphoma
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, at 86 the nation's second oldest U.S. senator, has curable lymphoma of the stomach, his office said Friday.
Doctors for the Democrat found B-cell lymphoma that will require treatment over the next few months, spokesman Caley Gray...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Frank Lautenberg, Social Issues, U.S. Senate
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Meet Doug O'Neill, the man who could play the part of horse racing's fan-favorite or villain
They wake up, and then they sing. Team O'Neill — as Kentucky Derby winner Doug O'Neill and his group of assistants and grooms are called — rises early, like all horsemen. In Baltimore, where the crew is preparing I'll Have Another to run in...
Tags: The New York Times, Preakness Stakes, Rentals, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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Peter Goodwin dies at 83; doctor helped craft Death With Dignity Act
In 1970 a man with terminal bone cancer came to see Dr. Peter Goodwin, who practiced family medicine in Portland, Ore. The man had intractable pain and saw no point in prolonging his suffering. He pleaded with Goodwin for pills to end his life.
His...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Alzheimer's Disease, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System
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Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse
Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died...Tags: Annapolis, The New York Times, Alzheimer's Disease, Social Issues, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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George Anderson dies at 83; Raiders trainer created a knee brace
George Anderson, the longtime athletic trainer for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders who devised an innovative knee brace that became standard for football players, died Thursday in Santa Fe, N.M., his daughter Kristi Anderson Ornstein said.
He was...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Diabetes, Football, Health, Sports Illustrated
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Health Notes: UVA performs first stem cell transplants in Virginia
UVA recently performed the first two stem cell transplants in Virginia, using non-embryonic stem cells from umbilical cord blood. The Stem Cell Transplant Program offers both bone marrow and stem cell transplants, with a focus on cord blood, to treat...
Tags: Science and Technology, Blood, Health, Agricultural Research and Technology, Human Body
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Little Red Door brings warmth to cancer patient
This holiday season, a Central Indiana cancer patient will have the one thing she needed the most, a heated home.
Rhonda Whittington’s furnace broke just as she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She did not have the money to replace it,...Tags: Immune System, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Health, Health Treatments
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SPECIAL GIFTS: A metro child who was fighting cancer in the hospital last Christmas wants to make sure other sick kids have a happy holiday
ReporterLilly Winterbottom has lots and lots of toys. But they didn't come easy. Many carried get well wishes as she battled cancer. "She was diagnosed the day after her second birthday," says her mother, Natasha Siders. It was a rare form of T-Cell Non-...Tags: Toy Industry, Cancer, Holidays, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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