Yvonne Howerton Yvonne Howerton has plans. The 48-year-old Citrus Heights native vows to live well into her 70s or more, with good spirit and with much to do and say. Howerton already has a full plate. She is a wife to Rich, a mother of two adult children, and is […]
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AI technique that predicts cell growth could someday diagnose cancer or develop new drugs
Machine learning technologies are everywhere. They’re used by search engines, social media, and even in online banking. But one area that this technology is still emerging is medicine. Machine learning technologies could be very promising in medicine, and could be used for many applications, such as detecting signs of disease […]
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Study examines health literacy and shared decision-making in prostate cancer screening
New research examines the dynamics between men’s health literacy, their discussions with their doctors, and their decisions on whether to get tested for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a potential marker of prostate cancer. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society (ACS). Controversy […]
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what it’s been like to live with cancer during the pandemic
Just before Christmas I was in the shower, and I felt a lump. The doctor thought it was a cyst, but referred me for a mammogram. I thought, “It’s not worth worrying now.” I got the news it was breast cancer on New Year’s Eve. My sister, my partner’s sister, […]
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Georgia EPD doubted ethylene oxide cancer risks. Other states acted.
By the time Colorado had convinced its medical sterilization plant to enact pollution controls, records show, Georgia was still three months away from even meeting with the operators of two metro Atlanta sterilizers that were also emitting potentially dangerous levels of the cancer-causing gas according to the EPA’s 2018 assessment. […]
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This Worcester beauty studio is on a mission to help breast cancer survivors move forward in recovery with a 3D areola tattoo
At Worcester’s Beauty Avenue Aesthetics, owner Ale Przemielewski and artist Liz Grace have a passion project amplified by the fact that October is breast cancer awareness month. Przemielewski and Grace want to help breast cancer survivors in their recovery. The beauty artists are trained to offer 3D areola tattoos, a […]
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The pandemic, a deadly cancer and my 14-year-old daughter
By Darrin Zammit Lupi VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) – Strangely, I can’t clearly picture the face of the surgeon who changed my family’s life. I’m not sure I’d recognize him if I bumped into him in the street. And yet I can vividly recall his face turning pale the instant he looked at […]