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Racial gaps remain in cancer rates
Cancer death rates among African American men declined faster than those of white men in the last decade, even though overall survival rates for black men and women remained the lowest of all racial groups for most types of cancer, according to a recent...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Colon Cancer
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Outdoor smoking bans may be coming to South Florida beaches, parks
If you enjoy the freedom to light up at a park or beach — or if you gag at the stench of the second-hand smoke — change could be coming. With a push from a Palm Beach County high school senior motivated by her grandfather's death from lung...
Tags: Wilton Manors, Lung Cancer, Boca Raton, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
New research finds that women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago compared to those who never smoked. That is partly because they are starting younger and smoking more than women used to. Women...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Medical Research
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Huell Howser died of prostate cancer, death certificate says
L.A. NOWPublic television star Huell Howser died of metastatic prostate cancer, his death certificate filed in Riverside County states.... -
Marine recruit caught running across runway at San Diego airport
L.A. NOWA recruit who may have had second thoughts about joining the Marine Corps was caught Thursday morning running across the runway at San Diego's Lindbergh Field, adjacent to the boot camp. The recruit had arrived Monday and was undergoing initial...... -
'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Phillips dies at 94
L.A. NOWPauline Friedman Phillips, who as Abigail Van Buren -- "Dear Abby" — for more than 40 years dispensed advice to newspaper readers worldwide on everything from snoring spouses to living wills, has died. She was 94.... -
Three killed in Redlands head-on collision
L.A. NOWThree people were killed Thursday in a head-on collision in Redlands, authorities said... -
Cancer death rates fall as HPV-associated cancers rise: U.S. report
This year’s Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, released online Monday, brought Americans good news and bad. Extending a trend since the early 1990s, authors reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that cancer...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses
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Rear-end accident deaths not as common
Question: Do you have any statistics on rear-end accidents (from cars) while stopped at intersections aboard a motorcycle? -- Rick Lenning, Brea Answer: The only information I have about rear-end accidents has to do with fatal motorcycle crashes, and it...Tags: Transportation Accidents, U.S. Department of Transportation, Vehicles, Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents
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Cancer death rates down 20 percent in past two decades
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterSome promising news in the fight against cancer. The death rate from cancer in the United States is down substantially in the past two decades. According to the American Cancer Society, rates rose steadily in the 1900's peaking in 1991. In 2009...Tags: Prostate Cancer, American Cancer Society, Health Organizations
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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more — that is, they are lighting up like men, new...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy, Research, Medical Research, Breast Cancer
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Beware: Alligator safety tips
South Florida Sun-SentinelStay out of the way! Never allow small children or pets near water by themselves. Do not allow pets to swim, exercise or drink from lakes or canals that may contain alligators. Dogs are highly susceptible to attack since they resemble the natural prey...Tags: Pets, Sports
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