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A CITY cancer sufferer is one step closer to fulfilling her dream of swimming with dolphins - thanks to a £10,000 cash boost. Five-year-old Emily Jones suffers from stage three Wilms cancer, a form of kidney cancer, which has spread to her lymph nodes.
You've probably never heard of Lemierre's syndrome. Many doctors haven't heard of it either, and that can be a problem. A century ago, Lemierre's syndrome all too frequently led to small unmarked stones in graveyards. And then, thanks to antibiotics, it practically disappeared. But Lemierre's may be making a comeback, a possible unintentional result of the push to reduce antibiotic ...
A year ago, there were bigger things on Anthony Calvillo's mind than playing football.
WHEN 31-year-old local man Troy Jacobs started experiencing abdominal and pelvic pain in May last year cancer was the last thing on his mind.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States among men and women. The disease claims more lives each year than colon, prostate, lymph and breast cancers combined. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 161,840 men and women will die of lung cancer in 2008.
The Daily News wanted to hear from people dealing with cancer, in their own words. The following are the top winners in our contest, “For the Life of Me.” They represent just a fraction of the thousands of our neighbors, relatives and friends who battle this disease.
The Daily News wanted to hear from people dealing with cancer, in their own words. Thirty-seven people responded to our contest, “For the Life of Me,” with essays describing what it is like to live with cancer. They represent just a fraction of the thousands of our neighbors, relatives and friends who battle this disease.
Dancing isn't always something done on a stage, in a bar or at a ballet. For Jennifer Monson, a dance professor at the University, dance and human movement are an embodiment of the unknowable parts of natural phenomena, and her projects represent our connection to the natural world that surrounds us.
ELLWOOD CITY - "The Courage to Be Imperfect" is the name of Connie Sabo's book, and she chose it because it fits her perfectly. "I am anything but perfect, but I didn't let that stop me," Sabo said.
SANFORD — “Army Wives Gives Back” has been very generous to breast cancer survivor Chelsea Shand. Shand, a 34-year-old Fort Bragg Army wife and mother, received enough free bling from the Lifetime TV series to fill a foxhole.
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