Legacy of love carries family through loss
Mary Biaggini keeps a picture on her cell phone of a quotation she says embodies the spirit of her husband Mike: "To the world you may be just one person, but to that one person you may have been the world." She's referred to it often since her 55-year-old husband died Feb. 17 after an 81⁄2 year battle with colon cancer. That philosophy helps explain the outpouring of support the family has
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Colon Cancer Alliance Statement Regarding CMS' Decision to Not Cover Virtual Colonoscopies
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - May 13, 2009) - The following is a statement from the Colon Cancer Alliance. "The Colon Cancer Alliance is extremely disappointed that the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) opted to deny coverage for CT Colonography (CTC), commonly known as virtual colonoscopy. CTC has proven to be a very effective method of early detection and prevention of colon cancer. This
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Remembering Cory Aquino
MANILA - THE Philippines on Sunday remembered the late Corazon Aquino, who led the nation in crushing a brutal dictatorship and whose death exactly a year ago propelled her son to the presidency. President Benigno Aquino led family and friends in a special mass that celebrated the heroism of his mother, who in her trademark yellow dress led the 'people power' uprising to end the 20-year regime
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Hormone therapy may lower colon cancer risk
Hormone replacement therapy may raise a woman's risk of breast cancer and heart disease but it lowers her risk of colon cancer, according to two new studies.
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