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One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented just…
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Item by Jim Bishop Breast cancer will afflict one of every eight American women in her lifetime. A pharmacologist who is doing cutting-edge research on separating normal and cancer cells will discuss her work in this area at the second Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University. Jeannine Strobl, professor and pharmacology…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] They are the ones who are the most affected by cancer and what it can do. They know how important it is to try to get ahead of cancer to beat it before it can do its damage. And they are starting to see the proverbial light at the end…
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Story by Chris Graham Breast cancer will always be a part of Rita Handley’s life. She acknowledges that readily. “But it’s not my life,” said Handley, a Stuarts Draft woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago and is still dealing with its aftereffects.
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The tough part about being a two-person, husband-and-wife news team when there’s breaking news: when one of you is scheduled for cancer surgery.
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We still haven’t been able to generate anybody interested in helping Waynesboro fight back against the request for a state permit that would allow Northrop Grumman to release tons of hazardous air pollutants into our local environment.
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Our crowdsourced effort to make sure the Virginia DEQ doesn’t screw us over with its handling of a request for permit that would allow Northrop Grumman to release tons of hazardous air pollutants into our local environment is gaining traction.
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A clear look at 10 health conditions Canadians manage with medical cannabis, the real evidence behind each one, and how eligibility actually works in Canada.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who can come across as a Vichy Democrat, has been on a roll of giving hell to Trump nominees of late.
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My mother, rest her soul, inserted a mental image of mountain mommas in West Virginia putting Mountain Dew in their babies’ bottles years ago.
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