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Breast cancer in the United States in 2008
• A woman has a 12 percent risk -- about 1 in 8 -- of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. • The five-year survival rate for breast cancer, if caught before it spreads beyond the breast, is 98 percent, compared with 74 percent in 1982.
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Thursday, 08 January 2009
Concerns raised on fires
With more than 200 fatalities related to an estimated 158 fires across the United States since Thanksgiving, the 2008 holiday season and early 2009 may be remembered as one of the...
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Thursday, 08 January 2009
Crime Up In Galveston After Hurricane Ike
By Elizabeth Scarborough HOUSTON - Crime has gone up in Galveston since Hurricane Ike struck the island city, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday.
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Thursday, 08 January 2009
US salmonella outbreak includes Michigan cases
AP • January 8, 2009 LANSING, Mich. - Twenty people in Michigan are among those reportedly sickened in a nationwide salmonella outbreak.
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Thursday, 08 January 2009
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinsons
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life after six...
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