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Helping cancer patients return to school
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BOSTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Cancer is tough enough, but a child with cancer also has to deal with a lot of questions about cancer from classmates, a U.S. researcher says.
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Cancer survivor turning 100
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MAYWOOD, Ill., July 27 (UPI) -- An Illinois woman who survived one of the most complicated operations in surgery when she was 89 says she will celebrate her 100th birthday Saturday.
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Spiritual care, spirituality same to dying
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CARDIFF, Wales, July 27 (UPI) -- Spiritual care and spirituality came down to the same thing as far as terminally ill patients were concerned, a researcher in Wales says.
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Smog can trigger cell death in the heart
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KINGSVILLE, Texas, July 27 (UPI) -- Exposure to ground level ozone -- a major component of smog -- increases the activity of a substance that triggers heart cell death, U.S. researchers say.
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Fake cancer victim gets fine, prison
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 27 (UPI) -- A Tennessee city worker who faked having cancer and bilked Chattanooga out of $79,000 was sentenced to 42 months in prison, court records showed.
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Vancouver man bitten, denied rabies shots
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KITSILANO, British Columbia, July 27 (UPI) -- A Canadian man was denied rabies shots after a raccoon bite because of low risk and the vaccination's cost to the province, officials said.
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Ill. village may clean up cluttered house
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 27 (UPI) -- An Illinois man faces a court hearing next month to decide whether village workers may enter his home to clean up his cluttered property, officials said.
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Iraqi insurgents stealing blood
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MOSUL, Iraq, July 27 (UPI) -- Health workers in Iraq say insurgents are holding up hospitals and blood banks at gunpoint to steal blood for their wounded comrades.
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Students may use asthma meds at school
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MCLEAN, Va., July 27 (UPI) -- Laws in all 50 states permit students returning to school this fall to carry and use asthma medications at school, a U.S. non-profit group says.
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Requiring masks motivates getting flu shot
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OTTAWA, July 27 (UPI) -- Campaigns can help persuade healthcare workers to get seasonal flu shots but requiring the unvaccinated to wear masks also works, Canadian researchers say.
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Soldiers with brain injury risk epilepsy
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BETHESDA, Md., July 27 (UPI) -- Soldiers have an increased risk of epilepsy decades after receiving a traumatic brain injury, U.S. researchers found.
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Monitoring diabetes in patients and pets
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COLUMBIA, Mo., July 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a diabetes monitoring device reduces the stress of obtaining multiple blood samples from patients -- whether human or animal.
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Surgeon removes rod from toddler's brain
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 26 (UPI) -- Doctors say a North Carolina toddler is a "little miracle" after surviving an unprecedented operation to remove a metal rod accidentally lodged in his brain.
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Cancer clue found in animal diseases
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 26 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say an unexpected connection between an animal disease and human cancers could lead to effective cancer therapies.
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Race affects caregiver caring, grieving
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HONOLULU, July 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says race or ethnicity may affect how best to help Alzheimer's patients' caregivers as they care or grieve for a relative.
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