Stand up to Cancer: Treatment Options

Updated: Thu 4:06 PM, Oct 29, 2009

After someone is diagnosed with Breast Cancer they must make a critical decision about how the cancer can and will be treated. Dr. Mary Hebert is here to talk about what options you have and the best way to make for a safe and successful recovery.

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Oil-Swishing Craze: Snake Oil or All-Purpose Remedy?

Some people swear by the practice, but little research exists to back up health claims
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WASHINGTON (AP) — People who have accounts on the enrollment website for President Barack Obama's signature health care law are being told to change their passwords following an administration-wide review of the government's vulnerability to the confounding Heartbleed Internet security flaw.
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NEW YORK (AP) — About half of all 16- to 18-year-olds coming into New York City's jails say they had a traumatic brain injury before being incarcerated, most caused by assaults, according to a new study that's the latest in a growing body of research documenting head trauma among young offenders.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A second, milder wave of flu is hitting the Northeast.
Gunmen kidnap two Pakistani U.N. staff members from Karachi
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped two men working for the U.N. Children's Fund from Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, police said Saturday. A spokeswoman for the U.N. Children's Fund, also known as UNICEF, was not available to comment. The port city of Karachi is Pakistan's financial heart and home to 18 million people. Many neighborhoods are considered Taliban strongholds, including the area of Shorab Goth, which is near where the men were taken.
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