Tag Cancer
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‘Cancer dogs’ research launched in Milton Keynes
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The world's first scientific study to train a group of dogs to detect prostate cancer has been launched in Milton Keynes. The charity Medical Detection Dogs needs men from the east of England to donate samples ...
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Bald Barbie in the works for kids with cancer
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Mattel announced plans to create a bald doll for children suffering from hair loss in response to an ongoing campaign on Facebook. Southern California resident Rebecca Sypin was one of the peopl...
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Can we eat to starve cancer?
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From the fantastic series of talks on www.ted.com we present:- William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed ...
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Common Pond Algae Can Sequester High-Level Radioactive Waste (Strontium-90)
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Closterium Moniliferum VS. Radioactive Strontium-90 One of the problems of dealing with nuclear waste is that the more dangerous byproducts are often mixed in with low-level waste, and it can be very complex to s...
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Elderly volunteer to clean up Fukushima
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Led by the 72-year-old Yasuteru Yamada, the Skilled Veterans Corps, a group of some 250 able-bodied seniors, are offering to go in and clean up the radiation-contaminated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. A...
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Homeless Man Max Melitzer Learns He’s Rich
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A private investigator says he has tracked down a homeless Utah man and delivered some good news: He's inherited a lot of money. David Lundberg said he found Max Melitzer pushing a shopping cart f...
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How Facebook Helped a Daughter Find Her Homeless Father
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If you never had a relationship with your father but knew he was homeless, would you bother to look for him? That's what Michelle Hallagin did. She didn't know who I was when I sent her a letter via Facebook asking...
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Lottery winners give away £7million fortune in three months!
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A couple who won nearly £7million on the lottery have given away every penny in just three months. Allen and Violet Large drew up a list of good causes - then handed a cheque to each one. Violet, 78, said:...
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You’re Hired! Charity benefits as students show business flair for ten pounds challenge
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Students who were challenged to use creativity and business sense to raise as much money as possible from a £10 sum, have raised hundreds more and donated much of it to charity. The students at the University of ...