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When smokers kick the habit the benefits start right away

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By Glenn Ellis Are you wondering why you’re still smoking cigarettes? Unless you enjoy the taste of more than 7,000 harmful chemicals entering your body...

Your body’s talking, make sure you listen

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By Kathryn Sesser-Dorné I’ve known it for a year. At least in my gut. Something was wrong with me, and I just couldn’t put my finger...

Cycling event to help cancer patients kicks off in Birmingham Saturday

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By Beena Thannical UAB News The Deep South Cancer Foundation will kick off the Magic City Cycliad a major cycling event benefiting cancer patients, at Railroad...

UAB receives $16 million grant to reduce cancer disparities

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By Beena Thannickal UAB News The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received a five-year, $16.6 million renewal grant from the National Cancer Institute for the...

Cancer survivor Gary Burley: ‘Early detection is the key’

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By Fred Mitchell For the Birmingham Times Gary Burley made a career of being a premier run-stopper and difference-maker on the football field as a defensive...

Loss of best friend to breast cancer inspires her research for...

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  By Barnett Wright Times staff writer   Joy Agee is determined to help find a cure for breast cancer. Her motivation: her best friend, who lost her...

Screening For The Breast Cancer Gene: Who Is At Risk?

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From wire reports (NAPS) — If you’re like many Americans, you may have heard about the BRCA gene and wondered what it is and whether...

PHEN TO ADDRESS BLACK AMERICA’S PROSTATE CANCER BURDEN AND PUBLISH NATIONAL...

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-- 11th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit takes place September 17-18, 2015, in Washington, DC -- Boston, MA (BlackNews.com) --...

Boy Scouts Biking 3,900 Miles to Battle Cancer

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Update: BikeLoud! Boy Scouts, biking 3,900-miles from Florence, OR to Wrightsville Beach, NC, will enter North Carolina on Saturday, August 15, with overnight stops...

Teens’ Overall Substance Use Declining, but Marijuana Use Rising

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Marijuana use in teenagers is on the rise, while cigarette and alcohol use are stable or declining, according to health...