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Genetic research IDs 4 types of breast cancer
As October Breast Cancer Awareness Month approaches, a new study has been gaining big attention today. Researchers doing what The New York Times calls the "first comprehensive genetic analysis of breast cancer" have named four genetically distinct types...Tags: Medical Research, The New York Times, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Gene patent case could impact patients, research
Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...
Tags: Justice System, DNA, Diseases and Illnesses, Research, Trials
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Roberta M. "Bobbie" Boykin, lawyer
Roberta M. "Bobbie" Boykin, an attorney and yachtswoman, died Sept. 13 of breast cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
The former Ruxton resident was 49.
The daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Roberta Maccoun...Tags: Anglicanism, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Christianity, University of Maryland, College Park, Companies and Corporations
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Stringing up Bras for a Cause along the road in Fallston
Katie Walls, 23, of Bel Air, always wanted to be an event planner. She remembers growing up with a mom who threw "the best birthday parties," a path she wished to follow. She also lost a grandmother to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002. She remembers the...
Tags: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Healthcare Provider, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hospitals and Clinics
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Plaza Ford gives support to breast cancer awareness
Heads will turn Saturday along Route 1 when Plaza Ford proudly displays more than 1,000 donated bras in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. "People have found it a really interesting way to raise money," Katie Walls, whose family owns Plaza Ford,...
Tags: Halloween, Healthcare Provider, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Texas Roadhouse Incorporated
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'Silent Spring' echo still eloquent
Mitt Romney wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name of freedom and economic opportunity, to roll back a variety of environmental protections. Republicans, including U.S. Sen....Tags: Time (magazine), Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Politics, Chemical Industry, John F. Kennedy
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For ex-Wilde Lake coach Doug DuVall, youth football is 'just great fun'
His team had just been shut out, 27-0, when legendary Howard County football coach Doug DuVall was corralled for a post-game interview as he walked off the field. So, coach, how do you feel after the loss? "It's just great fun, coaching these kids,"...
Tags: Football
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WWE superstar John Cena is thinking pink for Night of Champions
Roughly three times a year, John Cena changes colors. Typically we see his "kit" in a predominant black, green, orange, black again, red, purple, black again, etc. This time, the CeNation will wear a color their leader has never donned before - and it...
Tags: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Brain, Charity, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Cancer
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Stage 4 breast cancer patients seek to manage terminal condition
A stranger approached a cluster of women laughing and chatting at an Annapolis coffee shop and politely inquired what type of group was having so much fun.
"One that you don't want to join," answered 55-year-old Sally Ring, setting off another wave of...Tags: Medical Specialization, Diabetes, Oncology, Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals
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Season gets a kick start at Lutherville-Timonium's Soccer Day
Sunshine and mild temperatures cooperated — for most of the day, at least — as the Lutherville Timonium Recreation Council celebrated its annual LTRC Soccer Day on Sept. 8. The event, held at Ridgely Middle School fields and including...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Skin Cancer
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Lynn R. McKain, McDonogh School communications director
Lynn R. McKain, longtime director of communications at McDonogh School, died Sunday of breast cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. The Sykesville resident was 53.
"Lynn was just a beautiful person, and she was a wonderful colleague," said...Tags: Public Relations, Loyola University Maryland, University of Notre Dame, Swimming, Cancer
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Judy Blume battling breast cancer
Judy Blume, the chronicler of youth angst in such books as "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," is writing now about a much more personal battle against breast cancer. In a blog post titled !@#$% Happens, Blume...
Tags: Movies, Labor Day, Rentals, Mastectomy, Cancer
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