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1. Grow organic grass for a healthier lawn and environment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Problems with the old way A National Academy of Sciences report estimates that the health of 1 in 7 people is adversely impacted by lawn pesticides. A number of studies link lawn chemicals to cancers ...

2. Witherspoon - Cancer Clusters
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Roger Witherspoon failed to mention that claims of increases in cancers, birth defects, infant mortality, Leukemia, etc. due to nuclear power plants have also been refuted by the American Cancer Society, ...

3. Cost of prescription drugs to rise sharply for N.J. seniors
(Health/Healthquest)

... early cancers — especially for low-income minority and multicultural populations. With proactive and aggressive preparedness planning, we've been able to prevent disease through a statewide H1NI (Swine ...

4. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... study involved a review of more than 900,000 cancer deaths from 1950 — 1984 using mortality records from the counties surrounding nuclear sites. The study looked at just 16 types of cancers, evaluating ...

5. Susquehanna-to-Roseland power line is an upgrade required to meet federal reliability standards
(Opinion/Commentary)

... While we understand that residents may have concerns about safety, writing about the experiences of people along one block in one town and linking various cancers to the transmission line is irresponsible. ...

6. More on why health insurance costs so much in U.S.
(Health/Healthquest)

... stroke, cancers, back problems, kidney disease, knee and hip problems, lung problems, just to name a few. From 1997 to 2005, chronic conditions associated with overweight and obesity has grown by more ...

7. Running on Love: N.J. woman turns marathon running into a cause to help others
(Life/Style)

... to assist The Taylor Buonadonna Fund, and assisting LLS in their mission to find a cure for blood cancers, Sperber says. The marathon experience has been life-affirming for the president of Running on ...

8. Cancer research: What do we know today that we didn't know a decade ago?
(Health/Healthquest)

... are starting to realize it's not only just a population at increased risk [for secondary cancers and other poor health outcomes], but it's a population that can really have a big budget impact because ...

9. Actions by New Jersey DEP and U.S. EPA officials not satisfying Pompton Lakes residents
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... cancers." Some residents were particularly upset that environmental officials and the company realized several years ago that vapors from the cancer-causing chemicals could escape from the underground ...

10. Princeton resident JoAnn Heffernan Heisen donates $1 million to hospital
(Health/Healthquest)

... was nine years old," she said. "Today, due to medical advances, his and other cancers are treatable. The beautifully designed Infusion Suite with its view of the Healing Garden will allow those undergoing ...

11. H1N1 swine flu pandemic expected to last another year
(Health/Healthquest)

... a fragile time in a world where there are many people suffering from chronic diseases like heart disease, lung disease, including asthma, cancers, with many more people suffering from HIV, obesity and ...

12. Some balance, please
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... in light of a a recent National Cancer Institute report that said 29,000 cancers - and 14,500 deaths - related to radiation exposure from CT tests will occur in people who were scanned just in the year ...

13. Princeton scientists make new insights into cancer cells
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... cell that can get mutated and give rise to cancer," Tavazoie said. "Future cancer therapies have to take into account these specific pathways that have been mutated in individual cancers and treat patients ...

14. Screening for breast cancer: Opposing federal task force recommendations
(Health/Healthquest)

... cancer. This strategy, by definition, must result in fewer diagnosed breast cancers of all types, fewer diagnosed early stage and curable cancers, increased morbidity and mortality of breast cancer patients ...

15. Mammogram debate: Politics and breast cancer have a history
(Health/Healthquest)

... cancer, we should talk about it openly, we should become activists, we should fight for our rights, we should fight for funding for better research." All the other cancers sort of lagged behind. And ...

16. Breat cancer vaccine provides hope for a better treatment for patients
(Health/Healthquest)

... that it is, and the subtype of tumor within that type," she said. Cancer cells sneak past the body's defenses Because cancers result when the body's own cells reproduce uncontrollably, the immune system ...

17. A broke California struggles with more in need while safety net gets cut
(U.S./Nation)

... Islas-Hooker says doctors now see kids in their teens with type-two diabetes, an illness normally found in people in their forties and fifties. "We are talking about heart disease, certain types of cancers ...

18. Scientists still not sure if cell phones cause cancer
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... is difficult. One problem is that mobile phones have been in widespread use for a relatively short period of time. Israeli researcher Siegal Sadetzki says cancers triggered by environmental factors, such ...

19. Spray is Worse Than Gypsy Moth
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... be affected, but the affects will be less, come later, not be recognized as from the pesticide application and so the official word will still be: "No reported or confirmed affects." The cancers, tumors, ...

20. New Jersey family turns cancer nightmare into hope
(Health/Healthquest)

... childhood cancers, that is the primary question. "We went from 'on the way home' to this in a flash. It was of course beyond shock." According to the American Cancer Society, neuroblastoma is a form ...