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Back in the 70’s when my son was 2 years old I went to doctor because I was showing symptoms of pregnancy. I could never count on missed periods because I was never normal in that dept. I would skip months and then flood. I had hyperthyroidism and sure...
by Vetwife
on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 05:01 PM PDT
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I have a couple of articles ready for DK, which I am probably publishing in the wrong order. Oh well, cancer has been in the news recently, so I guess I'll start there. Diarist Witgren has recently posted his own report, which I highly recommend you...
by Eddie Baby
on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 06:01 AM PDT
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I still remember the sigh of relief after Biden was elected in November 2020, and the other sigh of relief in the middle of the night on January 7, 2021. It is finally over. Not even close. We missed the metastatic tumor that grew back with a...
by liberalismiscommonsense
on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Many of you know by now of my struggle against Stage IV colon cancer. After 3 years of holding it at bay, it has finally gotten the upper hand. We are out of chemo options to try at this point, and even if we had one, it would be dicey to use it...
by Witgren
on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 07:58 PM PDT
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There is SO much going on in the world. SO. MUCH. I don’t need to list to you, dear reader, because you’ve been following all of it. I spent time today texting with a friend who said “I need ...
by brillig
on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Hello all! A while back I posted a diary explaining my latest cancer situation. They way things stand now, IV chemotherapy treatments are no longer working and we are trying an oral drug that will hopefully stabilize my cancer for a time at least,...
by Witgren
on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 04:20 PM PST
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Mesothelioma is an especially deadly kind of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of only 12% (American Cancer Society figures). The major risk factor for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. Exposure could be from work, or household (asbestos...
by Laurel in CA
on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 10:07 AM PST
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This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back our state from some of the most extreme Republicans in the...
by randallt
on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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I wrote about dumpster diving and buying pallets of returns from stores last week. This week I spent more time watching videos of those same 2 things. I’ve gone from being really pissed off to being horrified. Could it possibly be true that Amazon...
by ZenTrainer
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 05:30 PM PST
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The estimated total plastic-attributable disease burden in the United States in 2018 [alone] cost the nation $249 billion, or 1.22% of the gross domestic product. according to the conclusion of a research write-up at Medscape [no paywall, but free...
by mettle fatigue
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM PST
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UPDATE — THANK YOU for getting this on the REC list yesterday! Regardless of topic, you never quite know what will catch people’s attention. And thank you for all the well wishes and positive vibes! The plan currently is for me to continue to travel up...
by Witgren
on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM PST
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Top Cancer Center Seeks to Retract or Correct Dozens of Studies That’s the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. A prominent cancer center affiliated with Harvard said it will ask medical journals to retract six research papers and correct dozens of others...
by randym77
on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 12:03 PM PST
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� �In� most of the 19th century, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity were rare and obscure and not common at all. You were about as likely to get the above conditions as you were to be ...
by PlinytheWelder
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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My father died young because the asbestos industry chose to lie to the public about the dangers of their product for decades. When I was born, Dad dropped out of college and went to work in a steel mill in Grand Rapids; as the hot steel came out of the...
by thomhartmann
on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 08:19 AM PST
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The majority (60%)of cancer patients are diagnosed when they are 65 or older. We have seen an increase in cancer rates for people under 60. This cancer rate increase is worldwide and while seeing a ...
by nailkeg
on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main...
by Associated Press
on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 03:01 PM PST
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We expect cadmium in our car batteries, even our phone batteries, but our food. How does it get there. Worker exposure in industrial manufacturing is known to affect their health. According to OSHA ,
by nailkeg
on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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A New York City woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help.
Casey McIntyre told followers in a � social ...
by Associated Press
on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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UPDATE: Thursday, Oct 26, 2023 · 3:12:02 AM +00:00 · jtg I’m overwhelmed by the flood of love and stories about departed pets, on top of being in a constant state of high anxiety over Anubis. I will try to get to everyone. I am reading all the...
by jtg
on Wed Oct 25, 2023 at 12:28 PM PDT
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Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez They get death threats. They get disrespected daily by MAGA Trumpsters and RepubliKlan elected officials. Pundits (who I think of as pun-idjits) question their competency daily on a loop on cable news...
by Black Kos
on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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