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Tag Archives: cancer

  • Health stress depression

    Stress, depression may affect cancer survival

    Several recent studies underscore how critically important it is for those fighting illness to learn how to combat stress.

  • Health marijuana (MGN)

    Study: Pot use may increase risk for testicular cancer

    Marijuana may double the risk of testicular cancer among young men, particularly tumors that are more severe, according to a new study.

  • Agriculture / Health / News / Weather

    Toxic Mold Threatens Corn Crop

      It’s been a rough year for area farmers, but now many are wondering if their corn crops that have…

  • News

    Horse trots over Mississippi River in coast to coast cancer quest

    A woman and her horse, on a cross-country mission in memory of her mother who died of cancer, made a…

  • Entertainment Kellie Pickler shaveed her head to support a friend with cancer.  (photo captured from video on gma.yahoo.com)

    Singer Kellie Pickler shaves her head

    Everyone has their own ways of showing support for a loved one facing a cancer diagnosis, and for Kellie Pickler, it meant standing in hairstyle solidarity.

  • News

    Woman rides horse coast to coast for cancer

    There are hundreds of walks and runs to raise money to try and find a cure for cancer, but this…

  • News cancer

    Quad Cities boasts one of few cancer treatment machines

    A revolutionary cancer treatment makes its way to the Quad Cities. We’re now the only place between Des Moines and…

  • News

    Holzman In Jail Just 24 Hours Before Being Released

    After being sentenced to three years behind bars Kristin Holzman spent just 24 hours in the Henry County Jail before…

  • Health exhaust

    Diesel exhaust linked to cancer

    Exhaust from diesel engines can cause cancer according to a prominent global cancer group that’s part of the World Health Organization.

  • Entertainment / Health Robin Roberts - ABC

    Robin Roberts reveals MDS disagnosis

    Five years after battling and beating breast cancer, “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts faces another dangerous health foe.

  • Crime

    Woman convicted of theft and faking cancer says she is sorry

    Weeks before she is set to be sentenced, Kristin Holzman admits she pretended to have the disease, but is sorry and wants to pay the money back.

  • News

    Jackson Kane wins SOAR Scholarship

    Jackson Kane is the next  high school senior selected to win this year’s S.O.A.R. Scholarship. Jackson graduated from Monmouth-Roseville High…