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Email reminders encourage end-of-life talks reuters.com Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:57 PM PST (Reuters) - Email alerts may encourage cancer doctors to talk with terminally ill patients about their end-of-life wishes and to record those preferences in their medical records, according to a U.S. study. Oncologists who were reminded each time one of their patients started a new chemotherapy regimen were more than twice as likely to note patients' wishes before they became very sick, said ... Bama's Jones, Notre Dame's Te'o, two of college football's good guys Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:53 PM PST Purple became the color of joy Thursday as the local and national pancreatic cancer community... - 5:55 pm VP Maduro back in Venezuela, no news on ailing Chavez reuters.com Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:48 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Vice President Nicolas Maduro returned to Venezuela on Thursday after visiting Hugo Chavez in hospital in Cuba, but gave no new details on the cancer-stricken president as rumors grow that he could be close to death. Flanked by senior government figures including Diosdado Cabello, the head of the National Assembly, Maduro toured a coffee production plant in Caracas - the type ... CDC: Women getting unneeded Paps post-hysterectomy Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:40 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" Many women don't need to be screened for cervical cancer after a hysterectomy, but a new study says most get the test anyway. A government survey released Thursday shows about 60 p... UPDATE 1-VP Maduro back in Venezuela, no news on ailing Chavez reuters_news_xe Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:35 PM PST * President suffering complications after cancer surgery * Chavez has not been seen nor heard from in 3 weeks * Rumors swirl about his condition, fuel bond rally CARACAS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Vice President Nicolas Maduroreturned to Venezuela on Thursday after visiting Hugo Chavez inhospital in Cuba, but gave no new details on the cancer-strickenpresident as rumors grow that he could be close to ... For teen, playing volleyball in college has been a winding journey Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:30 PM PST By Paulette Lash Ritchie, Times Correspondent Thursday, January 3, 2013 Brielle Knight, wearing number 11, goes for the ball in a game for Trinity College of Florida. She originally planned to go to the University of South Florida, but that had to be put off when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Brielle, who graduated from high school early, played for Trinity at age 17 and will be ... Friday, 4th January 2013 Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:23 PM PST BARCELONA expect to have coach Tito Vilanova back at the helm following cancer surgery as they return to league action after the winter break with a local derby against Espanyol. Trial to Begin Over Pregnancy Drug Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:22 PM PST Trial to begin in Boston over pregnancy drug that four sisters blame for their breast cancer Immune System 'Booster' May Hit Cancer Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:16 PM PST Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease. The cells naturally occur in small numbers, but it is hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system. Cancer survivors talk of support FMC resource center will give them Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 05:14 PM PST Shelby Hannah said getting diagnosed with breast cancer about a year ago was like being punched in the stomach. 'Oh my God,' she said of her thoughts when she got the news.

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