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 Volume 7, Issue 6 - June 30, 2008
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A whole greater than the sum of its parts |
| What if you took two high-tech tools for treating diabetes and combined them in one package? You’d provide a long overdue solution for eager patients. By joining an insulin pump and a glucose monitor, researchers hope to make an artificial pancreas. |
| He targets tumors through a keyhole |
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| Minimally invasive surgery for liver tumors significantly reduces pain, blood loss and recovery time. City of Hope surgeons are experts at the technique. |
| Breast cancer tends to grow faster in younger women. According to Norwegian researchers, breast tumors in women age 50 to 59 years took an average of 1.4 years to double in size, compared to an average of 2.1 years among those aged 60 to 69 years old. The American Cancer Society sites the research as further evidence that women should begin yearly mammograms at age 40. |
| City of Hope's Underwear Affair presented by Jockey |
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Wear your undergarments as outerwear and join us on Aug. 2 for City of Hope’s Underwear Affair presented by Jockey, a hip and fun 10k run/5k walk raising money and awareness to support research and treatment for cancers that occur below the waist. Suit up in your favorite pair of pajamas, boxers or other underwear and raise money for a great cause. Festivities begin at 3 p.m. The run/walk starts at 6 p.m. and is followed by an after-party that lasts until 10 p.m., featuring music, entertainment, sponsored booths, food and drinks.
Presenting Sponsor: Jockey
Location: Check-in at La Brea Tar Pits Great Lawn; walk/run through Los Angeles' Miracle Mile District
Date and time: Saturday, Aug. 2; 3 p.m. check-in and expo, 6 p.m. walk and run |
| Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer |
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Keep on Walkin’. Registration has opened for all 2008 Walk for Hope event sites, including the Philadelphia metro area on Sept. 28, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago and Washington, D.C. in October, and Los Angeles on Nov. 9. Can’t make it to an event? Try one of these other ways to help.
Locations: Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, Warren G. Magnuson Park in Seattle, Salt River Project in Tempe, Ariz., Gallery Park at the Glen in Glenview, Ill., Cabin John Regional Park in Potomac, Md., and the City of Hope campus in Duarte, Calif.
Date and times: Times vary by site |
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In your opinion, which of the following is the most important characteristic in a health care professional?
- Compassion
- Attentiveness
- Charisma
- Sense of humor
- All of the above are equal
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City of Hope is a new model of cancer center where medical research and clinical care come together and where scientific discoveries turn into newer, more effective patient treatments. Our research innovations become advances in compassionate care as quickly as possible, because people battling cancer and other serious diseases need better options — now. Join us |
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