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Brain tumor

Joseph Riedel in recovery

Finding humor wasn’t so easy for this screenwriter in recovery

Health

Finding the humor in his situation hasn’t been easy for for a screenwriter recovering from brain surgery, but it did give him ideas to use in a film called, “A Good Sense of Tumor.”

Cell phone use and cancer

Health & Medicine
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Glioma: Senator Kennedy’s Cancer

Health & Medicine
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‘Cyberchondria,’ or when a little medical knowledge is a dangerous thing

Arts, Culture & Media
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An audio history of long-serving senator Ted Kennedy

Global Politics
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Kennedy surgery

Health & Medicine

After “successful” surgery, Senator Kennedy’s prognosis

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Cellular worries

Environment

Cell phones may be hazardous to your health. The science is inconclusive but some states want to require warning labels on cell phones. David Carpenter is director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany.

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