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snopes.com: American Cancer Society Hoax
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Will the American Cancer Society donate three cents to cancer research for every e-mail forwarded?
...--> American Cancer Society Hoax American Cancer Society Hoax Claim: For every forwarded copy of an e-mail received, the American Cancer Society...
...will donate three cents to cancer research. Origins: It sounds too easy to be true: forward an e-mail, rack up some cancer research money. And it is....
...child chain letter" hoax now circulating on the net victimizes the American Cancer Society. In the name of a fictitious little girl, people are exhorted...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:27 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/cancer.asp
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snopes.com: Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Did Johns Hopkins issue a 'cancer update' about the spread and treatment of cancer?
...Cancer Update Claim: Johns Hopkins Hospital issued a "cancer update" detailing how cancer spreads and recommending methods for treating the disease....
...CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, US - PLEASE READ 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the...
...tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:04 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cancerupdate.asp
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snopes.com: Inflammatory Breast Cancer
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E-mail warns about a disease known as Inflammatory Breast Cancer
...--> Inflammatory Breast Cancer Inflammatory Breast Cancer Claim: E-mail warns about a disease known as Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Example:...
...Cancer known but most aren't aware of it including physicians. I've no idea how common or rare it is but something to absolutely be aware of! 3 of 4...
...The silent killer - IBC - Inflammatory Breast Cancer. No lump needed for detection and won't show up on mammograms and suggested an MRI with certain...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/ibc.asp
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snopes.com: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act
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Is the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act currently before Congress?
...Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act Claim: A bill known as the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act seeks to require insurance companies to cover a...
...There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for...
...by clicking on the web site below and help women living with breast cancer get the care they need and deserve!! http://w...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:38 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/mastectomy.asp
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snopes.com: Avon Breast Cancer Crusade
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Will the Avon cosmetics company donate to breast cancer research every time you pull an animated rope?
...--> Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Claim: The Avon cosmetics company will donate 10˘ to breast cancer research every time...
...Avon will give 10 cents toward breast cancer research every time someone "pulls on the rope" please take a minute and do it!!!...
...Breast Cancer http://www.roz.org/flash/bear.swf Every time this is forwarded and opened to a new person Avon donates 10 cents to breast cancer! It is...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/avon.asp
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snopes.com: Breast Cancer Stamp
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Do the proceeds from a certain U.S. postal stamp help fund breast cancer research?
...Stamping Out Breast Cancer Stamping Out Breast Cancer Claim: The proceeds from a special U.S. postal stamp help fund breast cancer research....
...and pass on. It would be wonderful if 1999 were the year a cure for breast cancer was found!!!! This is one note I'll gladly pass on. The notion that...
...October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The U.S. Postal Service recently released its "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/breaststamp.asp
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snopes.com: Pink and White M and Breast Cancer Research
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Does part of the proceeds from bags of pink and white M&Ms go to fund breast cancer research?
...Part of the proceeds from bags of pink and white M goes to fund breast cancer research. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] M & M's...
...Cancer. Let's do all we can to support the fight to end this disease. The makers of M 's candies have teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer...
...The makers of M candies has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to raise funds through the sale of their new "pink & white" M...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/pinkm&ms.asp
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snopes.com: Asparagus Versus Cancer
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Does asparagus have miraculous cancer-fighting properties?
...Claim: Asparagus has miraculous cancer-fighting properties. Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2009] Asparagus/Cancer Several years ago, I had...
...for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, 'Asparagus for cancer' printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979....
...of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project. We have accumulated...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:18 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/asparagus.asp
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snopes.com: Drinking Cold Water Causes Cancer
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Does drinking cold water after meals lead to cancer?
...meals will lead to cancer. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, February 2006] Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer! For those who like...
...Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. [Collected on the Internet,...
...It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. A serious...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:30 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/coldwater.asp
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snopes.com: Anti-perspirants and Breast Cancer
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Have anti-perspirants been identified as a leading cause of breast cancer?
...identified as the leading cause of breast cancer. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 1999] BREAST CANCER PREVENTION Not just for women men don't...
...The leading cause of breast cancer is the use of anti-perspirant. What? Yes ANTI-PERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there are an...
...concentration of toxins and leads to cell mutations: a.k.a. CANCER. Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:17 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/antiperspirant.asp
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snopes.com: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer-Causing Agents
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Does microwaving foods in plastic containers release cancer-causing agents into the foods?
...cancer-causing agents into the foods. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2002] Info for the Health Conscious Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer....
...Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxin in the...
...At Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don't freeze plastic water bottles with water in them as...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:07 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.asp
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snopes.com: Tony Snow - Cancer's Unexpected Blessings
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Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow authored an essay about the 'unexpected blessings' of cancer.
...Secretary Tony Snow authored an essay about the "unexpected blessings" of cancer. Example: [Snow, 2007] Tony Snow, a conservative writer and...
...during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, died July 12 of colon cancer. He was 53. The following was apparently written by Tony a couple of...
...Blessings arrive in unexpected packages in my case, cancer. Those of us with potentially fatal diseases and there are millions in America today find...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:39 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/tonysnow.asp
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snopes.com: Cigna Breast Cancer Awareness
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Does CIGNA's web site donate money for breast cancer research?
...--> Charity --> Breast Cancer Awareness Breast Cancer Awareness Claim: The CIGNA foundation will donate $1 towards breast cancer research for every...
...to fight breast cancer. Only good the month of October - pass it on! http://www.cignafoundation.org/ Origins: October is Breast Cancer Awareness...
...symbol of breast cancer awareness on their web sites and offer to make donations to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research, keying the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:26 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/cigna.asp
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snopes.com: Breast Cancer Site and Free Mammograms
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Does The Breast Cancer Site donate free mammograms when people click on their site?
...At The Breast Cancer Site, you can "donate" clicks towards the provision of mammograms for underprivileged women in the U.S. And it's no scam, even if...
...45,000 clicks, not just one. Averaging 58,000 clicks a day, The Breast Cancer Site provides funding for approximately 1.3 mammograms a day. Visitors are...
...collected to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and keeps the remaining 25% to run the site. (The Breast Cancer Site is not a non-profit entity, so it...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/mammogram.asp
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snopes.com: Fellatio Breast Cancer Reduction
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Does fellatio significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women?
...study, fellatio (oral sex) may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003] (AP) - Women...
...of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a recent study found. Doctors had never suspected a link between the act of fellatio and breast cancer, but new...
...the act regularly, one to two times a week, had a lower occurance of breast cancer than those who had not. There was no increased risk, however, for...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:36 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/fellatio.asp
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snopes.com: Disposable Chopsticks and Cancer
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Are disposable chopsticks loaded with carcinogens?
...times over the standards). And guess what? These chemicals could cause cancer, Carcinogen. Professor Chew didn't use any disposable chopsticks anymore...
...going to use them for rest of your life. Don't come and ask me why you have cancer. Origins: A warning that chemicals or bleaches used in the...
...dioxide's being a cancer-causing agent. It is fair, therefore, to conclude that Professor Chew's "Don't come and ask me why you have cancer" is baseless...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:40:15 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/chopsticks.asp
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snopes.com: Paget's Disease
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Is Paget's disease of the nipple a form of breast cancer?
...a real (but uncommon) form of breast cancer. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 1999] Is a rare form of breast cancer, and is on the outside of the...
...with a crusty outer edge. I would not have ever suspected it to be breast cancer but it was. My nipple never seemed any different to me, but the rash...
...out there who know a lesion or rash on the nipple or areola can be breast cancer. What are the symptoms? Mine started out as a single red pimple on the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:21 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/paget.asp
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snopes.com: CA-125
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Is the CA-125 blood test a good general method of detecting ovarian cancer?
...Claim: The CA-125 blood test is a reliable method of detecting ovarian cancer in its early stages, and women should insist upon having one done with each...
...Cancer. This cancer has only recently been identified as its OWN type of cancer; but it is, essentially, Ovarian Cancer. Both types of cancer are...
...organ cancers. LITTLE DID I KNOW! I don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed!), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:28 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/ca125.asp
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snopes.com: Merck 'Make the Connection' Bracelets
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Is Merck is offering to donate $1 to cancer research for every ordered pair of 'Make the Connection' bracelet kits?
...Claim: Merck is offering to donate $1 to cancer research for every free "Make the Commitment" bracelet kit ordered from them. Example: [Collected via...
...For every one that is ordered Merck Pharmaceuticals donates $1 for cervical cancer research. If you don't have time to order the bracelet please take the...
...Show your support and help make the connection between Cervical Cancer and HPV by ordering a FREE make the connection bracelet kit! With every order of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/merck.asp
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snopes.com: 3M World's Largest Pink Ribbon
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Is 3M constructing the World's Largest Pink Ribbon in Times Square to support breast cancer awareness?
...breast cancer awareness. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] Please see the message below and sign up to support breast cancer research.....
...Breast Cancer Fundraiser - 3M Corporation (they make Post It's) is building the World's Largest Pink Ribbon in Times Square for breast cancer awareness...
...who clicks on this link and signs up, Post-It will donate $1 to breast cancer research and place a Post-It in your name on the billboard. Please sign up...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/3mribbon.asp
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snopes.com: Cold FX Warning
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Cold-fX 'feeds' development of hormonal cancers in women?
...Medical --> Drugs --> Cold FX Cancer Warning Cold FX Cancer Warning Claim: Cold-fX "feeds" development of hormonal cancers in women. Examples:...
...cancer, this is what she was told at the Cross Cancer Clinic: I was taking Cold FX for the sniffles and that is a no, no for women. It feeds hormonal...
...So my mom has a friend that is currently battling cancer. This lady went for her Chemo treatments yesterday and the doctor had asked her if there was...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:10 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/coldfx.asp
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snopes.com: Soy and Thyroid Problems
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Are soy food products linked to thyroid cancer?
...Claim: Soy food products are linked to thyroid cancer. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003] ONE WOMAN'S STORY ON SOYA .. INTERESTING FACTS...
...that Soya protected you against everything from heart disease to breast cancer. It was the magical isoflavones, the estrogen-like hormones, that all...
...with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. After a series of tests he told me it was cancer. My fiancé and I sat stunned. We were not prepared and I was so...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:55 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/soya.asp
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snopes.com: Cleaning for a Reason
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Cleaning for a Reason offers free cleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer?
...a Reason offers free cleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer. Example: [Collected via e-mail, November 2009] If you know any...
...Please pass this information on to bless a woman going through Breast Cancer treatment. This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547...
...of women undergoing treatment for cancer any type of cancer." Since 2007, the Texas-based group has been connecting cancer patients in the United States...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:27 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/cleaning.asp
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snopes.com: Marlboro Man Death
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Did a Marlboro Man die of cancer?
...Man" in print and television cigarette advertisements died of lung cancer. Origins: To the anti-smoking forces in our society, no irony could be more...
...Morris' Marlboro brand as the world's best-selling cigarette, died of lung cancer. Any claims about "the" Marlboro Man are a bit misleading, however,...
...of cancers which began in their lungs: Wayne McLaren, who posed for some promotional photographs on behalf of Marlboro in 1976, succumbed to lung...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:20 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marlboro.asp
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snopes.com: Plastic Bottle Caps for Chemotherapy Treatments
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Collecting plastic bottle caps will provide free chemo treatments to cancer sufferers?
...Collecting plastic bottle caps will provide free chemotherapy treatments to cancer sufferers. Examples: [The Roanoke Times, August 2008] There...
...I have heard about collecting bottle caps for cancer patients. Apparently, for every 1,000 caps collected, a patient can receive a chemotherapy...
...from telling to telling. As to who would be providing those cost-free cancer treatments, that too was up in the air: Over time, various hospitals were...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:27 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/bottlecap.asp
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snopes.com: Cindy Hogman Prayer Request
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Prayers are requested for Cindy Hogman, a wife and mother battling cervical cancer.
...Prayers are requested for Cindy Hogman, a wife and mother battling cervical cancer. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2002] My name is Gary "Nick"...
...32 years old and has just been diagnosed 3 days ago with stage 4 cervical cancer and her chances for survival are very slim. She was pregnant with our...
...and ask everyone you know to pray for the HEALING of Cindy, removal of all cancer in her body so she may enjoy all that life has to offer, and to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:29 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/hogman.asp
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snopes.com: Katie Kirkpatrick
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Photographs show Katie Kirkpatrick, a young cancer victim who passed away five days after her wedding?
...Claim: Photographs show Katie Kirkpatrick, a 21-year-old cancer victim who passed away five days after her wedding. Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
...wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US. Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication. In the picture, Nick is...
...Katie took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong's "Ride for the Roses" cancer fundraiser: Dr. Craig Bowman of the Bible faculty spearheaded a campus...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:34 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/katie.asp
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snopes.com: Pink Glove Dance
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Is Medline donating money to breast cancer-related charities in conjunction with a 'Pink Glove' promotion?
...Claim: Medline is donating money to breast cancer-related charities in conjunction with a "Pink Glove" promotion. TRUE: Medline donates a portion...
...a portion of sales of its Generation Pink gloves to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. FALSE: Medline will be making a large contribution to...
...last week for her Medline glove division as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. This was all her idea to help promote their new pink gloves. I...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/pinkglove.asp
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snopes.com: Bra Color As Facebook Status
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Setting your Facebook status to match your bra color will help boost breast cancer awareness?
...Facebook Breast Cancer Awareness Claim: Setting your Facebook status to match your bra color will help boost breast cancer awareness. Examples:...
...It supposedly has something to do with breast cancer awareness, but does not appear anywhere on the Breast Cancer Society website or Facebook page. Other...
...it and have been reading a lot of stuff about it having to do with breast cancer, but I've also read that it was just a spammer starting something that...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:13 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/bracolor.asp
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snopes.com: Benzene in Automobiles
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Automobile components emit cancer-causing benzene fumes?
...Claim: Automobile components emit cancer-causing benzene fumes. Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2009] Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon...
...emits Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen- take note of the heated plastic Smell in your car). In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your...
...blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage. Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:40 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp
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snopes.com: Craig Shergold
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Cancer sufferer Craig Shergold wants to set a world record for number of business cards received.
...Claim: A child dying of cancer in England needs your business cards to get into the Guinness World Book of Records. Origins: An urban legend rivaled...
...There really is a Craig Shergold, and he did have cancer. In 1989 an appeal was made on behalf of this then 9-year-old English boy afflicted with a...
...McKee"). Though Ryan was a real person who was indeed battling a form of cancer (to which he succumbed in 2004), the request made in his name was not: He...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:40 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/shergold.asp
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snopes.com: Amy Bruce - Slow Dance
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Is a 7-year-old girl named Amy Bruce dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor?
...lung cancer and a brain tumor. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, 1999] Hi, my name is Amy Bruce. I am 7 years old, and I have severe lung cancer...
...old with Cancer (this child is local) Hi, my name is Amy Bruce. I am 7 years old, and I have a large tumour on my brain and severe lung cancer. The...
...Origins: There is no 7-year-old girl named Amy Bruce dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor brought on by "repeated beatings," nor will the Make-A-Wish...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:45:00 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/amybruce.asp
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snopes.com: Christmas Cards for Nathan Elfrink
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Christmas cards are requested for Nathan Elfrink, a 7-year-old boy with terminal cancer?
...cards are requested for Nathan Elfrink, a 7-year-old boy with terminal cancer. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, December 2009] Please Help. Nathan...
...a 7 year old from West Jefferson, Ohio, is losing his battle with brain cancer. This will likely be Nathan's last Christmas and he has one wish to...
...along some sad news. A boy from my hometown is losing his battle with cancer, and is beginning to take a turn for the worse. His name is Nate Elfrink,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:47 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/elfrink.asp
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snopes.com: Hannah Garman
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A four-year-old named Hannah Garman, who is dying from cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
...Claim: A four-year-old girl named Hannah Garman, who is dying from cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards. Example: [Collected via e-mail, December...
...Chris Garman, who lost her battle with breast cancer 2 years ago. When she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she was pregnant with her third child....
...mother, Chris, passed away several years ago from cancer. Please pray for the family as they deal with cancer in the family once again. Sheri Phautz, who...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:07 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/garman.asp
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snopes.com: Christmas Cards for Jacob Hadcock
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Jacob Hadcock, a 4-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
...Hadcock, who lives in Mexico, New York, is a small boy who is dying from cancer and may not make it through the end of this year! Walmart sponsors Polar...
...Jacob is a 5 year old boy terminally ill with cancer. The one thing he wanted was to get LOTS of Christmas cards. Pray for strength and healing. Please...
...Internet-circulated appeal for Christmas cards for a child stricken with cancer began its online life in December 2009. Jacob Hadcock is a real...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:40 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/hadcock.asp
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snopes.com: Titanium Dioxide in Candy Canes
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Do candy canes contain titanium dioxide, a cancer-causing chemical?
...Claim: Candy canes contain titanium dioxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Example: [Collected via e-mail, December 2007] WARNING ABOUT CANDY CANES...
...as posing a cancer risk to consumers through ordinary consumption of food products. In 2006, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)...
...that classification applied only to a finding linking respiratory tract cancer in rats to exposure to high concentrations of ultrafine titanium dioxide...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/candycane.asp
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snopes.com: Christmas Cards for Noah Biorkman
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Noah Biorkman, a 5-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
...Claim: Noah Biorkman, a 5-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards. Example: [Collected via e-mail, October 2009] Diana...
...a 5-yr old son in his last stages of a 2 1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma cancer. They are celebrating Christmas next weekend and Noah loves Christmas...
...arm and right leg," and "after going through six different trials, the cancer continues to spread." As radio station WKSR in Pulaski, Tennessee, notes...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:56 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/biorkman.asp
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snopes.com: Amazing Eagle Story - Freedom & Jeff
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Photographs show Freedom, an injured bald eagle nursed back to health by a cancer survivor.
...Photographs show Freedom, an injured bald eagle nursed back to health by a cancer survivor. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, March 2008] Freedom...
...for walks. Freedom would also come to me in my dreams and help me fight the cancer. This happened time and time again. Fast forward to November 2000,...
...after Thanksgiving, I went in for my last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last option was a stem...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:28 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/freedom.asp
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snopes.com: Brandon Rayner Appeal
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Cancer sufferer Brandon Rayner wants to set a world record for number of business cards received?
...Claim: Cancer sufferer Brandon Rayner wants to set a world record for the number of business cards received. Example: [Collected via e-mail, July...
...of chemotherapy. He is to ill to attend this years NCCF (nevada childhood cancer foundation) camp, so a few people will bring camp to him. We plan on...
...cards, which led to the Craig Shergold fiasco in which a lad who (then) had cancer brought strife upon himself, his family, and even the Children's Wish...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/rayner.asp
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snopes.com: Rebekah Tauber
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Does 15-year-old cancer sufferer Rebekah Tauber request calls to her prayer pager?
...Claim: A 15-year-old cancer sufferer named Rebekah Tauber has requested calls to her prayer pager. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]...
...Rebekah Tauber is a 15 year old from Houston who is presently undergoing cancer treatment. She is a fierce Christian who attends Memorial High School....
...had a rare form of cancer but was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy at the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center. The prayer pager...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/tauber.asp
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snopes.com: Natalie
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Will forwarding an email help Natalie, an infant suffering from brain cancer?
...5˘ per e-mail forward to help Natalie, a baby girl afflicted with brain cancer. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002] Hello, My name is...
...just resently, the doctors have discovered that my little Natalie has Brain Cancer. Unfortunatly my husband and I don't have the money to pay for the...
...behalf of a baby girl named Natalie who is supposedly suffering from brain cancer, purportedly penned by her distraught mother, Krista Marie, began...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:49 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/natalie.asp
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snopes.com: Bryan Warner
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Is 21-year-old Bryan Warner dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor?
...forward towards the care of 21-year-old Bryan Warner, who is dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] Hi, my...
...I am 21 years old, and I have a large tumor on my brain and severe lung cancer. The doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't...
...variants of the same basic hoax, one which falsely claims that the American Cancer Society, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, or some other charitable or...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:39 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/warner.asp
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snopes.com: Amanda Bundy
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Is a little girl named Amanda Bundy dying from a terminal cancer?
...A six-year-old girl named Amanda Bundy is dying from a terminal form of cancer. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1998] Amanda Bundy is a...
...Yes, there really is an Amanda. And she did indeed confront the spectre of cancer. But, please, don't rush this request to everyone you know; the crisis...
...was received the child's biopsy and bone marrow samples showed negative for cancer. The tumor was removed on March 27 and determined benign. Amanda has...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:35 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/bundy.asp
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snopes.com: Shane Bernier Appeal
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Cancer sufferer Shane wants to set a world record for number of birthday cards received?
...Claim: Cancer sufferer Shane wants to set a world record for number of birthday cards received. Example: [Collected via e-mail, February 2007]...
...There is a little boy named Shane Bernier, who has been diagnosed with cancer (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). He was doing alright for a while, but had a...
...who lives in Schuylerville and will be 8 years old on May 30th. He has cancer and is terminally ill. His wish through the Make A Wish Foundation is to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:12 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/bernier.asp
45.
snopes.com: Chad Briody
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Is 7-year-old Chad Briody dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor?
...forward towards the care of 7-year-old Chad Briody, who is dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] Hi, my...
...I am 7 years old, and I have a large tumor on my brain and severe lung cancer. The doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't...
...variants of the same basic hoax, one which falsely claims that the American Cancer Society, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, or some other charitable or...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:37 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/briody.asp
46.
snopes.com: Matt Dawson
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Is 23-year-old Matt Dawson dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor?
...forward towards the care of 23-year-old Matt Dawson, who is dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] HELP...
...I am 23 years old, and I have a large tumor on my brain and severe lung cancer. The doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't...
...variants of the same basic hoax, one which falsely claims that the American Cancer Society, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, or some other charitable or...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:37 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/dawson.asp
47.
snopes.com: Jessica Mydek
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Is a 7-year-old girl named Jessica Mydek dying of cerebral carcinoma?
...girl named Jessica Mydek is dying of cancer, and the American Cancer Society will donate three cents to cancer research every time a message about her is...
...FURTHERMORE, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND SEVERAL CORPORATE SPONSORS HAVE AGREED TO DONATE THREE CENTS TOWARD CONTINUING CANCER RESEARCH FOR EVERY NEW...
...PLEASE GIVE JESSICA AND ALL CANCER VICTIMS A CHANCE. SEND A COPY OF THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND ONE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AT ACS@AOL.COM....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:47 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/mydek.asp
48.
snopes.com: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Shampoo
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Does sodium lauryl sulfate pose a significant cancer risk to shampoo users?
...Claim: The ingredient sodium lauryl sulfate poses a significant cancer risk to shampoo users. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1998] Check...
...garage floors, and it is very strong. It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run. I went home and checked my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon), it...
...told them their product contains a substance that will cause people to have cancer. They said "Yeah, we know about it but there is nothing we can do...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/shampoo.asp
49.
snopes.com: Reuse of Plastic Bottles
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Does reusing or freezing plastic water bottles cause them to break down into dioxins or carcinogenic compounds?
...No water bottles in freezer. A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't...
...My husband has a friend whose mother recently got diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor told her women should not drink bottled water that has been...
...the plastic of the bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful and do not drink that water bottle that has been...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:40:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/plasticbottles.asp
50.
snopes.com: Christopher Bedgood
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A boy named Christopher Bedgood, who is suffering from cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
...Claim: A boy named Christopher Bedgood, who is suffering from cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards. Example: [Collected via e-mail, December...
...special little boy's name is Christopher Bedgood and he has a rare form of Cancer. They have been trying to make some things happen through Make A Wish...
...C/O American Cancer Society 804 Cherry Street Macon, GA 31201 What a great project for school children, Sunday school classes and a great team...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/bedgood.asp
51.
snopes.com: Bruce Delburg Appeal
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Verizon Wireless to donate $1 per 7 forwards of a text message for care of Bruce Delburg?
...donate $1 towards the care of Bruce Delburg, a infant suffering from lung cancer, every time a text message is sent to seven people. Example:...
...Hello, my name is Bruce Delburg. i am 2 months old. i have lung cancer and my family cant afford 2 pay the bills. The good thing is that VZW agreed to...
...of many variants of the same basic hoax that falsely claims the American Cancer Society, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, or some other large entity will...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:21 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/delburg.asp
52.
snopes.com: Rachel Arlington / Bryan Swim / To My Daughter
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Will forwarding an e-mail help Rachel Arlington, a girl suffering from leukemia?
...ZDNet are donating 32˘ to the care of Rachel Arlington, a child with brain cancer in need of an operation her parents can't afford, for every e-mail...
...Rachel, and she is 10 years old. Not long ago did the doctors detect brain cancer in her little body. There is only one way to save her: An operation....
...Please read then Forward" entreaty. (Leukemia is a blood cancer, not a brain cancer, but because it is so strongly associated with children it was a...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:53 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/arlington.asp
53.
snopes.com: Canola Oil and Rape Seed
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Is ordinary use of Canola oil dangerous to consumers?
...used for stir-frying in China found to emit cancer causing chemicals. (Rapeseed oil smoke causes lung cancer) Amal Kumar Maj. The Wall Street JournaL...
...rapeseed oil now appears to be related to an increased risk of lung cancer because at high temperatures cooking oil gives off chemicals capable of...
...(Cancer Association of South Africa) Last updated: 30 December 2005 The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp Urban...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:45:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp
54.
snopes.com: Joe William Sheffield
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Are prayers requested for Joe William Sheffield, a Georgia boy with cancer?
...are requested for Joe William Sheffield, a little boy in Georgia who has cancer. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] The prayer request is...
...They attend First Baptist Church in Tifton. He has been diagnosed with cancer and began his Chemo on Christmas Eve. First Baptist has a program called...
...Origins: This request for prayers on behalf of a cancer-stricken child was on the up-and-up there is such a little boy, and his situation is as...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:22 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/sheffield.asp
55.
snopes.com: Sam Bish Prayer Request
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Prayers requested for Sam Bish, an 8-year-old with stage four osteosarcoma?
...of cancer called Osteosarcoma (stage 4). The cancer is in his right knee and it has also spread to both of his lungs. This is an agressive type of cancer...
...I figured if an animated woman walking around the world for cancer can get passed to millions, then so can this story. PLEASE KEEP THIS GOING TO...
...little sisters. In early August Sam was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy at Nationwide Children's...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:26 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/bish.asp
56.
snopes.com: Erma Bombeck's Regrets
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A dying Erma Bombeck penned a list of misprioritizations she'd come to regret?
...(written after she found out she was dying from cancer). I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a...
...item quoted above (sometimes circulated on the Internet under the title "Cancer") was based on Bombeck's 2 December 1979 column titled "If I Had My Life...
...falsehood to the Internet-circulated version: She didn't write it as cancer was about to sweep her into the afterlife. Erma penned "If I Had My Life to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:00 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/bombeck.asp
57.
snopes.com: Slow Dance
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Did a terminally ill girl write a poem entitled 'Slow Dance'?
...request of a special little girl who will soon leave this world as she has cancer. Please send this to everyone you know or don't know. This little...
...a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan....
...it features wasn't written by a terminally ill young girl, the American Cancer Society won't contribute money for every person the message is sent to,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:46 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/slowdance.asp
58.
snopes.com: Hodgkin's Lymphoma Child
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Does an 11-year-old boy with a tumor in his neck from Hodgkin's lymphoma needs prayers?
...best friend who has cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma). He is 11 years old and is not doing well at all. He was diagnosed with this cancer 2 weeks ago and the...
...The message requests prayers for a boy suffering from a form of lymphatic cancer, but it provides no identifying information about him: Even such basic...
...lymphoma would fare, that would depend in great part on what stage his cancer had reached at the time of treatment. Hodgkin's lymphoma is a malignancy of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:07 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/hodgkins.asp
59.
snopes.com: Granite Countertops and Radon
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Do some granite countertops emit radon?
...reported on elevated levels of radon, a radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer, being emitted by some granite countertops. The Environmental...
...Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer (smoking is the first) and is considered especially dangerous to smokers, whose lungs are already...
...fetuses are vulnerable to radiation, which can cause other forms of cancer. It's not true that all granite countertops emit alarming amounts of radon....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:15 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/granite.asp
60.
snopes.com: Death of John Howard Griffin
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Did the author of 'Black Like Me' die from skin cancer caused by the treatment he underwent to darken his skin?
...Claim: John Howard Griffin, the author of Black Like Me, died from skin cancer caused by the treatment he underwent to darken his skin. Origins: John...
...whispered, had led to his contracting an ultimately fatal case of skin cancer. As the authors of Rumor! noted: Since many people deeply resented...
...Griffin experienced no lasting ill-effects.2 Griffin did not die of skin cancer, nor did he die from any malady related to his Black Like Me experiment....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/griffin.asp
61.
snopes.com: John Wayne Conversion
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Did a letter from a child prompt John Wayne to accept Jesus in the final weeks of his life?
...dinner where the teenager's note would have been passed to him he died of cancer on 11 June 1979, appearing in public for the final time at the 9 April...
...The Duke was found to have stomach cancer during his January 1979 gall bladder operation, so the actor's stomach was removed along with his gall bladder,...
...stride of a giant turned into a sick man's totter. But that is what the cancer took from him gone was the John Wayne who would have been out for a...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/duke.asp
62.
snopes.com: Facts on Honey and Cinnamon
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Article extolls the medical virtues of honey and cinnamon.
...CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients...
...bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:39 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/honey.asp
63.
snopes.com: Frosties Kid Suicide
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Did the child actor in a Frosties commercial commit suicide?
...commercial committed suicide (or was murdered by bullies, or died of cancer). Examples: [Collected via e-mail, July 2006] Is it true that the...
...a secondary form of the legend, a grieving father who had lost his son to cancer succeeded, via the magic of technology, in having his deceased child...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:03 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/frosties.asp
64.
snopes.com: Being Overweight Protects Against Disease
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Study produced by fast food companies proves the more overweight one is, the healthier one is?
...of flab could help fend off breast, kidney, pancreatic, prostate, and colon cancer. And an extra fifty pounds on the scale may improve eyesight, reverse...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/overweight.asp
65.
snopes.com: Asbestos in Crayons
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Have harmful levels of asbestos been found in children's crayons?
...is not a deadly poison, the mere touch of which will prove fatal it's a cancer-causing agent that can prove deadly if it's breathed in. According to the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:45 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/crayons.asp
66.
snopes.com: Corporate Angel Network Origin
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Was the Corporate Angel Network started by Coca-Cola and the Blue Angels?
...Angel Network, an organization that coordinates free air travel for cancer patients, began when Coca-Cola executives arranged for the U.S. Navy's Blue...
...empty seats on regular business flights of corporation-owned airplanes to cancer patients traveling to or from treatment centers (a service provided...
...Jay Weinberg of Armonk, N.Y., both of whom are recovered cancer patients: The idea of matching cancer patients and corporate shuttle flights began with...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:48 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/blueangel.asp
67.
snopes.com: 'Bewitched' Curse
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Did a curse doom the cast of 'Bewitched' to early deaths?
...rate? So many people dying relatively young of dubious causes such as "cancer" and "heart attacks" cannot be mere coincidence. Origins: Whenever two...
...its toll. Sargent (who was 64 when he crossed over) was felled by prostate cancer. Montgomery's death, however, caused those looking for the workings of...
...48, ovarian cancer Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara): May 1968, age 82, heart attack Agnes Moorehead (Endora): April 1974, age 73, uterine cancer Roy...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:25 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/bewitched.asp
68.
snopes.com: Inboxer Rebellion (Charity)
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Charitable appeals that circulate via the Internet.
...Breast Cancer: The CIGNA Foundation is donating money to breast cancer research for every visitor to its site. The proceeds from certain a special USPS...
...USPS postage stamp support breast cancer research. The Avon cosmetics company is donating 10˘ to breast cancer research every time you send an "e-bear"...
...go to fund breast cancer research. The 3M company is constructing the World's Largest Pink Ribbon in Times Square to support breast cancer awareness....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/charity.asp
69.
snopes.com: Rudolph Valentino
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Was Rudolph Valentino poisoned by food prepared in aluminum cookware?
...man, so in the 1920s aluminum was blamed for causing infantile paralysis, cancer, acute indigestion, gastritis, ulcers, and weakened teeth and bones...
...that the putative victims of aluminum poisoning were often doctors and cancer specialists themselves naturally, they were the very same doctors who had...
...A doctor who had contracted "cancer of the face" stopped using aluminum, and within a few months his cancer had miraculously disappeared. When he later...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:45 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/valentino.asp
70.
snopes.com: Passing Fancy
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Article contrasts observances of the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson.
...in Hollywood as an actress. After she was diagnosed with cancer, she became an activist for cancer treatment and devoted her last remaining years...
...Fawcett was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, she became "an outspoken advocate for early detection and treatment of cancer" and "worked tirelessly to...
...Farrah's Story, a documentary that chronicled her grim fight against cancer in order to "make viewers aware of the need for testing and research." It...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:23 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/jackson.asp
71.
snopes.com: Fruit on an Empty Stomach
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Fruit must be eaten on an empty stomach in order for the body to absorb it properly?
...the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke. STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have...
...highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals. ORANGE: Sweetest...
...prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer. WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:22 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/fruit.asp
72.
snopes.com: 'Our Gang' Curse
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Are actors from the 'Our Gang' series the victims of a curse?
...Died of cancer at age 76. John Condon ("Jackie"): Appeared in 28 installments. Successful post-Rascals career as an accountant. Died of cancer at...
...Successful post-Rascals career as a psychological technician. Died of cancer at age 59. Richard Daniels, Jr. ("Mickey"): Appeared in 49...
...41 installments. Successful post-Rascals career in show business. Died of cancer at age 57. Joe Cobb ("Joe"): Appeared in 86 installments....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:37 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/movies/other/ourgang.asp
73.
snopes.com: Urgent Warning About Gardasil
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Has the Gardasil HPV vaccine been connected to thousands of complaints and the deaths of 32 women?
...listed above have all been linked with Gardasil, the so-called "cervical cancer vaccine." And thanks to Pharma giant Merck, desperate parents and naive...
...a virus which is currently linked to an estimated 70% of known cervical cancer cases. Because Gardasil prevents only the onset of HPV infections (rather...
...as possible thereafter) in order to head off the occurrence of cervical cancer later in life. The message quoted above warns that the Centers for...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/gardasil.asp
74.
snopes.com: Lead in Lipstick
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Do several major brands of lipstick contain dangerous levels of lead that can be detected with a gold ring?
...Claim: Several major brands of lipstick contain dangerous levels of cancer-causing lead which can be detected with a gold ring. Example: [Collected...
...This is how to test Lipstick for "Lead", lead is a chemical which causes cancer. Recently a brand called, "Red Earth" decreased their prices from HK$67...
...of lead the higher the content which means a greater chance of causing Cancer. After doing this test, we found Y.S.L. lipstick to contain the most lead....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:10 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/lipstick.asp
75.
snopes.com: Australian Guns Stats
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Do statistics demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government there instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997?
...of deaths attributable to cancer increased by 2% between 1973 and 1983" is probably much more significant if the number of cancer deaths increased by...
...latter case, for example, two people who already had cancer could have moved into an otherwise cancer-free small town, but it's far less likely that...
...immigration would completely account for an increase of twenty thousand cancer cases amidst a city of one million.) Context is especially important,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp
76.
snopes.com: Dr. Dave Janda - The One Word to Describe Obamacare
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Article by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dave Janda criticizes the ObamaCare Plan as 'fascist'?
...diagnosed as having an advanced form of cardiac disease or aggressive cancer.....dream on if you think you will get treated.....pick out your coffin....
...The hardest part of my job is to tell a patient they have cancer .it is much easier to ignore the x-rays and the lab tests and put on a happy face and...
...The response to bad news such as a new cancer diagnosis is multifaceted, but it basically becomes manifested as either anger and hostility or acceptance...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:32 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/janda.asp
77.
snopes.com: Eight Glasses of Water a Day
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Do you need to drink eight glasses of water per day?
...the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you...
...such variables as increased water intake and a decreased risk of colon cancer. But are 75% of Americans really "chronically dehydrated," as claimed in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
78.
snopes.com: Susan G. Komen Foundation Text Message Donations
•••
Will cellular providers donate $1 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation every time a particular text message is sent?
...daughter, sister, niece, aunt, cousin or ur best friend who had breast cancer? How would u feel? Everytime this message is sent ur carrier will donate $1...
...funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world." However, raising funds for breast cancer research through the forwarding of text...
...a new, convenient way for you to help support our mission to end breast cancer forever. With a simple text message, you can make a $5 donation to Susan...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:46 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/komen.asp
79.
snopes.com: Tanning Bed Death
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Bride cooks herself to death with too many tanning salon visits?
...or tanning beds isn't all that sensible a thing to do. Dangers include skin cancer, skin and eye burns, and cataracts. It's a perilous vanity. But its...
...In 2007 the case of an Australian woman's battle against skin cancer brought into question the need for regulation of the use of tanning beds....
...Associate Professor Grant McArthur, from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, says of solariums, "They deliver five times the dose of UV radiation than the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:54 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/vanities/tanningbed.asp
80.
snopes.com: Menthol Rumors
•••
Do menthol cigarettes contain fiberglass?
...the amount of menthol in the formula to accelerate the formation of lung cancer in black smokers or to cause smokers' lungs to bleed. African-American...
...into these products with a view towards either killing off black consumers (cancer, bleeding lungs) or impeding the growth of the black population...
...heinous is added to menthol cigarettes to increase the possibility of lung cancer. A so-far unsuccessful lawsuit brought against the tobacco industry in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:09 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/menthol.asp
81.
snopes.com: Aspartame -- Sweet Poison?
•••
Is aspartame responsible for 'an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and lupus'?
...sweetener aspartame has been proved responsible for an epidemic of cancer, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis. Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
...Analysis of the National Cancer Institute's public data base on cancer incidence in the United States the SEER Program does not support an association...
...by a "Nancy Markle" links aspartame to Alzheimer's, birth defects, brain cancer, diabetes, Gulf War syndrome, lupus, multiple sclerosis and seizures....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:37 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
82.
snopes.com: W. David Hager
•••
Has President Bush appointed an anti-abortion activist to an FDA committee on reproductive drugs?
...conditions disproportionately affecting women, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, uterine fibroid tumors, psychotic depression, bipolar depression...
...as those with certain types of diabetes and those undergoing treatment for cancer, pregnancy can be a life-threatening condition. We are concerned that...
...Subpart H, that has been reserved exclusively for anti-AIDS and anti-cancer drugs and an antihypertensive agent. All medications that are life saving,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:49 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/hager.asp
83.
snopes.com: Prayer Request: Katie Fitch
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Prayers request for Katie Fitch, a three-year-old South Carolina girl with hepatoblastoma.
...been diagnosed with hepatoblastoma. This is an extremely rare form of liver cancer that affects about one in every million children born in the United...
...Katie's battle with cancer began Saturday, June 21, 2008. She told her mommy that she had a 'tummy ache' and she wanted to lay down and take a nap. She...
...them the bad news. He told them that he felt with a 90% surety that it was cancer. He then said a prayer with this family and immediately referred Katie...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/fitch.asp
84.
snopes.com: Asbestos in Tampons
•••
Are tampon manufacturers using asbestos in their products to promote bleeding?
...Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It has been linked to endometriosis as well...
...that exposure to dioxins, even at low levels, can result in a number of non-cancer health effects in humans, including developmental and reproductive...
...This is far below the threshold that EPA believes puts consumers at risk of cancer. (You don't trust the FDA, you say? Do you put more trust in a...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:14 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/tampon.asp
85.
snopes.com: Steve Jobs 2005 Commencement Address
•••
Did Steve Jobs deliver the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford?
...About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what...
...a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three...
...started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now. This...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:40:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/stevejobs.asp
86.
snopes.com: AIDS Mary
•••
Woman with AIDS picks up men and deliberately infects them?
...airline attendant was diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of skin cancer). Until his death in 1984, he continued to engage in episodes of unprotected...
...course I'm going to have sex. Nobody's proven to me that you can spread cancer"), depraved indifference to his partners' wellbeing ("It's their duty to...
...about this disease"), and a desire to take others with him ("I've got gay cancer. I'm going to die and so are you"). Possibly his rationale came down to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/aidsmary.asp
87.
snopes.com: Marvin Smith Obituary
•••
An unusual correction to the obituary of photographer Marvin Smith?
...less claimed credit for a particular photo. After Morgan died of testicular cancer, Marvin had his own testicles removed. A week later, the Times ran a...
...The article said that Morgan Smith died of testicular cancer and that his brother, in response, had his own testicles removed. That account was given to...
...daughter of Morgan Smith, told The Times that her father had had prostate cancer and that her uncle did not have his testicles removed. Last updated: 29...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/mediagoofs/msmith.asp
88.
snopes.com: Red Meat Impacts Feces in Colon
•••
Did John Wayne's autopsy reveal 40 pounds of impacted feces in his colon?
...lie: No autopsy was performed on John Wayne when he succumbed to cancer in 1979. The medical examiner's office had no reason to hold an autopsy since...
...hospital pathologists had little to learn by requesting the autopsy of a cancer patient who had already undergone several major surgeries (and Wayne's...
...a month before his death, but that blockage was caused by the spread of the cancer that was killing him, not by an accumulation of waste products.)...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:06 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fecalcolon.asp
89.
snopes.com: Wal-Mart Milk and rBST
•••
Does milk sold at Wal-Mart contains rBST, a dangerous growth hormone?
...greater use of antibiotics), and some say it may increase cancer risk in milk drinkers. The cancer claims have not been proved. Those who say there is...
...much IGF-1 is linked with increased rates of colon, breast, and prostate cancer. Use of rBST is banned in Canada, but not because of any potential ill...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:28 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/potables/walmart.asp
90.
snopes.com: Hydrogen Peroxide
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Will hydrogen peroxide cure a variety of ailments?
...advocates (who in turn claim such dosings will cure everything from AIDS to cancer), both uses amount to quackery. The proponents of "oxygen therapy"...
...no medical proof to support such use. Moreover, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), both such uses are dangerous. Hydrogen peroxide can be...
...(American Cancer Society) Last updated: 30 April 2006 The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/peroxide.asp Urban Legends...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/peroxide.asp
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snopes.com: The True Story of Two Tenors
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Did José Carreras recover from leukemia with the assistance of a foundation started by Plácido Domingo?
...His fight against cancer was a painful one. He was subjected to numerous treatments, besides having a bone marrow transplant and blood transfusions that...
...Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, named for Seattle native Fred Hutchinson, a major league baseball pitcher and manager who succumbed to cancer in 1964...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:52 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/tenors.asp
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snopes.com: Safety Warnings & Product Recalls
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Information about safety warnings and product recalls
...Cancer-Causing Chemical Lurking in Bath Products Some bath products and shampoos still contain traces of a cancer-causing petrochemical that federal...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:20:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/info/recalls.asp
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snopes.com: Suicide Diary
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Diary entries of a suicidal girl or a hoax?
...wanna die too. while we were at the hospital grandma found out that she had cancer in her stomach. She has to go on chemo-therapy. I cant believe daddy...
...group. In 1998, more teenagers and young adults died from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:20 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/suicide.asp
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snopes.com: Poltergeist Deaths
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Have there been a number of strange deaths connected to the film 'Poltergeist'?
...60-year-old Julian Beck died of stomach cancer on 14 September 1985 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Like O'Rourke, he expired during the period...
...Unlike O'Rourke, his death was not unexpected; he had been battling the cancer for 18 months. 53-year-old Will Sampson died on 3 June 1987 in a Houston...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:58 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/poltergeist.asp
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snopes.com: Marlboro and the KKK
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Is Marlboro owned by the KKK?
...man in the product's advertising did die of lung cancer. Barbara "sailing into the topic of cancer" Mikkelson Additional information: Philip Morris...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:32 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/marlboro.asp
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snopes.com: Dihydrogen Monoxide
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Did a student win a science fair by circulating a report about the dangers of 'dihydrogen monoxide'?
...has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients. Contamination is reaching epidemic proportions! Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have...
...lauryl sulfate (SLS), a common foaming ingredient used in shampoos, causes cancer, with the "proof" being that this caustic chemical is also used to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:40:14 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp
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snopes.com: Alyssa Bruno
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Is 5-year-old Alyssa Bruno battling diffuse pontine glioma?
...to Alyssa helped to brighten her final days, as she finally succumbed to cancer and passed away on 24 August 2006, just three weeks after her sixth...
...Gregory, Marketta. "E-Mail Asks for Support of Young Girl Stricken by Cancer." The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. 23 July 2006. Gregory, Marketta....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/alyssa.asp
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snopes.com: London Subway Bombing Quotes
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E-mail lists reactions reactions to the London subway bombings purportedly collected from Londoners.
...Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the...
...Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:51 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/london.asp
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snopes.com: Letter to Senator Bayh
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Letter to Indiana senator Evan Bayh provides line-item criticism of health care reform legislation.
...Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing! Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:13 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/frazer.asp
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snopes.com: The Dangers of Bread
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What dangers lurk in fresh-baked bread?
...6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis. 7. Bread has...
...pickles to any number of societal ills. It reported that about 99.9% of cancer victims had eaten pickles some time in their lives, as had 100% of all...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/bread.asp
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