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A special bike belonging to a 15-year-old cancer survivor stolen last week was recovered Thursday evening, just hours after police asked for help in locating it.
Juli Johnson, the mother of Nick Johnson, said a neighbor two blocks away saw news reports and returned the bike. The neighbor had...
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Nick Johnson, 15, enjoyed riding his special bike around the neighborhood – Dewar’s or McDonald's for example. It was an easiest way to get around as walking took four times the effort, his mother Juli Johnson.
Nick, a bone cancer survivor who had his leg amputated, had his bike...
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The Bakersfield bondsman accused of tricking and coercing clients into giving up property that had been put up for bail has about four to six month to live, his doctor confirmed Thursday.
Joaquin Gracilazo Cruz, 65, has pancreatic cancer that in recent weeks has started growing rapidly, Dr....
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By LYNNLEY BROWNING
Published: September 22, 2008
New ammunition has been added to the battle that is pitting a leading artificial sweetener against sugar, leading the two sides to claim fresh grievances.
The latest salvo comes from Duke University researchers, who...
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To curb heavy drinking, the Department of Health in England has identified nine types of heavy drinkers.
The hope is that by helping people understand their urges, they can learn to control them, according to the BBC.
"Heavy drinking" is defined as consuming 35 units a week for women,...
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Bakersfield Wells Contaminated With Cancer Causing Chemical
At least 25 wells serving the City of Bakersfield are contaminated with 1,2,3-TCP. The different levels of TCP in each city well from 2002 to 2006 can be found at this California Department of Public Health web page.
The...
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At our next home bout, on Sept 20, a couple of the Bakersfield Rollergirls will be shaving their heads to help raise money to fight childrens cancer! And we need YOUR help to reach our goal...
Most of us have children, and we all know someone who does... just...
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It's bad enough we're not allowed to talk while driving, now cell phones might be giving us cancer.
(read story here)
The good news: Texting is advised (to keep the phone away from your ear), so we can merrily text with the phone by our knees while bombing along at 80 mph.
The bad news: Anyone...
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Have you heard about this one? Now flip flops can cause cancer. This from, this is London.
Quoting the article: Doctors issued a warning today about the risks of "flip-flop cancer".
They fear the rising popularity of open-toed sandals and designer flip-flops is...
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Here's some news from reporter Courtenay Edelhart:
Ever wanted to drive a Beamer? For free?
OK, OK, so you won’t be able to take it home, but as part of the BMW Ultimate Drive, you can take a short joy ride in a BMW and help pay for breast cancer research, all without spending a dime.
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You can from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 3 at the BMW of Bakersfield, 5400 Gasoline Alley Drive, during an event called the "12th Annual BMW Ultimate Drive Supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure."
There will be 25 BMWs available for test drives, according to a press release from the...
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My situation is fairly unique but I am sure some people have gone through similar problems with their dogs but probably not two of them at once. I have three dogs, all who are my babies, two of them, Lulu and Quaid, were adopted and one, Peanut, was given to me. When I...
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I was intrigued and moved by this one child's ability to take a sour, sour lemon, and make lemonade out of it, in the true Steve Swenson tradition. It makes me wonder how I can possibly drum up so much self-pity in the midst of showers of blessings that God has bestowed upon me. ...
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Call me cynical, but the amount of products boasting "Buy me! I support (insert breast cancer organization here)" is getting a little out of hand.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for raising money to research breast cancer. My grandmother was just diagnosed with it a couple weeks ago, so...
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If you get the chance, please read the Woman to Woman columns on page B7 of today's Californian. Very powerful stuff.
Diane Glass, the left-leaning columnist, lost her battle with bile duct cancer on July 30. This is her last, farewell column. She had everything going for her: a relationship,...
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Just say know!
It’s very easy to find the truth about marijuana. Just go to amazon.com and type in "marijuana", and you'll see a long list of books. Pick one and read it! Before we condemn anyone to an unspeakable and hideous prison experience,...
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Vicki Moore awoke on her birthday, May 3, to find banners up, loved ones singing "Happy Birthday" and a Krispy Kreme doughnut brought in from Fresno especially for her.
She enjoyed two strawberry-filled cakes with butter cream icing — her favorite cake — and a private...
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"These days when somebody smokes in the movies, they're either a psychopath or European."
— Thank You For Smoking
Unless a movie shows the side effects of smoking (i.e. Robert Downey Jr.'s character in "Zodiac") or places it within a...
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The family of Vicki Moore, a Bakersfield mother of two who is battling cancer, is asking local residents to help them celebrate Moore’s birthday.
They want to shower Moore in funny cards for her 37th birthday, which is Thursday, said Beth Cheatwood, Moore’s mother. The cards will...
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This project will stick in your mind long after you finish reading it and make you truly appreciate family and life.
Sacramento Bee photographer Renée C. Byers and writer Cynthia Hubert followed mother Cyndie French for a year as her son Derek Madsen battled neuroblastoma, a rare...
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Earlier this year, I wrote on this blog about a family who started a Web site to keep loved ones informed about a Bakersfield woman's battle with cancer.
What do you think about this method of keeping everyone in the loop? (Read "Web site spreads news of woman's condition" in...
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I had heard about City of Hope from some of the cancer patients I've talked to. The revolutionary research and treatment center had always sounded like a refuge, a place some patients are thankful they've gone to or hopeful that they'll one day get the chance.
Now I had an opportunity to see...
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A local woman's family has set up a Web site to keep all her loved ones in the loop on her cancer treatment.
I just came across www.updateonvicki.com. Vicki Moore — a courageous, 30-something mother and Bakersfield resident — was diagnosed with cancer in November. Since then she's...
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Skyrocketing costs for cancer drugs are just one example of an already out-of-control health care system.
Did you see the New York Times story about cancer drugs? If not, you should read it.
The story talks mainly about Abraxane, a cancer drug that's now going for about $4,200 a pop. It's...
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