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Doctor Forgives $650,000 Debt for Cancer Patients in Arkansas Treatment Center

January 9, 2021
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An Arkansas cancer treatment center has decided to wipe the slate clean for 200 patients by forgiving $650,000 in outstanding debt. Oncologist Dr. Omar Atiq, founder of the Arkansas Cancer Clinic in Pine Bluff, sent a special note inside a Christmas card to all patients ahead of the Holidays. “The Arkansas Cancer Clinic was proud to serve…

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Woman Thought Sore on Her Tongue Was a Bite Mark, Until Doctor Told Her the Bad News

January 7, 2021
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When one California mom woke up with a sore on her tongue, she thought she had bitten it in her sleep. But after it didn’t heal, she learned it was much worse than she first thought. Jamie Powell, 37, found a bump on her tongue in December 2019, she told LAD Bible. Little did she know…

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Former Orange County Sheriff Dies

January 4, 2021
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Former Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens died Jan. 4 following an eight-year battle with cancer. Hutchens, Orange County’s 12th sheriff, held office from 2008 to 2019, and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. She was succeeded by Sheriff Don Barnes. “She courageously fought this disease while still leading this department,” Barnes said in a…

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Cancer Patients Need COVID-19 Vaccines

December 30, 2020
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Commentary As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out, an extremely vulnerable group is being overlooked: millions of cancer patients. Doctors nationwide are sounding the alarm that many state governments and the federal advisory committee charged with prioritizing who gets vaccinated should move cancer patients up to the front of the line, right after nursing home…

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Mom Struggles to Get Son’s Cancer Treated Amid Pandemic, Insurance Problems

December 30, 2020
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After living week-to-week in the cheapest hotel she could find, Wendy Onofre, 27, was relieved to find a two-bedroom apartment in Anaheim, California, where she now resides with her fiancé, Davi Johnson, 26, their newborn son, and her five other children. The family hit a rough patch, having lost their jobs amid the pandemic cutbacks…

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Vietnamese Bride Shaves Her Head to Show Solidarity to American Fiancé Battling Cancer

December 26, 2020
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Le Mai Da Thao, 35, met her now-husband, Robert Davis, 72, in 2016. Posing for their wedding photos four years later, the couple cut a striking image in a tailored suit and a beautiful white gown, along with matching bald heads. Thao decided to shave off her long hair just days before the ceremony in…

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