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Less stress may help cancer patients live longer, study finds

Nov. 18, 2008
Researchers say psychological counseling focused on stress reduction may prolong patients' lives. But experts say the results are not conclusive. Psychological counseling, muscle relaxation and other strategies for reducing stress in breast cancer patients can cut their risk of death from the...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch