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Labor activist to speak at International Women’s Day event
Labor activist Luz Rivera Martinez will take part in a panel discussion with other women as part of International Womens’ Day events Thursday, March 8, at the University of Louisville’s Red Barn.
New transplant method may let kidney recipients live life free of anti-rejection medication
New ongoing research published March 7 in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggests organ transplant recipients may not require anti-rejection medication in the future thanks to the power of stem cells, which may prove to be able to be manipulated in mismatched kidney donor and recipient pairs to allow for successful transplantation without immunosuppressive drugs.
To Your Health: Care for your colon
It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month but what exactly is colorectal cancer? Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine, the lower part of your digestive system. Rectal cancer is cancer of the last several inches of the colon. Together, they’re often referred to as colorectal cancer. It is expected to cause about 51,690 deaths during 2012. Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 20 (5.1 percent).