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WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
2y ago
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – WCCO’s male meteorologists don’t look so fresh-faced this month, but that’s only because they’re participating in Movember.
They’re growing mustaches to raise awareness for men’s health and wellness.
In addition to growing “mos,” WCCO’s mustachioed men will bring readers and viewers the stories behind the ‘staches.
Nate Haugen is participating in his first Movember, and he’s doing so in honor of his mother, who lost her two-year battle with ovarian cancer in 2011.
“With ovarian cancer, they call it…the ‘silent killer’ because you, typically, you don’t find it til it’s in ..read more
WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
2y ago
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Aimee Jo Ashford was diagnosed with ovarian cancer earlier this year, and credits her friends in the show choir for getting her through her battle.
So when a wish-granting charity asked the 17-year-old Totino Grace student for her request, her immediate instinct was to give back.
“They said it was a mass on my ovary,” Ashford said. “It was about the size of a small Nerf ball.”
Doctors booked her for surgery one week after finding it.
“By the time they had taken the mass out, it had got to be like five inches big,” she said.
That’s when doctors told her she had cancer.
In o ..read more
WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
2y ago
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have developed a vaccine designed to prevent the recurrence of ovarian and breast cancer — and the FDA has given its approval.
Cancer is a frightening experience for anyone, but for women who have had breast or ovarian cancer, the fear that it will come back is great.
“When the does return, it typically is a much more difficult disease to treat,” said Mayo Clinic Immunologist Keith
Knutson, who helped develop the vaccines.
NewsRadio 830 WCCO’s Susie Jones Reports
While most cancer vaccines to date have been developed to fight patients’ tumors ..read more
WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
2y ago
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed Tuesday “Linda Scheid Day” in Minnesota and ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the longtime Democratic state lawmaker who died earlier this month.
Scheid died June 15 at her home in Brooklyn Park after a bout with ovarian cancer. She was 68.
A public memorial service celebrating Scheid’s life will be held Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. at the Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center. Dayton plans to attend the service.
Scheid taught overseas before embarking on a three-decade career in the Minnesota Legislature. She first served in ..read more
WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
2y ago
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — State Sen. Linda Scheid, who taught overseas before embarking on a three decade career in the Minnesota Legislature, died Wednesday. She was 68.
Scheid, who had been in home hospice care after a bout with ovarian cancer, died at her home in Brooklyn Park, Scheid’s sister, Becky Longabaugh, said.
Her son, Scott Denver Scheid, posted on his mother’s Facebook page that she wasn’t in pain and enjoyed the last weeks of her life surrounded by cherished family and friends.
“My best friend … the one who not only gave me life — but did more to give my life meaning — along wi ..read more
WCCO | CBS Minnesota | Ovarian Cancer
4y ago
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – This local version of a Rachel Platten song is making the rounds online. It’s an ode to a Maple Grove woman who is in the fight of her life.
Now, she’s fighting even harder because of a 3 minute video.
The song is called “Stand by You” and Judy Larson of Maple Grove has a whole army at her side. Her daughter made this video last week, after Judy got word her hip pain is actually Stage 4 ovarian cancer.
“We endured two days of crying and grieving and then we said, we need to make something of this,” Larson said.
And little did she know her daughter was making a video.
“You ..read more