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Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
ReutersBy Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Strikes, Health and Safety at School, Collective Contract
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Strikes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was...Tags: Oncology, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Health Treatments, Lymphoma, Science and Technology
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Peregrine Pharma agrees with FDA on lung cancer trial design
Reuters(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals said it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the design of a late-stage trial for its experimental lung cancer drug. The late-stage trial will compare a combination of chemotherapy and...Tags: Trials, Health Treatments, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration
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Running: Jennie Carol's Memorial Mother's Day 5K continues to help kids, honor Tarter
larry@amnews.comAs Jenny Tarter was helping getting the final preparations ready for Saturday’s Jennie Carol’s Memorial Mother’s Day 5K Run, she had a conversation with one of those who helps make the Centre College track available to race organizers...Tags: Health Treatments, Running, Awards and Prizes, Road Running, Mother's Day
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Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley
Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie. The actress and sex symbol took the public by surprise last week with the announcement that she had her healthy...
Tags: Allentown, Oncology, Celebrity Surgery, Medical Specialization, Entertainment
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Take a bow: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's grand finale for man, woman of year
The Southern Florida and Puerto Rico Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has announced that the co-chairs and candidates have been selected for the 2013 Man & Woman of the Year campaign in Fort Lauderdale. LLS funds blood cancer research and...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Leukemia, Cancer
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Cancer cover girl rallies to launch fashion line
In a playroom at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, a frail, bald-headed 13-year-old girl is between takes for “omg! Insider,” a TV celebrity-gossip show, talking about her new fashion line. Talia Joy Castellano of Oviedo — her...
Tags: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Oncology, Health Treatments, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Venezuela
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Franklin County Commissioner Thomas to undergo bone marrow transplant
dona@herald-mail.comFranklin County Commissioner Robert L. "Bob" Thomas, who has been a commissioner since 1995, announced Friday that he will be able to continue serving in the post even as he undergoes treatment for the blood and bone marrow disease myelodysplastic...Tags: Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Elections, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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My wife faced Angelina Jolie's dilemma 11 years ago
The revelation that actress Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed because of gene testing results may have seemed shocking and extreme to many of you. My family knew better. We've been there. My wife, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a...
Tags: Health Treatments, Medical Procedures and Tests, Dwayne Johnson, Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioner continues to serve despite cancer treatment
dona@herald-mail.comFranklin County (Pa.) Commissioner Robert L. Thomas, who has been a commissioner since 1995, announced Friday that he will be able to continue serving in the post even as he undergoes treatment for the blood and bone marrow disease myelodysplastic...Tags: Anemia, Blood Disorders, Robin Roberts, ABC (tv network), Elections
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New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments. An approach to oncology that has been in place...Tags: Oncology, Washington Hospital Center, Genomic Health Incorporated, Medical Research, Lung Cancer
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