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Cancer-fighting pill shows promise in battle against melanoma
![<span style="font-size: small;">MISHAWAKA--- Doctors say a cancer-fighting pill shows promising signs in the fight against melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer. </span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/255985900-06143931.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">MISHAWAKA--- Doctors say a cancer-fighting pill shows promising signs in the fight against melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer. </span>")
MISHAWAKA--- Doctors say a cancer-fighting pill shows promising signs in the fight against melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer.
A local oncologist says drug is not a cure, but it shrank tumors and patients who used the drug lived longer....Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Drugs and Medicines, Science and Technology
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Cancer Drugs Making Splash In Scientific World
ReutersAdvanced melanoma patients treated with an experimental pill developed by Roche and Daiichi Sankyo were 63 percent less likely to die than patients given chemotherapy, according to a new trial. The drug, vemurafenib, is designed for use in patients...Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization
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Two new drugs extend survival for Melanoma patients
For the first time, patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer have two new treatment options that prolong survival, according to new research presented at a cancer conference in Chicago on Sunday. One drug specifically targets a mutated gene that...Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Placebo, Drugs and Medicines, Science and Technology
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Official list of attendees at Obama tech meeting: CEOs of Twitter, Netflix, Oracle, Yahoo, others
L.A. Times Tech BlogHere's the official list of attendees of Thursday evening's meeting of technology industry chiefs with President Obama in San Francisco. It includes many of Silicon Valley's biggest names. John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Carol Bartz,... -
Obama tech dinner: Company spending figures for D.C. lobbying, campaign contributions
L.A. Times Tech BlogMost of the hype around President Barack Obama's dinner with a dozen of California's tech-industry leaders was around the appearance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs as he struggles with health issues. But the dinner, which took place last Thursday, wasn't about... -
Obama meets tech leaders for dinner
Tech for the Rest of Us - Orlando SentinelIt was an impressive list of names who attended a dinner Thursday night with President Obama. The Wall Street Journal had a picture of everyone, including Apple’s Steve Jobs who is on medical leave, raising their glasses. “The president... -
Avastin may cause kidney damage
McClatchy TribuneA widely prescribed cancer drug noted for its ability to choke off blood vessels that help tumors grow can cause significant kidney damage in some patients, a team of Long Island scientists has found. Kidney problems are the second serious condition...Tags: Health, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Stony Brook University, Manhattan (New York City)
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Could a government shutdown silence Congress on Facebook?
L.A. Times Tech BlogA federal government shutdown could close the National Zoo, Smithsonian museums and national parks. It could also reveal which members of Congress are social media whizzes and which ones lean on staffers for their tweets and updates. If a shutdown...... -
Michael Hiltzik: California, chump
Money & CompanyThe claim that California corporate taxes are driving away business, often made by the California Chamber of Commerce, always has had the acrid odor of special pleading. California business taxes, taken all together, are actually lower than those of many.... -
Avastin rejected for breast cancer
Los Angeles TimesA Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday recommended that the agency withdraw its marketing approval of the blockbuster cancer drug Avastin for treating breast cancer, concluding that new trials showed no apparent benefit from the drug....Tags: Physical Therapists, Los Angeles Times, Marketing, Health, Health Treatments
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FDA urged to pull diet drug from market
Tribune NewspapersThe prescription diet drug sibutramine, sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine said Wednesday. Those...Tags: Overweight, Physical Therapists, Health, Heart Attack, Drugs and Medicines
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California GOP governor's race III -- Meg Whitman
Top of the TicketFull text of her introductory speech to the state party convention....
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