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CORRECTED-Data show new Roche leukemia drug may improve on Rituxan
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 12 to show Biogen has stake in new drug) By Bill Berkrot May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental leukemia treatment that Roche Holding AG hopes will improve upon its best-selling cancer drug Rituxan delayed disease progression twice as...Tags: Medical Research, Biotechnology, Roche Holding AG, Leukemia, Chemotherapy
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Four insights to your health from L.A.'s public MD
You think your doctor is too busy? Dr. Jonathan Fielding has about 9 million patients – which is to say, almost everyone in Los Angeles County. He heads the county’s public health department, a department bigger than that of some states. His...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Food and Drug Administration, Georgetown, Mineral Supplements, Flu
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Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird
CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...Tags: Criminals, Drive (movie), Star Wars (movie), Judaism, Omar Sharif
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...Tags: Diabetes, Chemotherapy, High Blood Pressure, The New York Times, Breast Cancer
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Gun sale loopholes can often put weapons in felons' hands
Kenneth Lee was a convicted felon who wanted a gun, authorities say. Darlene Hoover was a single mom with a clean record who needed cash. So the two acquaintances from the South Side made a deal, according to prosecutors. For $200, Hoover drove about 40...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Prosecution, Mark Kirk, Prisons
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Subject for debate: OTC Plan B for all
Change of Subject"Plan B," the morning-after contraceptive, is reportedly as safe as aspirin, even when taken by adolescents. Aduilts can buy it over the counter, but I say let everyone buy it who wants it or needs it. In an ideal world,...... -
A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...Tags: Biotechnology, Alopecia, Chemotherapy, England, Hair Loss
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Joey Sciacca: 'Superhero' boy valiantly fought cancer for years
Six-year-old Joey Sciacca idolized the Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man. But those who knew him said the little boy from Clermont was a genuine superhero himself. Despite unceasing pain from neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer he battled for four...
Tags: Olive Garden, Chemotherapy, Rentals, Spider-Man (fictional character), Cancer
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Creative arts may ease cancer-related anxiety, pain
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers who analyzed results from trials conducted between 1989 and 2011 said the...Tags: Medical Research, Anxiety, Leukemia, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Internists
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Medical weed could jinx recreational dope market in Washington state
ReutersOLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on readily available medical cannabis because of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Judges, Lawyers, Government, Finance
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Middlebury teen continues to recover after hit-and-run
We now know a Middlebury teen who was seriously injured after being hit while riding her bike last summer is doing much better. Zion Carlstrom has spent much of this past year going through intense physical therapy, trying to regain her balance and...
Tags: Middlebury, Physical Therapy
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Avengers finish strong in Acreage Girls Flag Football League
The Avengers picked the right time to get hot. They upset the top-seeded The Other Team 12-6 to capture the Pro Division SuperBowl championship of the Acreage Girls Flag Football league last Saturday (May 4) at Acreage Community Park. The Avengers,...Tags: Biotechnology, Football, Chemotherapy, Sports, Science and Technology
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