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Voice of the People, May. 20
Cancer research We recently heard the revelation that Angelina Jolie had undergone preventive double mastectomy in order to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Her DNA carries a genetic defect in the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases her...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Pharmaceuticals, Kermit Gosnell, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology
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Newsmaker Q&A: Pat Halpin-Murphy
Pat Halpin-Murphy is president and founder of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. The coalition, founded in 1993, is a statewide nonprofit providing public awareness of breast cancer and encouraging increased public and private funding for research,...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Research, Mastectomy, Tamoxifen (drug), Plastic Surgery
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Gay marriage law boosting wedding-related business in Maryland
The gay couples who've booked Rouge Fine Catering in Hunt Valley for their weddings have appreciated not only good food and stylish events, but something less tangible. "They don't want to be with a caterer that is going to be judgmental," said Jonathan...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family, Hunt Valley, Visit Baltimore
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Fever reducers don't slow children's recovery: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children's recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. Researchers have debated for decades whether...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Symptoms, Fever, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Epidemics and Plagues, Behavioral Conditions, Afghanistan, Suicide
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Struggling with maths? Plug in to improve
Reuters* Researchers used "transcranial random noise stimulation" * Five days of stimulated training boosted maths performance * Technique could help people with learning difficulties By Kate Kelland LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Applying painless but...Tags: Education, Mathematics, Parkinson's Disease, University of Oxford, Diseases and Illnesses
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Warning didn't change for-profit dialysis drug use
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than non-profit centers in 2008, says a new study. The researchers write...Tags: Internists, Amgen Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Health and Medical Professionals, Stroke
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Game Playing, Networking, University of California, Los Angeles, Engineering, Science and Technology
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, Columbia University, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease
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EXCLUSIVE-Onex fails to find buyer for Carestream Health
ReutersBy Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Onex Corp has called off its auction of medical imaging firm Carestream Health Inc after failing to find a buyer that was willing to meet its price expectation of as much as $3.5 billion,...Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, Bank of America Corp., Photography Supplies and Services, The Carlyle Group, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Exclusive: Onex fails to find buyer for Carestream Health
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Onex Corp has called off its auction of medical imaging firm Carestream Health Inc after failing to find a buyer that was willing to meet its price expectation of as much as $3.5 billion, three people familiar with the matter said...Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, Bank of America Corp., Photography Supplies and Services, Medical Procedures and Tests, The Carlyle Group
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READER SUBMITTED: PayHub Runs For Breast Cancer
AvonBreast cancer awareness is important year round, not just in October! On Saturday, May 11, more than 5,000 fighters and supporters participated in the in the Tenth Annual Connecticut Breast Cancer Initiative Race at Walnut Hill Park in New Britain. The...Tags: New Britain, Breast Cancer, West Hartford
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