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Around Town: Dreaming of a world without cancer
In 2004, our son, 2nd. Lt. Andrew Torres, USMC, died of cancer. He was 23 years old. Andrew was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (Class of 2002), a Marine and a fine person. In the hours before his death, he asked us, his family and friends,...Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Medical Research, Liver Cancer, University of Southern California, Blood
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GR Program Exchanges Needles To Reduce Disease
FOX 17 News ReporterA non-profit organization in Grand Rapids is in the business of preventing disease by handing out syringes to drug addicts. The program is called "Clean Works." It's a part of the Red Project Grand Rapids, and was founded back in 2000 when former...Tags: Human Interest, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Conditions, HIV, WXMI
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Bedbugs Can Carry Drug-Resistant MRSA Bacteria
KTLA NewsVANCOUVER, Canada -- Researchers in Canada have found bedbugs carrying antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a surprise finding because scientists had thought the pests were not capable of spreading infections. The study was done by a team in a poor corner...Tags: MRSA, HIV, Canada, Skin, Vancouver (Canada)
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Vertex Hepatitis-C Drug OK'd, Promising More Cures
ReutersVertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's highly anticipated hepatitis C drug won U.S. approval, promising far higher cure rates for the liver-destroying disease and setting up a head-to-head marketing battle with a rival new medicine from Merck & Co. Incivek, a pill...Tags: Stock Market, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Liver Cancer, Roche Holding AG, Blood
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Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps
L.A. UnleashedALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ever since the first of their number arrived in New Mexico half a century ago as test subjects in the fledgling U.S. space program, nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees were routinely injected with viruses and used to test...... -
Decision to move chimpanzees from New Mexico research facility stirs debate about their future
L.A. UnleashedA decision to move 186 chimpanzees from a southern New Mexico facility to Texas is pitting government officials and scientists against a coalition of elected officials and animal rights advocates, including New Mexico's governor and also famed primate... -
EGYPT: Hepatitis C infection reaches alarming figures
Babylon & BeyondEgypt’s spiralling threat of hepatitis C virus – already the highest incidence rate in the world -- is alarming researchers who fear a potential epidemic of the blood-borne disease could spread across the most populous Arab country. The findings of...... -
Employee at Jerry's Deli in Westwood diagnosed with hepatitis; patrons urged to seek vaccinations
L.A. NOWAn employee at Jerry's Deli in Westwood has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, prompting health officials Wednesday to warn people who ate sandwiches there in November to be tested for the virus. Customers who ate sandwiches at the popular eatery...... -
Health law's aim: Multiple vaccines for more people
Kaiser Health NewsIt's flu season: Time to get your flu shot. For many adults and their doctors, if they discuss immunizations at all, the conversation ends there. It shouldn't. There are several vaccines that adults need, depending on their age and risk factors, to...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Judges, Chiropractors, Lawyers, Personal Income
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London officials ban ice cream shop's sale of dessert made from human breast milk
Money & CompanyUnder the category of “taking pop culture just a bit too far,” government officials earlier this week reportedly seized samples of a “Baby Gaga” ice cream –- made with human breast milk -– from a shop called... -
Gabbing with Gregg Allman: His new disc, his new liver and his new idea for Allman Brothers Band
Lehigh Valley MusicA year ago, Southern-rock icon Gregg Allman realized that he had put off dealing with his health — and his recording career — for too long. It had been nearly seven years since he had been in the studio to...... -
Transplants give Burbank woman the gift of life
Monica O'Brien is celebrating the gift of life.
The 33-year-old Burbank resident has survived three liver transplants and despite the odds, gave birth to a daughter in July.
O'Brien was born with hepatitis C but wasn't diagnosed until after high...Tags: Diabetes, Lungs and Airways, Liver Transplants, Charity, Pancreas
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