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Endometriosis Could Raise Risk of 3 Ovarian Cancers (HealthDay)

contributor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:01:52 +0000

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Women with a history of endometriosis have a significantly increased risk of developing three types of ovarian cancer, according to a new study.

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Doctors: Myanmar desperate for HIV and TB drugs (AP)

creative — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:29 +0000

AP – Some 85,000 HIV-infected people in Myanmar are not getting treatment due to a lack of funding, despite renewed international engagement with the government amid a wave of political reform, a medical aid group said Wednesday.

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FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages (AP)

creative — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:00:02 +0000

AP – Federal regulators said Tuesday that they’ve approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments.

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FDA Moves to Head Off Shortages of 2 Cancer Drugs (HealthDay)

contributor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:47:11 +0000

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday what it called a series of steps to ensure the continued availability of vital cancer drugs that have been in dangerously short supply.

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FDA Moves to Head Off Shortages of 2 Cancer Drugs
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Big outbreak of child virus in Vietnam may worsen (AP)

contributor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:20:41 +0000

AP – Vietnam says a large ongoing outbreak of a common childhood virus could worsen this year.

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Female Cancer Survivors Report Worse Health Habits: Survey (HealthDay)

contributor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:47:21 +0000

HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — Female cancer survivors are more likely to smoke and have other unhealthy behaviors than women who have never had cancer, a new study finds.

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Female Cancer Survivors Report Worse Health Habits: Survey
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Fewer Melanoma Deaths in Counties With More Dermatologists (HealthDay)

publisher — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:47:20 +0000

HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — Counties with more dermatologists have lower rates of deaths from melanoma, a new study finds.

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Fewer Melanoma Deaths in Counties With More Dermatologists
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Hepatitis C deaths up, baby boomers most at risk (AP)

contributor — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:41:31 +0000

AP – Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed — they are most at risk.

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Hepatitis C deaths up, baby boomers most at risk
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British minister heckled over health reforms (AP)

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:22:42 +0000

AP – Britain’s health minister was angrily heckled Monday over health care reforms that the government says will improve efficiency but opponents claim threaten the foundation of the country’s state-funded health care service.

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Italian Nobel medicine winner Dulbecco dies at 97 (AP)

contributor — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:54:16 +0000

AP – Renato Dulbecco, who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine for his seminal research on the interaction between tumors and cells, has died in California. He was 97.

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