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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for...Tags: General Practitioners, Viral Diseases and Infections, Cirrhosis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Disease Prevention
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Sampling ongoing at Charlevoix Superfund site
Back in 1981, the city of Charlevoix received a notice from the Michigan Department of Public Health: its municipal well system was contaminated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the well system was connected to a wedge of contaminated...
Tags: Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Business
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Bayer starts Phase III trial on regorafenib in liver cancer
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer said on Wednesday it initiated a Phase III trial of its potential blockbuster drug regorafenib in patients with advanced liver cancer. The drug, also known as Stivarga, will be tested in the third and last...Tags: Trials
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Before the mancave, Dad doled out life lessons in the garage
My dad was a garage kind of guy. As a girl, I remember him there more than anywhere else around the house. He'd spend hours in his workshop-slash-mancave tinkering, working on the family cars and giving quiet advice. I'd settle in next to him, because...Tags: Weather Reports, Vehicles, Science and Technology, Weather, Services and Shopping
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis C , Cirrhosis, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Many in U.S. don't get proper testing for hepatitis C- CDC
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, according to U.S. health officials. Proper testing is a two-...Tags: Gilead Sciences Inc., Viral Diseases and Infections, Cirrhosis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Disease Prevention
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: Genetics, Chemotherapy, Cancer, University of Florida, Biotechnology
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Flip Wilson: The Persistence of Geraldine Jones
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn Sunday's Calendar (and online here), I review "Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar," a worthwhile new biography of the late comedian by Kevin Cook ("The Last Headbangers," "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything"). The...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Hulu, TV Land (tv network), NBC (tv network), Eddie Murphy
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Ken Burns, Yale Repertory Theatre, Entertainment, Celebrities
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Flip Wilson, a pioneer in prime time
Though his time in the national spotlight amounted to only about a decade, Clerow "Flip" Wilson was one of the great comic voices of the 20th century, a compact fireball whose early-1970s NBC variety series embedded characters such as the Reverend Leroy...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Entertainment, Periodicals, NBC (tv network), Book
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International consortium releases hepatitis C data
Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Financial Aid, Cirrhosis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Palmer G. Miles: Accountant kept zest for life as he tackled cancer
As an accountant, Palmer G. Miles made his living from facts and figures, but it was outside the numbers where he found his greatest joy. Whether he was fishing and hunting with his sons, coaching Little League, rope-diving into local lakes or plowing a...
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