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Details of Jolie's breast treatment revealed
Doctors who treated Angelina Jolie are giving details of the operations the actress had to remove both breasts and reconstruct them with implants. Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she had the surgery because she carries a gene that puts her at high risk...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Breast Cancer
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Study: Inadequate care for most women with ovarian cancer
There’s a big push to get cancer patients to the right doctor. A new study suggests thousands of women are not getting the care they need, so as we “focus on cancer,” we’re focusing on what that study means for people in our...
Tags: Oncology, Medical Specialization
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Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer,...Tags: University of Cambridge, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, England, Mammogram
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Miss Connecticut Erin Brady Wins Miss USA Pageant
The Hartford CourantPortland High School teachers Pat Ponko and Beth McCormick aren’t at all surprised that Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA Sunday night. They know Brady as a woman who is smart, hard-working, articulate and cheerful, no matter what the odds. They...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Habitat for Humanity International, Miss USA, Southington, Entertainment Events
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Jennifer Manning
Jennifer Manning June 12, 1956-June 12, 2013 Jennifer “Jennie” Manning was born at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach on June 12, 1956, to William and Kay Manning of Costa Mesa. She attended Estancia High School, where she contributed to an...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Heifer International
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Relay for Life of Washington County has goal of raising about $165,000
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comMore than 600 people signed up this year to take part in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Washington County, a fundraising event that began Friday afternoon and was scheduled to extend into the morning hours Saturday. Cancer...Tags: Relay for Life, Lung Cancer, Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Cervical Cancer
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Family loss inspires Meyersdale teen's career path
keciab@dailyamerican.comHayley Petenbrink, a recent Meyersdale Area High School graduate, knows the sorrow cancer can bring. The disease has struck her family more than once and ovarian cancer took away her grandmother. She said she’s determined to fight back. The 18-...Tags: Schools, Music, Robyn, Entertainment, Medical Research
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Bruce Wightman: Court's genetics decision doesn't go far enough
Thursday's Supreme Court decision on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc. was much anticipated by geneticists and clinicians. At stake were property rights for two human genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Both are important because mutations...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Science and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, University of Utah
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Human gene patenting is a thing most of us aren't ready for
In the course of our country's history, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bestowed coveted protection on many strange and wondrous inventions: the three-legged pantyhose (in case one leg runs), the sealed, circular peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich,...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Supreme Court, Biotechnology Industry, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Angelina Jolie
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BRCA gene decision hailed
Jewish breast cancer survivors were among the people celebrating a recent United States Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled unanimously that patents cannot be held on naturally occurring human genes. The decision came in a case in which...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Science and Technology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Jupiter
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Supreme Court rejects gene patents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Biotechnology Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Angelina Jolie
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The Supreme Court rules out some -- but not all -- gene patents
This post has been corrected, as noted below. When it took up the issue of patents on human genes, the Supreme Court seemed torn by two conflicting interests: the long-standing principle that products of nature can't be patented, and the commercial...
Tags: Pathology, Science and Technology, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Angelina Jolie, Pharmaceuticals
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