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Some parents misunderstand kids' cancer studies
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with incurable cancer can take part in early trials of a new drug's safety, but many parents may misunderstand the goals of those studies, new research finds. When researchers test new drugs on humans, they start with...Tags: Palliative Care, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Oncology, Trials
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Black patients fare worse with kidney cancer: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - White patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, called renal cell carcinoma, are slightly more likely to survive the disease than black patients, according to a large new study. The researchers looked at nearly 40,...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Renal cell carcinoma, Medical Research, High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses
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Patrick Henry Pearce 'Harry' Lynch
Aberdeen: Patrick Henry Pearce “Harry” Lynch, 60, of Aberdeen passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in the loving care of his family, North Plains Hospice staff and friends. Patrick’s wishes were to be...
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HELPED OR HOOKED?
Los Angeles TimesFourteen of Doanh Nguyen's patients have died of prescription drug overdoses since 2005, coroner's records show. But he's not to blame for any of them, he said. His practice in Orange County's Little Saigon caters to pain sufferers of all kinds....Tags: Disneyland Park, Layoffs and Downsizing, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Procedural Sedation
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Cindy Vazquez's story of survival
Sun SentinelI have been a cancer survivor going on one year. The confidence, commitment and compassion from the breast cancer team at Cleveland Clinic Florida gave me the strength to fight my fight. They focus on you as a person, and not just your cancer. I was...Tags: Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Treatments
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Susan Noe's story of survival
Sun SentinelI was just diagnosed this year, in February. There were no symptoms. In December, I had gone in for an annual mammogram. I had to go for further x-rays and biopsies due to calcifications. Since I had multiple calcifications in several different areas,...Tags: Melbourne, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Mastectomy
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Monica Froese's story of survival
Sun SentinelHaving breast cancer has made me stop and re-evaluate several aspects of my life. I’ve always been goal oriented and ambitious. I thought if I reached certain milestones, that I could sit back and enjoy life. This experience made me realize that...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Cancer
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Sylvia Clark's story of survival
Sun SentinelI don’t like to think of myself as a survivor. Instead, I like to think of myself as a fighter. I found a lump on my left breast while I was showering. I never really thought it could be breast cancer … not me … not this young; I don&...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Heart Surgery, Cancer
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Gadgets: Pillow designs stuffed with health and beauty claims
Pillows. They're not just for nestling your noggin anymore. They're also for keeping your stiff neck from aching, your sinuses from congesting, your acids from refluxing, your snores from snorting, your tinnitus from tintinnabulating and — yes!...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Mayo Clinic, Dermatologists, George Sanders, Sleep Apnea
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Hopkins to begin performing face transplants
Johns Hopkins doctors have received approval from the university’s institutional review board to begin doing face transplant surgeries, becoming the second hospital in Baltimore to offer the complex procedure. There have been only 22 such...
Tags: Otolaryngology, Hospitals and Clinics, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Plastic Surgery, Personal Service
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Magazine ranks UCSD hospital best in county
SAN DIEGO -- UC San Diego Medical Center was ranked as the best hospital in San Diego County and fifth best in California by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual medical center rankings Tuesday. The Hillcrest hospital ranked high in...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Boston, University of California, San Diego, Cardiologists, Medical Research
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Hopkins falls to No. 2 on U.S. News & World Report list
Johns Hopkins Hospital lost its coveted spot as the nation's top-ranked hospital for the first time in 22 years, edged out by Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital in the latest analysis by U.S. News & World Report to be released Tuesday. Hopkins still...
Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Mayo Clinic, Ronald Reagan, Duke University, Entertainment Events
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