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Throat cancer survivor wins fourth straight Iditarod
Musher Lance Mackey finished the 1,049-mile race in nearly nine days, the second-fastest finish in race history.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Musher Lance Mackey rides into record books with fourth straight Iditarod victory Mackey completes 1,049-mile sled dog race in...
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Enzyme is Possible New Therapy Target for Head and Neck Cancer
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ATLANTA--Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, have demonstrated that the enzyme RSK2 (ribosomal S6 kinase 2) promotes tumor invasion and metastasis in head and neck cancers.The drug fmk, developed at the...
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Pandemic H1N1 mutation in India resembles Dutch findings
(CIDRAP News) - Researchers from India's National Institute of Virology (NIV) yesterday announced that they detected a small mutation in pandemic H1N1 virus in samples from three patients, fueling speculation that it may be the same change that surfaced in two...
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Saint Thomas uses technology to detect lung cancer faster It's called the endobronchial ultrasound transbronch
It's called the endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration system, and started using it just weeks ago to speed up lung cancer diagnosis and possibly save more lives.The new technology can do in one hour, sometimes even in 10 minutes, what...
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Cancer survivor wins 4th straight Iditarod
Musher Lance Mackey finished the 1,049-mile race in nearly nine days, the second-fastest finish in race history.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Musher Lance Mackey rides into record books with fourth straight Iditarod victory Mackey completes 1,049-mile sled dog race in...
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Cancer survivor's historic Iditarod win
Lance Mackey won the 1700 kilometre Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the first musher in the event's 38-year history to win four consecutive races.Fans bundled up against subzero temperatures cheered the 39-year-old throat cancer survivor as his...
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CNN - Cancer Survivor Wins 4th Straight Iditarod
Musher Lance Mackey finished the 1,049-mile race in nearly nine days, the second-fastest finish in race history.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Musher Lance Mackey rides into record books with fourth straight Iditarod victory Mackey completes 1,049-mile sled dog race in...
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CNN - Cancer Survivor Wins 4th Straight Iditarod
Musher Lance Mackey finished the 1,049-mile race in nearly nine days, the second-fastest finish in race history.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Musher Lance Mackey rides into record books with fourth straight Iditarod victory Mackey completes 1,049-mile sled dog race in...
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H1N1 E627K In India Raises Pandemic Concerns
twitter Live feed of underlying pandemic map data here Commentary H1N1 E627K In India Increases Pandemic Concerns Recombinomics Commentary 14:36 March 16, 2010 The swine flu virus isolated from the throat swab samples of three H1N1-infected patients at...
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H1N1 PB2 E627K In Three Patients In India
The swine flu virus isolated from the throat swab samples of three H1N1-infected patients at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has shown a small genetic mutation in the polymerase 2 (PB2) gene, NIV director A C Mishra told TOI on Monday.The PB2...
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Parents Forget Warnings of Surgical Risks
Reviewed by Dori F.Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Action Points Explain to interested patients that parents appear to have difficulty recalling the risks of ear, nose, and throat surgery for...
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Research and Markets: Cold, Cough, and Sore Throat Remedies - Global Strategic Business Report
Research and Markets: DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6a6c88/cold_cough_and_s) has announced the addition of the "" report to their offering.This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Cold, Cough,...
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Saint Thomas uses technology to detect lung cancer faster Its called the endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration system, and
Its called the endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration system, and started using it just weeks ago to speed up lung cancer diagnosis and possibly save more lives.The new technology can do in one hour, sometimes even in 10 minutes, what...
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Survivor helps cancer sufferers
DEREK Ford speaks of the agony of cancer and the 'torture' of the radiotherapy treatment he endured so matter-of-factly, it is difficult to believe the ordeal is barely a year behind him.He is still coming to terms with the physical and mental legacy of a...
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AVHS graduate survives cancer, continues education
Lena Zumbrunn turned 18 on her graduation day from Apple Valley High in the summer of 2007 and was anxious to start her life as a college student.But things took a sharp turn just a month later, with an event that would change Zumbrunn and her family forever...
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Parents may not understand or recall risks associated with children's surgery
Parents of children undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery do not appear to remember all of the risks of the procedures explained to them by clinicians, even when detailed surgical risk counseling and data sheets are used, according to a report in the...
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Designing A Tool For Operations On People With Severe Or Profound Auditory Loss
A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological centre and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the...
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Hospital chief executive urged to quit
STAFF and unions at a South Yorkshire hospital have called on the chief executive to step down after it was revealed elements of deficit-hit department are likely to close in a bid to claw back cash.Redundancies are expected at Barnsley Hospital, where it...
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Reportlinker Adds Global Cold, Cough, And Sore Throat Remedies Industry
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Cold, Cough, And Sore Throat Remedies in US$ Million.The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, and Rest of World. Annual forecasts are provided for each region...
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Swine Flu Facts - How To Protect Yourself From The Deadly Virus
Lets see the most frequently sought Swine Influenza facts and information.This is meant to be a quick guide and if you need more info, we highly recommend you to download the Swine Flu Prevention guide - here. What is H1N1 Influenza? H1N1 Influenza is a...
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Gay men are at risk of anal cancer, studies say
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a highly infectious sexually communicable disease, for which a vaccine is now available to NZ women but not yet for Kiwi gay men, who are also particularly at risk.Earlier this month, Xtra Canada columnist Shawn Syms noted that...
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CEIT-IK4 designs a tool for operations on people with severe or profound auditory loss
This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a hundred are carried out in this hospital annually.Taking part in developing the new tool were four engineers from CEIT and five ear,...
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Wonder How Bad Your Allergies Will Be This Spring?
UMDNJ Allergist Says Spring Weather, More Than Record-setting Winter Precipitation, Determines Symptom Severity Media interested in arranging an interview with UMDNJ Allergist Dr.Catherine Monteleone should contact Zenaida Mendez at (973) 972-7273 or email...
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Lives: Friend Request
And his laptop.That?s the first thing I noticed the morning a group of us stood outside his room on rounds. He was shocked by his internal defibrillator three times the night before? died, that is, three times before being brought back with jolts of...
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Friend Request
And his laptop.Thats the first thing I noticed the morning a group of us stood outside his room on rounds. He was shocked by his internal defibrillator three times the night before died, that is, three times before being brought back with jolts of...
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