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Michigan mom turns to prayer and social media for miracle to save her son Chad Carr was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a rare brain tumor that primarily affects children, and once diagnosed, the average rate of survival is nine to twelve months. fmaily5454.jpg. Tammi Curtis Carr of Ann Arbor was given the ...
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Pfizer drug effective in patients with rare lung cancer -study Sept 27 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Xalkori, which treats lung cancer patients with a specific gene mutation, proved effective in shrinking tumors in those with an even rarer form of the disease, according to data presented at a medical meeting on Saturday.
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Pfizer's Lung Cancer Drug Helps Patients With Gene Defect Pfizer Inc. (PFE:US)'s Xalkori for advanced lung cancer shrunk tumors in those with a rare genetic mutation, according to a study that may provide the first targeted treatment for these patients. Xalkori reduced the size of tumors in 36 of 50 patients in the study ...
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At risk of Ebola, Liberia's top doctor quarantines herself Liberia's chief medical officer has quarantined herself for three weeks and ordered her entire office to do the same after an assistant died of Ebola. Dr. Bernice Dahn had no symptoms. But her move to quarantine her office was in line with a government policy ...
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In Liberia and US, Precautions for Two Ebola Workers MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia's chief medical officer is placing herself under quarantine for 21 days after her office assistant died of Ebola. Bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister who has represented Liberia at regional conferences intended to combat the ...
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Five babies in Texas test positive for TB after possible mass exposure AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Five babies have tested positive for tuberculosis infection in El Paso after being at a hospital where hundreds of newborns may have been exposed to TB by a diseased worker at the facility, health officials said on Saturday.
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CDC Evaluating Limb Paralysis Associated With Enterovirus D68 Outbreak According to data released by the CDC, nine children in Colorado who developed a respiratory virus subsequently developed limb weakness, and in some cases, varying degrees of paralysis. According to recent reports out of Denver, six of the eight children ...
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AstraZeneca sticks to second-half 2015 timetable for new lung cancer pill MADRID (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Saturday it expected to file a new lung cancer pill for U.S. regulatory approval in the second half of 2015, potentially disappointing some investors who had hoped the drug might be ready faster. Analysts at Citi said in ...
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NIH expected to admit American patient exposed to Ebola virus An American physician who was exposed to the Ebola virus is expected to be admitted to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., in the coming days, the research agency said in a statement Saturday afternoon. The patient, who was volunteering in ...
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Health-Insurer Choices Set to Expand in Most States Most states will have at least one more insurer selling health plans under the Affordable Care Act in the second year of the program's full implementation, the Obama administration said. Some 33 states out of 43 where insurers have filed their intentions for the ...
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Patient exposed to Ebola to be treated at Maryland clinic The National Institutes of Health announced Saturday it expects to admit a patient exposed to the Ebola virus in the "coming days." The patient is an American doctor who was exposed to the virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone, according to a statement ...
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Turmeric 'could help brain heal itself' A spice commonly used in curries could help the brain heal itself, new research has suggested. A report in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy found a compound in the curry spice turmeric may hold the key to repairing the brains of people with ...
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Seattle suburb told to boil water for E. coli MERCER ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — Residents of the wealthy Seattle suburb of Mercer Island are being told to boil their tap water before drinking because tests have found E. coli in the city's water. City officials say there had been no reports of illness as of ...
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US NIH to treat American doctor exposed to Ebola WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government department in charge of medical research said Saturday it is expected to care for an American doctor who has been exposed to the Ebola virus in West Africa in the coming days. The U.S. National ...
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U.S. Ebola carrier to be treated in Maryland The fourth known American to fall ill with Ebola while caring for patients in West Africa will arrive within days for treatment at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. NIH said Saturday that the physician had been volunteering services at an ...
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Miss Michigan USA crowned Rashontae Wawrzyniak, representing St. Clair Lake, was crowned Miss Michigan USA 2015 on Saturday at McMorran Theater in Port Huron. Loading… Post to Facebook. Miss Michigan USA crowned Rashontae Wawrzyniak, representing St. Clair Lake, was ...
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Candidates split on Obamacare alternatives The one thing South Dakota's four U.S. Senate candidates agree on about health care is that the status quo stinks. Some say the Affordable Care Act should be repealed, while others back reforms to the controversial health care law, but none wants to keep ...
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Subsidised screening for women during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in ... SINGAPORE - In Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Singapore Cancer Foundation will be giving $25 discount vouchers for use in breast screening at polyclinics and hospitals. Breast screening at polyclinics cost about $50. The Breast Cancer ...
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Amy Weintraub: Enrollment up, health costs down as new sign-up period ... The White House has a lot to celebrate regarding the numbers of Americans who have obtained insurance in the last year through implementation of the new health care law. This past Monday, I got to hear details about those achievements when I traveled to ...
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Pfizer's Lung Cancer Drug Works in patients with Genetic defect The drug Pfizer Inc's Xalkori (known chemically as crizotinib) that treats lung cancer patients with a specific gene mutation, has been proven effective in shrinking tumors in those with an even rarer form of the disease. According to a study presented at a ...
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A healthy shade of pink perfect color for fall October's a busy month. School's back in session, high school and college football are in full gear and the weather — finally! — is showing signs of blistering days giving way to more pleasant temperatures as farmers start to harvest crops, working against the ...
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Pfizer's Lung Cancer Drug Xalkori Helps Recovering Abnormality Of The ROS1 ... In an amazing discovery for Pfizer, the American drug company disclosed that it's celebrated drug for lung cancer, Xalkori actually shrunk cancer tumors in people with a rare genetic mutation. This data comes from a study where the drug was targeted toward ...
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Livonia schools step up to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge craze sweeping social media has caught on in Livonia Schools. Loading… Post to Facebook. Livonia schools step up to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge craze sweeping social media has caught on in ...
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Retailers inject vigor into flu shot enterprise The same government-recommended formulas fuel every flu shot in drugstores, doctors' offices and public clinics, but out-of-pocket prices listed for the inoculations vary by more than 100 percent across Western Pennsylvania, a Tribune-Review analysis ...
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New AstraZeneca Immunotherapy Combination Promising, but Not Ready The British drugmaker needs to make their latest project work as they've been talking up their cancer drug prospects in order to avoid the potential $118 billion takeover from Pfizer. These two drugs—which they have been working in combination—are known ...
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AstraZeneca's Lung Cancer Treatment Drug Shows Good Potential in Trials On Saturday, AstraZeneca has announced that they are expecting to file for new drug approval in the second quarter of 2015 which can be a game changer in the lung cancer treatment. The new drug is actually a combination of different drugs which will act ...
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5 babies test positive for TB infection, city health department says The El Paso health department confirmed Saturday five babies have tested positive for tuberculosis infection. Now the city's department of health says 96 more children may have been exposed to TB, bringing the total to more than 850 but they say even that ...
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AstraZeneca May Have Found a Way to Tackle Lung Cancer Medical studies are often inconclusive, but even the smallest advancements can prove invaluable for humanity. AstraZeneca seems to have found a way to tackle lung cancer with the help of a newly developed combination of drugs. Tests are still inconclusive ...
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Ice Bucket Challenge hits it out of the park Amber Reyes nearly disappears behind a freezing lattice-work of ice water during Saturday's Walla Walla Grand Ice Bucket Challenge. Sara Kyle does the honors after being similarly doused. Photo by Greg Lehman. By Alfred Diaz · As of Saturday ...
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Additional West Nile Virus Cases Reported In Barton County Barton County ranked highest in having West Nile virus as more cases have been reported recently. As of September 20, five non-neuroinvasive cases and two neuroinvasive cases were reported. Advertisement. Among the 16 total cases state wide, Barton ...
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5 babies test positive for TB in Texas exposure EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Five babies tested have positive for tuberculosis in West Texas after a nurse assistant at an El Paso hospital nursery exposed hundreds of infants to the disease between September 2013 and last month. The El Paso Department of ...
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Liberia's chief doctor under Ebola quarantine London: Liberia's chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the Ebola virus. Liberia's deputy health minister Bernice Dahn on Saturday said that she had no symptoms but wanted to take every ...
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Liberia's chief doctor under Ebola quarantine Liberia's chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the Ebola virus. Liberia's deputy health minister Bernice Dahn Saturday said that she had no symptoms but wanted to take every precaution, BBC ...
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70% European oncologists suffer from career burnouts According to a report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by a consultant medical oncologist of The Royal Marsden NHS Trust in London, Dr. Susana Banerjee, about 70% of professional oncologists suffer from burnouts and stress related to work-life ...
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Pfizers Xalkori helps cancer patients with gene defect According to a study, Pfizer Inc's Xalkori for advanced lung cancer has proved effective in shrinking tumors in people with a rare genetic mutation. The findings could help in providing the first targeted treatment for these patients. The company-funded research ...
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US Doctor Exposed to Ebola is to be treated by US NIH The United States government de partment that is in charge of medical research stated that it was expected to provide medi-care to a US doctor who has recently been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. Advertisements. National Institute of ...
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Softball teams in York County honor breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Awareness Month is next week and recent data shows more than 13 thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Pennsylvania every year. To honor survivors and others affected, 24 softball teams throughout York County hit the field ...
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Get a shot to reduce your flu risk The influenza virus — commonly known as the flu — affects up to 20 percent of Americans annually, leaving more than 200,000 people hospitalized from complications each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The flu is ...
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AstraZeneca's experimental drug combination shows promising results for ... British drugmaker AstraZeneca's cancer drug combination showed a very promising result in the early stage of the study in boosting the immune system in the patients suffering from the fatal disease. The researchers behind the clinical trial, however, ...
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Hundreds 'Paint The Town Pink' in weekend festival More than 600 people came out for the fifth annual Paint The Town Pink breast cancer awareness festival and HOPE (Helping Other People Endure) 10-mile awareness walk Saturday morning on Lafayette Square in downtown LaGrange. The event included ...
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Ice bucket challenge brings more cash, crowd to ALS fundraiser You've heard of that ice bucket challenge, a fundraiser for ALS, maybe you've done it yourself. Now those viral videos are drawing more people to do something else in Springfield. More from KSPR.com. Fire damages home in NW Springfield · SPD begins ...
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DHH: 15 new cases of West Nile this week, state total up to 118 This week, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) reported 15 new cases of West Nile, but only three were in Caddo Parish, and only one was in Bossier. INo new deaths were reported. This week, the Louisiana Department of Health and ...
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Texas A&M researcher develops new test to detect tuberculosis in minutes A new test to detect tuberculosis that should generate quicker and more accurate results than what is currently available could be ready for market in less than two years, according to an expert at Texas A&M. Jeffrey D. Cirillo, a professor at the Texas A&M ...
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First Virginia horse in 2014 tests positive for West Nile Virus AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services today announced 2014's first positive case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in a horse. The horse, an eight-year-old Paint Gelding, is from Augusta County. It had not been ...
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| Carr's grandson diagnosed with inoperable tumor ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr's grandson Chad was named an honorary captain for Saturday's game against Minnesota. The 4-year-old has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The school says the Carr family is ...
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That will also leave a mark: Coke and Pepsi concede that maybe soda is bad for ... In an ambitious pledge announced on Tuesday, the U.S. soda industry is committing to cut America's calorie intake from beverages by 20 percent over the coming decade. As part of the agreement, which was reached by the American Beverage Association ...
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Gov. Scott Walker, Mary Burke and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act went into effect Oct. 1. Find videos, interactive maps, summaries and local coverage of Obamacare in our special section. Go to section. Interactive Graphic. Compare campaign contributions in Wisconsin's 2014 race for governor.
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Merced County reports first human cases of West Nile The threat of West Nile Virus remains high across the area as Merced County reported its first confirmed human cases of the virus this year. The two Merced County individuals affected by West Nile were hospitalized and have since recovered, according to ...
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Cardinals debate marriage issue before meeting VATICAN CITY - The battle lines are being drawn before a major church meeting on family issues that represents a key test for Pope Francis. Five high-ranking cardinals have taken one of Francis' favorite theologians to task over an issue dear to the pope's ...
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WHO: Thousands of Ebola vaccine doses in coming months Thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines should be available in the coming months and could eventually be given to health care workers and other people at high risk of the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said Friday. Public health ...
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