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Insurers Now Focus of Democrats' Health Talks
01/22/2010
Congressional Democrats said they were focusing on toughening regulations on the health-insurance industry in a bid to assemble a scaled-down, more populist health-care bill after the party's defeat in Massachusetts.
Systematic sequencing of renal carcinoma reveals inactivation of histone modifying genes
01/21/2010
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common form of adult kidney cancer, characterized by the presence of inactivating mutations in the VHL gene in most cases1, 2, and by infrequent somatic mutations in known cancer genes...
Agennix Expands Talactoferrin Phase 3 FORTIS-M Registration Trial Globally
01/21/2010
Talactoferrin has also shown activity in renal cell carcinoma, as well as severe sepsis and has been shown to be very well tolerated in all of these patient populations.
Massachusetts voters tell Democrats to shelve ObamaCare
01/20/2010
The resounding five-point victory in one of America's most liberal states is an upset heard 'round Washington—and one that ought to force Democrats to rethink their entire agenda, national health care in particular.
Edina doctor's shocking errors punished
01/17/2010
A veteran Edina doctor has been disciplined for removing the wrong kidney of a patient during cancer surgery, a medical mix-up that made headlines across the state in 2008, and for taking a biopsy from the wrong organ of another patient a few months later.
Kids who beat cancer still face heart risks
01/17/2010
Survivors of childhood cancer have a significantly increased risk for developing heart disease as young adults, a new study finds.
US songwriter Bobby Charles dies at 71
01/15/2010
Bobby Charles, the Louisiana singer-songwriter who penned such hits as Fats Domino's "Walking to New Orleans" and "See You Later Alligator" by Bill Haley and the Comets, has died. He was 71. His longtime publicist Karen Johnson said Charles, whose real name was Robert Charles Guidry, died Thursday morning. She did not know the specific cause of death but said Charles had diabetes and was in remission from kidney cancer.
Patients demand: 'Give us our damned data'
01/15/2010
For five days as her husband lay in his hospital bed suffering from kidney cancer, Regina Holliday begged doctors and nurses for his medical records, and for five days she never received them.
We want an apology from PCT
01/15/2010
The wife of a cancer sufferer who was refused a potential cure by health bosses has lodged a complaint with the national watchdog, saying her husband was denied the right to life.
Obesity raises kidney cancer risk
01/14/2010
People who are obese may be at an increased risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer, according to a new study.
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