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Drug Defined

Any substance, other than food, that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Also refers to a substance that alters mood or body function, or that can be habit-forming or addictive, especially a narcotic.

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Tech that could save your life

Published July 4, 2009, 10:04 pm, Canoe Technology

Jim Sweeney is on a mission to make hospitals safer--through technology.

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Weekly Top Insider Buys: The Kroger Co., Paychex Inc., Seattle Genetics Inc. ...

Published July 4, 2009, 5:29 pm, Guru Focus

Weekly highlight of top insider buys: The Kroger Co. ( KR ), Paychex Inc. ( PAYX ), Seattle Genetics Inc. ( SGEN ), Developers Diversified Realty Corp. ( DDR ), and Mentor Graphics Corp. ( MENT ) For the complete list of stocks that bought by their company executives, go to: Insider Buys . The Kroger Co. ( KR ): Director James A Runde Bought 3,000 Shares Director of The Kroger Co., James A ...

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HPV vaccines at a glance

Published July 4, 2009, 4:53 pm, The Star

What is the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)? The HPV is a papillomavirus that infects our skin and mucous membranes. There are more than 100 types of HPV but only about 40 types are sexually transmitted.

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The price of prevention

Published July 4, 2009, 4:52 pm, The Star

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine has been shown to protect against a few of the HPV virus strains that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. But is it cost-efficient or sustainable for Malaysia?

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Degree honors Madison crusader against leukemia

Published July 4, 2009, 4:37 pm, Madison Eagle

MADISON – The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research’s founder and chairman, Tony Martell of Madison, was honored May 15 with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City for his commitment to philanthropy and the establishment of his highly successful foundation.

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Women"™s health: A right or a privilege?

Published July 4, 2009, 8:07 am, The Manila Times

This entire week, I have been preoccupied with women’s health issues as media have focused on the health of national women leaders. Friends, allies and admirers of former President Corazon C. Aquino are praying for her as she struggles for life at the Makati Medical Center.

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Study Identifies How Tamoxifen Stimulates Uterine Cell Growth And Cancer

Published July 4, 2009, 4:07 am, Medical News Today

UCSF researchers have identified a new "feed-forward" pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth.

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Mouse Study Shows PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment

Published July 4, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended.

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Improving The Biomarker Pipeline For Early Cancer Detection

Published July 4, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

Several statistical and biological issues need to be addressed in order to improve biomarker identification for early detection of cancer, according to a commentary published online July 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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New high-tech device for cancer treatment debuts in Naples PHOTOS/LINKS

Published July 3, 2009, 1:25 pm, Naples Daily News

The RapidArc turns around the patient for better dose distribution, something that no other computer-controlled radiation system, or what’s called intensity-modulated radiation therapy, can do. The urology practice just debuted the RapidArc this past week, starting with patients with prostate cancer and will roll out the system to patients with other cancers shortly.

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