Thursday March 11, 2010

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B.C. researchers find way to predict treatment response in Hodgkin's patients

TORONTO - An international team of cancer researchers has found a way to predict which Hodgkin's lymphoma patients won't respond well to therapies, opening the door to using a less aggressive regimen on those more likely to be cured....

posted: March 10,2010





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Union fires back on Ontario's new plan to make hospitals compete for cash

TORONTO - The conversation Premier Dalton McGuinty said he wanted to have about Ontario's health-care system seems to be turning into a shouting match....


U.S. govt panel finds too many women denied chance to avoid repeat C-section

WASHINGTON - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a U.S. government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back...


Genetic researchers share $500,000 prize for medicine and biomedical research

ALBANY, N.Y. - Three American scientists who contributed to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint - an advance that continues to give the medical world a better understanding of human disease - were awarded the country's richest prize ...


Government backs away after B.C. ambulance union says it will roll over deal

VANCOUVER, B.C. - In an effort to wrap up stymied contract talks, B.C.'s ambulance paramedics have agreed to roll over their collective agreement for two more years....


Saskatchewan doctors warned over Ontario company's offer to store patient files

REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner is warning the province's doctors about an Ontario-based company that is offering to store patient files....


US philanthropist Raymond Tye, who paid for conjoined twins' separation, dies at age 87

BOSTON - A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined Egyptian twins has died. A. Raymond Tye was 87....








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