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Athletics' Craig Breslow Pitches In to Battle Chilhood Cancer

September 2, 2010

FanHouse / Joe Lapointe

Filed under: Athletics, AL West NEW YORK -- Craig Breslow pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings Wednesday night for Oakland at Yankee Stadium but he compiled a more impressive statistic a few hours earlier.

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Atheist Christopher Hitchens Vows to Fight Religion, Cancer, and Deathbed Conversion

September 2, 2010

Politics Daily / David Gibson

Filed under: Religion, Culture, DisputationsBut the polemicist recognizes the support from believers and atheists alike, though he wonders if he'll let everyone down in the end.

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Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research?

September 2, 2010

Health & Science - International Herald Tribune / By DAN FROSCH

Sinbad, thought to be at least 35, is now at a sanctuary in Florida.

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Gov. Tim Pawlenty to Accept Medicaid Money, but not Funds for 'Obamacare'

September 2, 2010

Politics Daily / Christopher Weber

Filed under: Health Care Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Determined Douglas To Stand Up 2 Cancer

September 2, 2010

IMDb News - WENN

New warning signs may predict kidney transplant failure

September 2, 2010

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news

Kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...

Catherine Zeta-Jones 'Furious' at Michael Douglas' Doctors for not detecting his throat cancer sooner.

September 2, 2010

Geno's World / Geno (noreply@blogger.com)

Origin of Aggressive Breast Cancer Found

September 2, 2010

LiveScience.com

One of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer has different origins than scientists previously thought.

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The United States Of Star Wars (Geography)

September 2, 2010

Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome

Note: X-wing your way over to a full-size version HERE.

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Survey: Employee health costs up 14%

September 2, 2010

chicagotribune.com - Business

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IN THE MAIL: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Tr…

September 2, 2010

Instapundit / Glenn Reynolds

IN THE MAIL: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease.

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Health Wonk Review: In the Here and Now

September 2, 2010

InsureBlog / noreply@blogger.com (Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC)

I continue to be impressed with the quality of wonkery displayed by the folks whose submissions you'll see below.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones angry at doc & Douglas' cancer

September 2, 2010

NY Post

Catherine Zeta-Jones is mad -- at the cancer that threatens hubby Michael Douglas' life, and at the doctors who didn't catch it sooner. She...

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Family Health Care Costs Will Jump 14% in 2010

September 2, 2010

DailyFinance / Danny King

Despite relatively stable rates for insurance premiums, the average U.S.

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Could a Peanut Paste End Malnutrition?

September 2, 2010

International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions / By ANDREW RICE

THE WAIT A World Food Program screening center in Port-au-Prince.

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5 Big-Time Health Service Stocks Up For Grabs

September 2, 2010

Fool.com: The Motley Fool / Jordan DiPietro

These large-cap stocks look pretty cheap.

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Orexigen Shares Soar on Partnership Deal With Takeda

September 2, 2010

DailyFinance / Melly Alazraki

Orexigen jumped over 25% in premarket trading after announcing an exclusive partnership agreement potentially worth over $1 billion with Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical to ...

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Did Tony Blair really have a drink problem?

September 2, 2010

guardian.co.uk UK news / Luisa Dillner

In his memoir, A Journey, Tony Blair admits to drinking to unwind. But is half a bottle of wine and a whisky that much?

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Health insurance tax credit likely to affect small part of small-business workforce

September 2, 2010

Washington Post / N.C. Aizenman

About 16.6 million workers are employed by small businesses that are eligible for health insurance tax credits under the new health-care law, according to estimates that were to be released by a ...

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Liberal Pundits Don't Get What Democratic Politicians Get: Health Care Hurts

September 2, 2010

Weekly Standard Blog / Jay Cost

Nate Silver and Jonathan Chait disagree with my recent assessment that the health care law has been a factor in the political decline of the Democrats.

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Star in cancer patient's video

September 2, 2010

TheSun.co.uk/News

X-MEN actor Hugh Jackman makes cameo in husband's present for his wife

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Hank's HWR is up

September 2, 2010

Managed Care Matters / Joe Paduda (jpaduda@healthstrategyassoc.com)

Brief. To the point. Here. that sums up Hank Stern's edition of Health Wonk Review - the best o' the blog-o-sphere....

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Catherine Zeta-Jones' Cancer Fury

September 2, 2010

Sky Showbiz - Latest

Catherine Zeta-Jones has spoken out about her anger at the doctors who failed to spot Michael Douglas' throat cancer.

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Michael Douglas Cancer, Paris Hilton Arrest: Celeb Contrasts

September 2, 2010

SBS Entertainment Business Blog / Zennie Abraham (zennie@sportsbusinesssims.com)

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Health 2.0 Europe: Keynote Address by Pieter Vos and Jolyn van Vuuren

September 2, 2010

The Health Care Blog / Matthew

By Bianca Grogan Pieter Vos, from the Council for Public Health and Health Care, gave a keynote address on stage at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference, April 6-7, 2010, in Paris, France.

N.J. faces class-action lawsuit by immigrants denied FamilyCare in budget cuts

September 2, 2010

NJ.com: Featured Entries - Breaking News / The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk

file photoSeton Hall Law School's Center for Social Justice filed a class-action lawsuit today on behalf of legal immigrants denied coverage under New Jersey FamilyCare.

Serendipity contributes to MRSA susceptibility findings

September 2, 2010

PhysOrg.com

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found two genes in mice which might help identify why some people are more susceptible than others to potentially deadly staph infections.

Life Image Secures $5.2M in Second Financing Round to Push Medical Images in the Cloud

September 2, 2010

Xconomy / Ryan McBride

Life Image has won further investor support after more hospitals have bought its new technology for exchanging medical images via the Internet cloud.

Determined Douglas to Stand Up 2 Cancer

September 2, 2010

Hollywood.com - Recent News

Brave movie star Michael Douglas is to participate in next week's (10Sep10) Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon - as he continues to fight the disease.

Groups of friends key to health behavior changes

September 2, 2010

Reuters Health eLine

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

HealthMed Services to Acquire Neural Communicator

September 2, 2010

FreshNews.com: Other Areas of Tech Interest / admin

Home Health Care Takes A Hit

September 2, 2010

/ MarketNewsVideo.com

In trading Thursday, home health care shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.3%.

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