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Q & A: Bras and Cancer
15 February 10 02:01 PM

Is there any truth to the rumor connecting beast cancer to wearing bras? Read More...

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Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Women and Girls, Breasts

F.D.A. to Increase Medical Radiation Oversight
10 February 10 12:58 AM

The agency said it would move to more stringently regulate the most potent sources, including CT scans. Read More...

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Filed under: Food and Drug Administration, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Cancer, Radiation, CAT Scans, Accidents and Safety, X-Rays

Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana Discouraged
18 January 10 10:59 PM

Thwarted research means there is no good scientific evidence that legalizing marijuana’s use provides any benefits over current therapies. Read More...

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Questioning a Cancer Drug That Costs $30,000 a Month
04 December 09 11:03 PM

Experts question the value of the expensive lymphoma drug Folotyn, which shrinks tumors but has not been shown to prolong lives. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Food and Drug Administration, Cancer, Allos Therapeutics Incorporated|ALTH|NASDAQ

*** Cancer Screening Policy Won’t Change, U.S. Officials Say
19 November 09 02:06 AM

The White House emphasized that the new screening standards were not binding on either physicians or insurers. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Cancer, Mammography, Breasts

Insurers Unlikely to Alter Policies in the Debate Over Mammograms
19 November 09 01:39 AM

Medicare and private health insurers said they were unlikely to change coverage of *** cancer screenings after new guidelines recommended that women wait longer to have mammograms and have fewer of them. Read More...

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Filed under: Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicine and Health, Medicare, Cancer, Tests and Testing, Women and Girls, Mammography, Breasts

Patient Money: Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles
16 November 09 04:34 PM

Trying unconventional remedies is a bold move, let alone trying to get an insurer to cover the expense and knowing what pills to buy. Read More...

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Filed under: Health Insurance and Managed Care, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Doctors, Cancer, Vitamins, Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Vaccine Against Virus in Girls May Be Given to Boys
22 October 09 04:15 AM

A federal panel of independent medical experts stopped short of urging the routine use of an HPV vaccine in boys and young men. Read More...

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