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VA Maryland Health Care System Highlights A Woman Warrior for Women’s History Month

VA Maryland Health Care System Highlights A Woman Warrior for Women’s History Month
March is National Women’s History month and Erika Gillespie, a woman warrior, a mother, and a Veteran, is making history along with the more than 1.8 million Women Veterans in the U.S.

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Health Highlights: Dec. 16, 2010

Health Highlights: Dec. 16, 2010
Title: Health Highlights: Dec. 16, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 12/16/2010 4:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/17/2010

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Highlights from the Mayo Clinic Health Letter November Issue: Rotator Cuff Injuries; Causes of Iron Deficiency; Heart …

Highlights from the Mayo Clinic Health Letter November Issue: Rotator Cuff Injuries; Causes of Iron Deficiency; Heart …
ROCHESTER, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Here are highlights from the November issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. You may cite this publication as often as you wish. Reprinting is allowed for a fee. Mayo Clinic Health Letter attribution is required. Include the following subscription information as your editorial policies permit: Visit www.HealthLetter.MayoClinic.com or …

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CEO Highlights How Chronix’s Unique Blood Tests Can Enable Early Cancer Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment at Payor …

CEO Highlights How Chronix’s Unique Blood Tests Can Enable Early Cancer Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment at Payor …
Chronix Biomedical today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Howard Urnovitz, is presenting a session on “Improving Technology for Cancer Detection and Screening” at the Payor Oncology Management Summit, a conference for healthcare insurers and providers focusing on new developments in cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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Fight against breast cancer highlights annual luncheon

Fight against breast cancer highlights annual luncheon
With a packed room, the BATTLE began its 14th annual event and continued the fight against breast cancer through awareness. Winston Countians have readied for National Breast Cancer Awareness month with a BATTLE (Breast Cancer Awareness To Teach Ladies Early Detection) Luncheon on September 30.

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New professional handbook highlights fast-growing trends in scientific knowledge

New professional handbook highlights fast-growing trends in scientific knowledge
As genomic advances reveal new insights into what underlies human health and disease, important questions emerge about the meaning of this information for entire families especially children and their parents. Now, a new professional handbook is available to help researchers, practitioners, and policy makers understand the impacts of these discoveries on child and family well-being.

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Nanotech Medicine, Tumor Tracking, New Technologies, and More –Highlights of the American Association of Physicists …

Nanotech Medicine, Tumor Tracking, New Technologies, and More –Highlights of the American Association of Physicists …
WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 52nd meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) convenes from July 18 – 22, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA.

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Study highlights importance of individualized, patient-centered therapies

Study highlights importance of individualized, patient-centered therapies
In an analysis from the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial, one of the largest studies of its kind to determine whether intensive blood glucose (sugar) control worked better than standard blood sugar control among diabetics, results show that the benefits of intensive therapy need to be balanced against the increase in total and cardiovascular disease-related death …

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Dig Pink – Breast Cancer Awareness – FIU Volleyball game highlights

On Friday, October 23rd FIU Women’s Volleyball played Arkansas – Little Rock and helped raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. These are some highlights from the event.

American Journal of Public Health Highlights: May 2010

American Journal of Public Health Highlights: May 2010
(1) Discrimination, Language Barriers Linked to Adverse Health among Asian Americans in California (2) U.S.-Born Asians Show Higher Breast Cancer Survival Rates than Foreign-Born Asians (3) Life Expectancy Gains in South Korea Attributed to Declines in Infant Mortality and Cardiovascular Diseases

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