Monday, October 4, 2010

Pioneer of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel Prize



Pioneer of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel Prize
New York Times
By NICHOLAS WADE The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded this year to Robert G. Edwards, an English biologist who, with a physician colleague, Patrick Steptoe, developed the in vitro fertilization procedure for treating human ...
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Pink tips: How to prevent breast cancer
Food Consumer
In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the pink month, we offer the following for those who are interested in knowing some tips on how to really prevent breast cancer. It should be remembered that breast cancer in many cases is preventable ...
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Rob Ford joins mother in cancer fundraiser
National Post
Just a few days after mayoral hopeful Rob Ford caused a stir for suggesting he'd move marathons to city parks if elected, he walked alongside his mother on Sunday in the annual CIBC Run for the Cure. "Unfortunately, my mom had a mastectomy and breast ...
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Insurance, Race and Poverty Affect Cancer Care, Researchers Report
BusinessWeek
By Steven Reinberg SUNDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who don't have private health insurance or are poor or black fare worse than others if they get cancer, three new studies find. The reports, documenting financial and racial factors that ...
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Laptops can toast skin, researchers warn
CBC.ca
Working with a laptop on your lap could lead to "toasted skin syndrome," say Swiss researchers who recommend placing a heat shield under such computers. The condition is characterized by discoloured sponge-patterned skin caused by long-term heat ...
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2010: Need for improved awareness
eMaxHealth
The first full week of October was designated by the US Congress as Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) in 1990. MIAW is recognition of the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) 's efforts to raise mental illness awareness. ...
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