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amednews: Major employers support flu shot requirement for health professionals :: Feb. 14, 2012
www.ama-assn.org | 8 hours 37 minutes ago
The national immunization rate for health care workers is 63.5%. Facilities with mandatory policies have an average 98.1% vaccination rate.

Healed of cancer – thanks to a Mammogram | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 13, 2012
Healed of cancer – thanks to a Mammogram. Author Avril Dalziel Saunders releases stirring true story of triumph and recovery from breast cancer - Mammograms Save Lives - PR11797376

Ben Venue Laboratoriess Children Leukemia Drug May
www.biospace.com | Feb 13, 2012
A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two

10 Biotech Stocks With Big Potential Upside In 2012: Part Two - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com | Feb 13, 2012
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Birth defects in offspring of cancer survivors investigated : The Lancet Oncology
www.thelancet.com | Feb 13, 2012
Birth defects in offspring of cancer survivors investigated. By - Talha Khan Burki

BBC News - Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice
www.bbc.co.uk | Feb 9, 2012
Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.

PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENT TAKES STRIDES TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY THE WORLD TREATS DIABETES
www.prleap.com | Feb 9, 2012
Inventing the world's first sensory substitution diabetic shoe insole, 27-year-old Dr. Breanne Everett of Calgary catches the attention of medical professionals, high profile investors and Hollywood filmmakers alike.

Pancreas May ‘Taste’ Fructose, Hinting at Links to Diabetes - Health News - Health.com
news.health.com | Feb 7, 2012
By Serena GordonHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that the pancreas has sweet-taste receptors — like those found on the tongue — that can “taste” fructose. Fructose is a common ingredient in many foods and beverages. Nutrition experts have warned that Americans

UPenn sues Memorial Sloan-Kettering president for $1B over alleged stolen research -
www.fiercehealthcare.com | Feb 7, 2012
The President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is facing a more than $1 billion lawsuit from the cancer center at the University of Pennsylvania--his former employer--over what the latter Read more...

MabCure, Biotech Investment Co | MabCure signs license agreement with Biotech Investment Corp |
www.pharmaasia.com | Feb 7, 2012
MabCure has signed a license agreement with Biotech Investment Corp. (Biotech), a Nevada-based biotechnology investment company. The agreement is an exclusive worldwide license to certain MabCure hybridoma clones producing antibodies against prostate cancer. In addition to the license fee paid to