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Yesterday | WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

Moms Make Pitch to 'Strike Out' Brain Cancer

Some Ross, Ohio baseball moms are making a pitch to 'strike out' brain cancer. Devastated by the plight of a boy on their sons' baseball team, Diane Siereveld and other moms are organizing the "Strike-Out Brain Cancer" benefit for the family of 9-year-old Nik Scheffler.

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Related Topix: Health, Ross, OH

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KMOT-TV Minot

Sister Helps Raise Funds for Brother in Need

Over at the Kensington this afternoon, a benefit was held for Jayce Kringen, a 7 year-old who is fighting against brain cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Peregrine Awarded European Patent for Innovative Labeling Technology...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for a novel device and methods for linking biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health

New Republic

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it Washington to vote from home?

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it to Washington to vote from home? Post Date July 1, 2009 The news that Al Franken is finally going to the Senate has prompted all sorts of musing about the Democrats' new supermajority.

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Related Topix: US News, Health, US Politics, Christopher Dodd, Prison

Wed Jul 01, 2009

NBC Action News

EPA: No Link Between Fertilizer and Brain Tumors

There are new developments in the mysterious cases of tumors in Cameron, Missouri as the EPA says fertilizer used in four Missouri counties does not appear to cause brain cancer .

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Related Topix: Cameron, MO, Health, Kansas City, MO

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Salt Lake City Weekly

And the winner is Franken... finally

Posted By: Greg Wilcox He's good enough, he's smart enough, and, dog gone it, he's officially a Senator for the state of Minnesota.

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Related Topix: US News, Health

Montgomery Advertiser

Teens join fight against cancer

A group of east Montgomery teens decided to do something special this summer. They set up a lemonade stand recently in the Halcyon area to raise money for charity.

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Related Topix: Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL, Health

Mon Jun 29, 2009

New York Times

Dodd Turns to Kennedy for Help as Part of Early Campaign Blitz

His accent is unmistakable, but his voice sounds frail, less robust, and his face looks drawn.

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Related Topix: Health, US News, US Politics, Rob Simmons, Republican, US House of Representatives, Connecticut, New Haven Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

News Times

Kennedy at home on the ocean in Hyannis Port

With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.

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Related Topix: Hyannis-Port, MA, William Delahunt, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Folk, The Kennedys, Health

MediLexicon

St. Joseph's Selected As Only Site To Provide New Genetic Test For Deadly Type Of Brain Cancer

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has partnered with Castle Biosciences, Inc.

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Related Topix: Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Cancer cluster in acerage getting worse?

First, we heard there was a strange coincidence in the acreage area...neighbors within 3 miles of each other all with kids who had some form of brain cancer.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Jun 26, 2009

FOX News

Like Father, Rep. Kennedy Rallies to Vote for Climate Bill

In February, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., suffering from brain cancer, rallied to return to the Senate and cast a decisive vote to help clear the way for President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Mark Kennedy, Republican, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Health

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WPBF

Senator Calls For Federal Investigation Into Cancer Cluster

A United States senator has asked two federal agencies to investigate a cancer cluster in Palm Beach County.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Nelson, US Politics, Health

RedOrbit

Researchers Draft 3-D Protein Map

A new three-dimensional computer protein map is helping researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham unravel the biological pathways that control brain-cell death after a stroke.

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Related Topix: Computers, University of Alabama, Health, Chemistry, Science

Med Ad News

Antigenics Announces Expansion of Investigator-Sponsored Study for Glioma

Jun 25, 2009 - Antigenics Inc. today announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has expanded its Phase 2 clinical trial of Oncophage to include NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Antigenics, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, UC San Francisco, Columbia University, Cancer, Health, Neurological Surgery

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Larry Wilson: Migraine sufferers needed for study

WHEN, a couple of years ago in this space, I mentioned how two of the top migraine docs in the world were looking for locals to aid their research here in Pasadena, it apparently really helped in terms of turnout, as they got dozens of migraineurs together at the Huntington Medical Research Institutes for a study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Migraine, Health, Pasadena, CA, US News

KIVI-TV Nampa

Stennett says he'll be back for 2010 Legislature

Sen. Clint Stennett says his cancer is "on the run" and predicted he'll be back in Boise for the 2010 Legislature after missing the entire 2009 session.

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Related Topix: Boise, ID, Ketchum, ID, Health

Tue Jun 23, 2009

New York Times

Baucus Grabs Pacesetter Role on Health Bill

As President Obama 's effort to overhaul the health care system seems to hit one roadblock after another in Congress, he is counting on Senator Max Baucus , a political shape-shifter and crafty deal maker who is not fully trusted by either party, to help him clinch his top domestic priority.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Healthcare Law, Law, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Health, Harry Reid

Lowell Sun

Honor restored, Dracut Marine takes on biggest battle

Lisa Hodgson could sense something was off. Her son, Brian Jopson, was fulfilling his lifelong dream as a member of the Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. But then his behavior turned bizarre.

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Related Topix: Dracut, MA, US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Health

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Somerset County Gazette

BRAVE William Appleton with his friends at the Parade Dance Centre.

FAMILY and friends of a Taunton toddler with brain cancer pulled on their boots and lined up for an active fundraiser at the weekend.

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Related Topix: Health

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