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Healthcare Access, Cost Are Top Health Concerns (Gallup)
A majority of Americans cite either access to healthcare (30%) or the cost of care (25%) as the most urgent health problem facing the country. This marks the sixth successive year that these two concerns have outweighed concerns about a specific medical disease or condition such as cancer, obesity, or AIDS.
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Wistar Scientists Find Key To Keeping Killer T Cells In Prime Shape For Fighting Infection, Cancer (Medical News Today)
Like tuning a violin to produce strong, elegant notes, researchers at The Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted to keep the cells in superb infection- and disease-fighting condition.
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Liver disease tackled with dedicated unit at Imperial College London (News-Medical-Net)
Liver disease death rates are rising in the UK, in contrast to other common diseases such as heart disease and cancer, and the new Robert Hesketh Hepatology Clinical Research Facility aims to provide care and develop new therapies to reverse this trend.
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New local test detecting breast cancer earlier (The Bakersfield Californian)
In just five minutes, a new breast cancer screening test offered at her doctor's office confirmed what Judy Esqueda's annual mammograms couldn't: she had abnormal cells in her breast, a condition known to increase the risk of developing the disease. A biopsy confirmed the 46-year-old Bakersfield resident had early-stage cancer in her left breast. "Had she not had the test, we would have waited a ...
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Finding, and Treating, Esophageal Cancer (New York Times)
For about 90 percent of patients with esophageal cancer, early detection and treatment are missed, and the outcome is fatal.
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Children With Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Inadequate Care, Study Finds (Science Daily)
A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease are receiving inadequate health care, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study finds that the patients, mostly African-Americans, often lack insurance or access to specialized sickle cell centers for treatment.
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Nigeria: Govt Flags-Off Cancer Screening Exercise (AllAfrica.com)
Wife of the Zamfara Governor, Hajiya Aisha Shinkafi, has flagged-off the "Zamfara State Well Women Health Programme" with the screening of 120 poor women for cancer.
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Couple relied on cancer clause (Chicago Tribune)
Buyers told deposit would be returned if disease came back John and Marianne Yasak hesitated briefly before handing the salesman a $40,890 deposit on their dream retirement home last year.
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Key To Keeping Killer T Cells In Prime Shape For Fighting Infection, Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted to keep the cells in superb infection and disease-fighting condition. In a study published in Nature Immunology, the researchers describe their discovery of seven different receptors on T cells that can tamp down immune responses during a prolonged ...
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Wistar scientists find key to keeping killer T cells in prime shape for fighting infection, cancer (EurekAlert!)
( The Wistar Institute ) Researchers at the Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted to keep the cells in superb infection and disease-fighting condition. In a study published online Nov. 30 in Nature Immunology, the researchers describe their discovery of seven different receptors on T ...
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