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Cancer treatment speeded by genome superhighway: creator

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(Reuters) – A new supercomputer-based network will allow doctors to use genomic sequencing to speed cancer treatment and could increase survival chances for patients, its creator, billionaire healthcare businessman Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong, said on Tuesday. A group of technology and healthcare companies have formed the superhighway that will accelerate the time for genetic analysis of a patient’s tumor to 47 seconds from eight to 10 weeks now, Soon-Shiong said in a press release. …

Patrick Soon Shiong, Soon Shiong

Watch: Increased Health Risks for Indoor Tanners

10/02/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Dr. Dennis Hughes says indoor tanning increases risks of both melanoma and non-melanoma cancers.

Dennis Hughes

Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreak

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Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands, authorities said, sparking major recalls there and in the U.S.

Netherlands

Lawsuit challenges California ban on gay conversion therapy for youth

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Christian legal group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a landmark California law that bars a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality from being used on children and teens, calling it a violation of privacy and free speech rights. California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed the ban into law over the weekend, making the nation’s most populous state the first to ban so-called conversion therapy among youth. Gay rights advocates say the therapy can psychologically harm gay and lesbian youth. …

Canadian health regulators approve InterMune’s fibrosis drug

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(Reuters) – Biotechnology company InterMune Inc said Canadian health regulators approved its drug to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal lung disease. InterMune expects the drug Esbriet, chemically known as pirfenidone, to be available for sale in Canada from January 1, 2013. The company said it expects to secure reimbursement for the drug from most private insurance plans by the third quarter of 2013, adding that reimbursements from public plans are typically secured within six to 18 months of a launch. …

Canada

The key to successful weight loss

10/02/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Being relaxed about healthy eating is also important. “Once people start restricting and getting into the diet head, they treat every meal as if it's the last one and lose control because they're afraid they're not going to get their favourite foods …
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New Zealand Listener

LA council votes to repeal pot dispensary ban

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The Los Angeles City Council reversed course Tuesday and repealed a ban on pot shops that it passed just two months ago to shutter hundreds of medical marijuana storefronts.

Factbox: Colombia’s Santos latest leader treated for cancer

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(Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer on Wednesday. Here is a look at some world leaders who have had cancer while in office: * COLOMBIA’S JUAN MANUEL SANTOS: – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he would undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer in a health scare that seemed unlikely to derail his government’s imminent talks with Marxist rebels to end decades of war. …

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Colombia’s Santos to spend two-three days in hospital after cancer surgery

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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will spend two or three days in the hospital after surgery for non-aggressive prostate cancer, his doctor said on Tuesday, a day before the 61-year-old was scheduled for the operation. Midway through his four-year term, Santos surprised the Andean nation on Monday night when he announced doctors had discovered a cancerous growth, but the disease had been caught in time and there was minimal risk. …

Fish linked to heart failure risk, omega-3 results mixed

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For people conscious about their heart health, a new study suggests it may be best to eat fish instead of taking individual omega-3 fatty acids in supplement form. After reviewing information on the habits and fatty-acid blood levels of more than 20,000 male doctors, researchers found mixed results when it came to omega-3 supplements and the men’s likelihood of heart failure, but eating fish regularly was linked to a lower risk. According to the study’s senior researcher, the results are consistent with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) recommendations. …

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NY’s Bloomberg aims to save mothers, children in Tanzania

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday he is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers and their children during the next three years. A woman dies every two minutes of pregnancy-related problems with 99 percent of such deaths in poor countries, according to the U.N. Population Fund. Common causes are bleeding after childbirth, high blood pressure, infections and unsafe abortions. …

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Beta Blockers May Not Stop Heart Attacks

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A new study questions whether beta blockers help heart disease patients avoid heart attack, stroke and sudden cardiac death. The paper was published in the Journal of American Medical Association.

American Medical Association

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