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Racial disparities found in how often dying wishes are respected
In yet another of the reminder that there are huge ethnic variations present in our healthcare system, researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have concluded that dying white cancer... Read more...
Study: Depression in aging cancer patients should be treated in primary care
Far too often, primary-care doctors miss classic signs of depression when screening patients for other conditions. This week, a study makes note that one particularly vulnerable group is elderly... Read more...
Report:12 million Americans rejected by health plans
A new report from HHS concludes that the current health insurance system rejected 12.6 million non-elderly adults, or 36 percent of those who attempted to buy health coverage, during the past year.... Read more...
Brigham and Women's begins personalized medicine project
Brigham and Women's Hospital has become the latest to immerse itself in the business of conducting personalized genetic research on treatments for cancer, brain and heart disease. Working with GE... Read more...
Hospitals fight penalties for delaying reports of cancer cases to state
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) is fighting a proposed penalty that would charge hospitals as much as $1,000 a day for delaying reports of cancer cases to the state's tumor registry. CHA... Read more...
Suit claims mold killed FL cancer patients
A Tampa, FL-based hospital is battling claims that mold released by renovations, rather than their illness, killed three young cancer patients last year. The hospital has argued that the three... Read more...
Study: Gastroenterologists are soon to be in short supply
We've told you about the projected shortages in primary care physicians and geriatricians as the population ages. But here's one you might not have expected: We're likely to also see a shortage of... Read more...
Vitamins E, C ineffective in preventing heart disease
Two commonly used vitamins--E and C--apparently do nothing to stop heart disease in men, and may in fact, have negative affects according to a study by Drs. Howard Sesso and J. Michael Gaziano of... Read more...
How effective are B vitamins against cancer?
In a study of women who took vitamins B-6, B-9 and B-12 daily for slightly more than seven years, researchers found that the vitamins had neither a positive nor a negative affect on their subjects in... Read more...
Cancer institute warns of cell phone use
Although many studies have not established any link between cell phone use and an increased risk of cancer, Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued... Read more...
