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May 20, 2008

Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Glimoa

After suffering seizures earlier this week, Sen. Ted Kennedy,76,  has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and will remain hospitalized for at least several days as he and his family determine his treatment options.  The Massachusetts senator has been... ... more

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January 2, 2008

Depression Increases Mortality Rate

Researchers are increasingly demostrating a correlation between one's physcological outlook and disease prognosis: Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the... ... more

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November 25, 2007

More Accurate Method of Estimating Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women Developed

A new model for calculating invasive breast cancer risk, called the CARE model, has been found to give better estimates of the number of breast cancers that would develop in African American women 50 to 79 years of age than... ... more

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