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Mar 2, 2011 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
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    Mar 2, 2011 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

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      Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    1. Doctors describe 'death with dignity' program for cancer patients

      A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/27/168150886/americans-support-physician-assisted-suicide-for-terminally-ill">-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll</a> last&nbsp; year said they were in favor of legalizing physician-assisted suicide. A BBC<a href="http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/677/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx"> World News America/Harris Poll</a> from the year before found that 58% believed that physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for patients who request it.
      A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last  year said they were in favor of...

      Tags: NPR, Prostate Cancer, Suicide, Palliative Care, Pharmaceuticals

      2. Nov 14, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

    2. It's unseemly for nonprofit CEOs to make millions

      The story of the nonprofit CEO who solicits charity while raking in a giant salary is, by now, becoming a Central Florida clich&eacute;.
      The story of the nonprofit CEO who solicits charity while raking in a giant salary is, by now, becoming a Central Florida cliché. There was NorthStar High School in Orange County, which was a miserable failure academically but paid its principal $824,000...

      Tags: Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, Local Government, National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology

      3. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    3. E. Donnall Thomas dies at 92; physician won a Nobel Prize

      E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle,...

      Tags: Lymphoma, Heart Disease, Cancer, Entertainment Events, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      4. Oct 20, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

    4. Nobel laureate, bone-marrow transplant innovator Dr. E. Donnall Thomas dies

      <a>Nobel Prize winner and medical pioneer E. Donnall Thomas, M.D.</a>, died Saturday at the age of 92.
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      Nobel Prize winner and medical pioneer E. Donnall Thomas, M.D., died Saturday at the age of 92. Thomas won the Nobel Prize in 1990 for his work in bone-marrow transplantation to cure leukemias and other blood cancers. In 1974, Thomas became the first...

      Tags: Blood Disorders, Cancer, Medical Specialization, Entertainment Events, Leukemia

      5. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    5. Miami Marlins' Logan Morrison a finalist for prestigious Hutch Award for community service

      I'm not sure if Logan Morrison will stay healthy or productive enough to be part of the Miami Marlins' future, but it's clear he's already distinguished himself with good deeds off the field.
      Sun Sentinel columnist
      I'm not sure if Logan Morrison will stay healthy or productive enough to be part of the Miami Marlins' future, but it's clear he's already distinguished himself with good deeds off the field. Morrison, the young outfielder and first baseman, was one of...

      Tags: Mickey Mantle, Ryan Ludwick, Baseball, Barry Zito, Alex Gordon

      6. Sep 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    6. Some women actually have men on the brain

      For the Booster Shots Blog
      For decades after a woman has carried a male child in her womb or shared her mother's womb with a brother, she carries a faint but unmistakable echo of that intimate bond: male fetal DNA that lodges itself in the far recesses of her brain. That...

      Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, DNA

      7. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

    7. Study says chemotherapy can backfire

      The threat of biological warfare and movies like Contagion can plant all sorts of scary ideas in our heads. So, the last thing we want to hear is that some of the medical industries "go-to" solutions for curing the sick might be doing just the opposite.
      KIAH
      The threat of biological warfare and movies like Contagion can plant all sorts of scary ideas in our heads. So, the last thing we want to hear is that some of the medical industries "go-to" solutions for curing the sick might be doing just the opposite....

      Tags: Biotechnology, Health Treatments, Cancer, Science and Technology, Medical Research

      8. Jul 23, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

    8. Write Yourself Thin

      Health
      If you’ve been struggling to drop those last few pounds, a pen and some paper might just be your salvation. According to a recent study, dieters who wrote down what they ate in a food journal lost 6 more pounds than dieters who did not. Why does...
      9. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

    9. Keep a journal to lose weight, study finds

      A new study has backed up what others have found: Women who want to loose weight should keep a food journal, avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants, especially at lunch.
      A new study has backed up what others have found: Women who want to loose weight should keep a food journal, avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants, especially at lunch. The study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and...

      Tags: Overweight, Newspaper and Magazine, Weight, Weight Loss

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