For cancer patients, newest treatments force the ultimate decision, with no room for error
(By Bob Tedeschi for ST A T) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three weeks earlier she’d been done. Done with the chemo
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Emerging Health Issues
Novel study of pancreatic cancer aims to give patients more treatment options
(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) J ust 3 percent 1 of adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials
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(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) BALTIMORE — After two decades of sending a needle exchange van around this
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(By Allison Bond for ST A T) T he opioid crisis just keeps getting worse, in part because new types
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(By Meghana Keshavan for ST A T) W hen the Nobel Prizes are announced next week, the winning biomedical discovery
Read MoreBeware Of Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments
(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline) A website for five affiliated stem cell clinics , four of them in California,
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(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) After nearly seven months of bickering and finger-pointing, Congress on Wednesday agreed to allocate $1.1
Read MoreDeadly Opioid Overwhelms First Responders And Crime Labs in Ohio
(By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media for Kaiser Health News) Jamie Landrum has been a police officer for two
Read MoreVeterans’ PTSD and brain injury deserve focused research on new treatments
(By Magali Haas for ST A T) S uppose that a million or more members of the US Armed Forces
Read MoreNovel cancer treatment from Kite Pharma notches positive results, but big questions remain
(By Damian Garde for ST A T) A promising new approach to cancer is moving closer to reaching patients, as
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