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(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) T he Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to scientists based
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Pricey New Treatment Roils Issues Of How To Treat Prostate Cancer
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Men hoping to avoid some side effects of prostate cancer treatment are shelling
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(By Brian Helfand for ST A T) A s a group, men who choose not to treat their early-stage prostate
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(By Meghana Keshavan for ST A T) W hen the Nobel Prizes are announced next week, the winning biomedical discovery
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(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline) A website for five affiliated stem cell clinics , four of them in California,
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(By Rebecca Robbins for ST A T) T he Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved 1 the first so-called
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(By Richard Harris for NPR) Researchers trying to understand diseases and find new ways to treat them are running into
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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(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) N EW YORK — There’s been a lot of excitement about immunotherapy 1
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Ten thousand seniors turning 65 and becoming Medicare-eligible every day but not one of Silicon Valley companies is taking senior
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