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| These Are The Tweets That Will Get A Doctor In Trouble Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:57 AM PST The boards that license and discipline doctors are watching what they post online. Guaranteed cancer cures and photos of drunken debauchery are definite no-nos. A picture of a doctor holding a drink at an office party might raise an eyebrow but probably wouldn't trigger an investigation. Aarogya Sri to benefit 3,000 Mulbagal residents Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:52 AM PST As many as 3,000 people from the taluk headed towards Kolar to be tested for cancer, problems related to the heart, kidneys and the nerves, under the Vajpayee Aarogya Sri Scheme, on Tuesday. Patients who had lined up before 17 primary health care centres in the taluk were transported in vehicles to Kolar. Doctors after diagnosing their ailments will refer them to as many as 134 speciality ... The Reselling Of Lance: A Job Too Big Even For Oprah Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:50 AM PST You may have heard that banned-for-life pro cyclist Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, has admitted to doping. You may have heard that he apologized (tearfully, reportedly) to employees at Livestrong, the foundation he started in 1997 after surviving testicular cancer. You may have heard that he reached out to make nice with people in the cycling world who just months ago he ... William Massie Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:49 AM PST William Joseph Massie of West Point died Wednesday, Dec. 26, after a short battle with cancer. He was 77. Mr. Massie was born June 18, 1935, in Oakland. He loved playing golf at Mace Meadows and was an avid Oakland A’s fan. Little girl diagnosed with kidney tumour after falling off her bike beats cancer (and celebrates by flying with Peter ... Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:47 AM PST Nikkita Mills from Canterbury, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer after she fell off her bike on holiday, has celebrated overcoming the illness by flying like Peter Pan. Hugo Chavez ‘is in battle’ but making progress, Venezuelan VP says Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:46 AM PST Hugo Chavez battling complications since undergoing cancer surgery Lance comes clean to Oprah Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:42 AM PST Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation said. The admission Monday came hours after an emotional apology by Armstrong to the Livestrong charity that he founded and turned into a global institution on the strength of his celebrity as a cancer survivor. Tamoxifen ameliorates symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, study suggests Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:39 AM PST A new study has found that tamoxifen, a well-known breast cancer drug, can counteract some pathological features in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). At present, no treatment is known to produce long-term improvement of the symptoms in boys with DMD, a debilitating muscular disorder that is characterized by progressive muscle wasting, respiratory and cardiac impairments ... Star readers respond: Single mom with cancer to get a proper burial Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:29 AM PST After a Star story about a single mom dying of cancer, readers are pitching in to help give her a dignified funeral and support her kids, 20 and 14. ESPN's Stuart Scott announces that he has cancer Tue, 15 Jan, 2013 09:29 AM PST ESPN anchor Stuart Scott announced on Twitter on Monday night that he is battling cancer for the third time. | |
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