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JMI Equity leads $10M investment in Calif. health insurance firm (Baltimore B...
Baltimore private equity firm JMI Equity is leading a $10 million round of investment in a Southern California health insurance technology company.
Medicare Drug Plan Helps Patients Fight Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The fear that the new Medicare drug plan would limit access to medicines hasn't come true, as least as far as cancer treatment is concerned, a new report finds.
Mich. bill would require cancer shots (AP via Yahoo! News)
Michigan girls entering the sixth grade next year would have to be vaccinated against cervical cancer under legislation backed Tuesday by a bipartisan group of female lawmakers.
Marisa Acocella Marchetto: Cancer Vixen (HuffingtonPost)
Marisa Acocella Marchetto , a freewheeling, shoe-worshipping, downtown New York City cartoonist -- who was too busy to get mammograms or re-up for her health insurance -- had a charmed life cartooning for The New Yorker , the New York Times , and Glamour magazine, with a lipstick collection that would have made Jerry Hall envious . . . And to top that off, at 43, she got engaged to
Cancer Therapy; Specialists encourage women to learn their family health hist...
2006 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Women's Cancer Research Institute (WCRI) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is joining with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) to educate women about familial breast-ovarian cancer syndrome and encourage them to learn their family history of gynecologic cancer during Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.
Headway in heart disease highlights cancer stall (MSNBC)
Some newly released health statistics show how much progress has been made — and how much remains to be done — with heart disease and cancer, two of the major killers in America. By NBC's Robert Bazell
Exercise May Cut Men's Colon Cancer (Fox News)
By starting an exercise program, men may slash their risk of colon polyps and colon cancer, new research finds.
Media insurance (CNET)
Blog: In the event of a fire, insurance can cover you for the cost of replacing physical DVDs, CDs, and yes, even vinyl. But what if...
Longer Delay for Genentech on New Use of Cancer Drug (New York Times)
Genentech said that approval of its colon cancer drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer would be delayed by at least a year.
Exercise May Help Breast Cancer Patients Survive (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Exercise May Help Breast Cancer Patients Survive Category: Health News Created: 9/12/2006 2:04:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2006 2:04:30 AM
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