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The You Docs: Cancer testing shows diminishing returns in your senior years  To most people, the mantra for cancer screening seems pretty clear: "Just do it." But last summer, a government advisory group recommended that men age 75 and older stop getting screened for prostate cancer, after research showed that testing didn't increase their lifespan and likely caused some harm. Then mammograms for women 80 and older were called into question. Colon cancer screening was ...

On the Job: Dianne M. Person  Administrator, Anatomical Gift Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester "I am responsible for the daily management of the anatomical gift program, with responsibility for administration, policies and operation of the program. Particular attention is paid to matters surrounding acceptance of donor remains, utilization of cadavers, maintaining our donor database as well as ...

Doctor group supports trans-fat bans   The American Medical Association threw its weight behind legislation to ban the use of artificial trans fats in restaurants and bakeries nationwide on Monday.

Emergent Group Inc. Common Stock Begins Trading On NYSE Alternext US Exchange Under Symbol 'LZR'   SUN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 10, 2008 -- The common stock of Emergent Group Inc. , a leading provider of mobile medical lasers and surgical equipment, began trading this morning on the NYSE Alternext US, formerly the American Stock Exchange, under the symbol "LZR."

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group to Participate in Morgan Stanley Seventh Annual Asia Pacific Summit 2008   Simcere Pharmaceutical Group , a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic pharmaceuticals and innovative anti-cancer pharmaceuticals in the rapidly growing China market, announced today its participation in the Morgan Stanley 7th Annual Asia Pacific Summit 2008.

Intel dives into medical market with home health monitors  The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.

Families sue after organs bring cancer  Anthony Taylor had hoped his kidney and liver transplant would save his life. Instead, the new organs gave him skin cancer, which caused his death.

Group finds, buries remains of forgotten veterans  In World War II, Samuel Mazur was a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber that flew over Europe. Three decades later, he died of cancer - with no family at his side - at a Veterans Administration hospital in Vermont. His cremated remains were sent to a funeral home, where they were placed on a shelf and forgotten. "He had an interesting life," said Euclid Farnham, who knew him. "He really did not have ...

Group finds, buries remains of forgotten veterans  By WILSON RING, Associated Press Writer In World War II, Samuel Mazur was a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber that flew over Europe. Three decades later, he died of cancer - with no family at his side - at a Veterans Administration hospital in Vermont. His cremated remains were sent to a funeral home, where they were placed on a shelf and forgotten. "He had an interesting life," said Euclid ...

Doctor group supports trans-fat bans  WASHINGTON Reuters - The American Medical Association threw its weight behind legislation to ban the use of artificial trans fats in restaurants and bakeries nationwide on Monday.

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