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Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.

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Together Winchester sisters undergoing surgery to prevent cancer

Posted: 06/13/2013 - Angelina Jolie recently revealed she underwent a preventative double mastectomy. Her courage has two Winchester sisters braving the unknown and fighting a killer that has already hit their family. In this month's Think Pink story Amber Philpott profiles two sisters taking a proactive approach to saving their lives.

Trustees say Medicare exhausted in 2026

Posted: 06/03/2013 - The government says Medicare's giant hospital trust will not be exhausted until 2026, while the date that Social Security will exhaust its trust fund is unchanged at 2033.

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Ivanhoe Medical Breakthroughs

  • Osteoporosis Drug Stops Breast Cancer
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new study from the Duke Cancer Institute found the drug bazedoxifene, which is currently used in Europe to treat osteoporosis, stops the growth of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells. Furthermore, the drug even works on breast cancer cells that are resistant to anti-estrogen tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors, the commonly used targeted therapies for breast cancer.
  • Laparoscopic VHR: Lower Cost of Care and Shorter Hospital Stay
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A study led by Justin Lee, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, examined the outcomes of laparoscopic compared with open ventral hernia repair (VHR) in obese patients.
  • Protein Plays Role in the Spread of Cancer
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 575,000 Americans die of cancer each year, the second leading cause of death in the United States after cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found that a protein used by embryo cells, during early development, apparently serves as a switch regulating the spread of cancer, known as metastasis.

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