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Getting Enough Vitamin D: More Than Milk And Sunshine

Celeste Headlee | NPR | April 14, 2014

New research finds that people with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to die from cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. Nutrition professor and author Marion Nestle explains. Read More »

Group Warns Almost 500 Products Contain Chemical Found In Yoga Mats

Michelle Castillo | CBS News | February 27, 2014

Subway made news earlier in February when the sandwich chain announced it was removing a chemical called azodicarbonamide (ADA), which is used to make yoga mats, from North American formulations of bread. But now, a consumer advocacy group is warning people that almost 500 more food items on the market have this same compound. Read More »

Harvard Develops Cancer-Killing Nanorobots

Sean Fraser | Digital Journal | February 17, 2012

The relentless pursuit of a cure for one of humanity's most devastating diseases took a rather large leap with a very small invention recently as Harvard develops cancer-targeting nanorobots that seek out cancer cells and kills them. Read More »

Heart Failure Breakthrough May Come From "Open Source" Cancer Drug Development: Discoveries

Brie Zeltner | Cleveland.com | August 19, 2013

A newly-discovered cancer drug may be a breakthrough in treating heart failure, thanks to a groundbreaking “open source” approach to drug discovery that allowed a Case Western Reserve University heart specialist free access to the compound for his research. Read More »

How Brisbane’s Translational Research Institute Revolutionizes Medicine Through Architecture

Mikki Brammer | Arch Daily | November 15, 2014

In Brisbane, the largest research institute for medicine south of the equator, the Translational Research Institute (TRI), is transforming the world of medical research in part thanks to its new building by Wilson Architects and BVN Donovan Hill...

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How Computer Clouds Could Help Cure Cancer

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | August 5, 2013

Computer clouds have been credited with making the workplace more efficient and giving consumers anytime-anywhere access to emails, photos, documents and music as well as helping companies crunch through masses of data to gain business intelligence. Read More »

How Crowdfunding And Open Source Research Will Fight Cancer

Jess Bolluyt | Tech Cheat Sheet | October 4, 2014

...A researcher named Isaac Yonemoto is applying some of the concepts of open source software initiatives to cancer research. Yonemoto is undertaking Project Marilyn, a campaign to develop a patent-free anticancer drug...

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IBM Pitched Its Watson Supercomputer as a Revolution in Cancer Care. It’s Nowhere Close

Casey Ross | STAT | September 5, 2017

It was an audacious undertaking, even for one of the most storied American companies: With a single machine, IBM would tackle humanity’s most vexing diseases and revolutionize medicine. Breathlessly promoting its signature brand — Watson — IBM sought to capture the world’s imagination, and it quickly zeroed in on a high-profile target: cancer. But three years after IBM began selling Watson to recommend the best cancer treatments to doctors around the world, a STAT investigation has found that the supercomputer isn’t living up to the lofty expectations IBM created for it. It is still struggling with the basic step of learning about different forms of cancer...

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Improved Survival In Cancer Patients With High Vitamin D Levels

Pam Harrison | Medscape | May 1, 2014

Researchers have again found that higher levels of circulating vitamin D on diagnosis of cancer are associated with significantly better survival and remission rates. The new findings come from a comprehensive meta-analysis involving more than 17,000 cancer patients, published online in the April 29 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism...

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Inadequate Cancer Medicines In America?

Staff Writer | Bloomberg TV | August 1, 2013

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Infectious Disease and Public Health Specialist Celine Gounder and Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor in Medicine Dr. James Bradner discusses cancer medicines with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." Read More »

Is Big Data Already Outpacing Health IT?

Diana Manos | Government Health IT | February 11, 2014

Call it super-mega big data. Taking just one example, cancer research, highlights how far the healthcare industry has yet to go to actually make sense from the mountains of information that already exist. Read More »

Ketogenic Diet Helps Weight Loss, Epilepsy, MS, Alzheimer's And Starves Cancer

Samantha Chang | Examiner.com | October 5, 2014

The low carb, high-fat ketogenic diet has been shown to accelerate weight loss, enhance performance for endurance athletes and manage diseases such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and cancer...

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Largest Cancer Gene Database Made Public

Deena Beasley | MedlinePlus | July 15, 2013

National Cancer Institute scientists have released the largest-ever database of cancer-related genetic variations, providing researchers the most comprehensive way so far to figure out how to target treatments for the disease. Read More »

Logging On For Life

Beverly Merz | The Atlantic | January 15, 2014

Digital access to medical records empowers patients through better communication, smarter decisions, and continuous health tracking online. Read More »

Merck To Bristol-Myers Face Threats On India Patents (Correct)

Ketaki Gokhale | Bloomberg Businessweek | January 28, 2014

Pharmaceutical companies from Merck & Co. (MRK:US) to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY:US) face fresh threats to protecting their patents in India as a government-appointed panel prepares to evaluate more drugs for local makers to copy.  The panel is looking beyond the cancer treatments it studied last year to areas such as HIV and diabetes, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

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