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Boston Red Sox CEO Named Chairman of The Jimmy Fund
Apr 22, 2016Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino was appointed by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to act as chairman of the Jimmy Fund. Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has raised millions of dollars to support adult and pediatric cancer care ...
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Larry Lucchino, Jimmy Fund
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Scientists Developing Exercise Pills
Oct 15, 2015Scientists are currently in the process of developing pills which mimic the effects of exercise. A review published in the October 2015 edition of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, (Vol. 36) examines the work of several laboratories ...
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Cadillac CT6 PHEV in Shanghai Auto Show
Apr 20, 2015The unsurprising debut of the Cadillac CT6 PHEV in Shanghai today has a powertrain that sounds an awful lot like the one that can be found in the Volt and the Cadillac ELR. The plug-in CT6 – identical to the CT6 that debuted in New ...
Tags: Cadillac CT6, Shanghai Auto Show
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Sportswear Company's Board of Directors Voted to Expand The Board to 11 Members
Mar 24, 2015Columbia Sportswear Company's board of directors voted to expand the board to 11 members from 10 previously and elected banker Malia H. Wasson to serve in the newly-created position, effective March 19, 2015. The board also nominated ...
Tags: Columbia, shareholders, Sporting Goods
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Differences Between Electronic Cigarettes and Vaporizers
Jan 26, 2015Electronic cigarettes and vaporizers belong to a single category of products, but this does not mean they are the same. As viable alternatives to tobacco cigarettes, smokers need to know which between the two products they should get. ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Vaporizers, Consumer Electronics
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USDA Aims to Reduce The Amounts of a Potentially Harmful Ingredient in Potato Chips
Nov 19, 2014The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the commercial planting of a potato that has been genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips. The move comes in ...
Tags: genetically engineered potato, acrylamide, Agriculture
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Indonesia Win Right to Seek a Ruling by WTO on Australia's Tobacco Plain-Packaging Laws
Oct 21, 2014In March this year, Indonesia won the right to seek a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. The WTO's disputes settlement body agreed to set up an independent panel of trade and legal ...
Tags: Packaging Laws
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Blood-Platelet Shortages May Become a Thing of The Past
Aug 14, 2014Blood-platelet shortages may become a thing of the past, according to scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The researchers have designed an industrial-strength bone marrow bioreactor that can generate human platelets in ...
Tags: Bioreactor, Health, Medicine
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Qiagen Announces Commercial Launch in India of Its CareHPV Test
Feb 28, 2014Qiagen has announced the commercial launch in India of its careHPV test, the only molecular diagnostic for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) designed to screen women in settings with limited healthcare infrastructure, such as areas ...
Tags: CareHPV Test, Qiagen
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Yamaha and West Coast Hi-Fi Have Opened The First Yamaha Sound Centre
Feb 27, 2014Yamaha and West Coast Hi-Fi have opened the first Yamaha Sound Centre. Yamaha and West Coast Hi-Fi celebrated the opening of Australia’s first Yamaha Sound Centre on Saturday 22 February 2014. This store-in-store branded concept is ...
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Roswell Park/University at Buffalo Study Finds Significant Risk for Women Who Never Smoked
Feb 27, 2014Roswell Park/University at Buffalo study finds significant risk for women who never smoked Secondhand smoking is linked with pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy, according to new research from ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Secondhand Smoke, Smoke, Secondhand smoking
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Data Show Treatment Prolongs Life for Women with Most Common Cancer in Under 35s
Feb 27, 2014Data published in New England Journal of Medicine show treatment prolongs life for women with most common cancer in under 35s New data showing cancer treatment Avastin® (bevacizumab) can extend the lives of women with advanced ...
Tags: Cervical Cancer, Avastin, GOG240, GOG
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Putnam Hospital Center Comes to Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Feb 26, 2014Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, NY, is leading by example when it comes to promoting healthy lifestyle choices and encouraging workplace wellness. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Putnam Hospital Center with the CEO Cancer Gold ...
Tags: Cancer, healthy lifestyle, workplace wellness, organization
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Experimental Glasses That Seem to Improve a Doctor's Ability to See Cancer Cells
Feb 25, 2014TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- Experimental glasses that seem to improve a doctor's ability to see cancer cells during surgery may help reduce cancer patients' need for follow-up operations, according to a new study. The researchers said ...
Tags: cancer, Experimental Eyewear, high-powered magnification
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Dormant Prostate Cancer Cells Found in Bone Tissue Can Be Reawakened
Feb 25, 2014Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute discovered in pre-clinical models that dormant prostate cancer cells found in bone tissue can be reawakened, causing metastasis to other parts of the body. ...
Tags: Prostate Cancer Cells, reawakened, preventing the spread of disease