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Ferrara Receives Gairdner Prize, Canada's Highest Honor in Life Sciences

Ferrara Receives Gairdner Prize, Canada's Highest Honor in Life Sciences
Other 2014 recipients are James P. Allison, PhD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for developing immune system-based cancer therapies; Titia de Lange, PhD, of Rockefeller University for her discovery of the mechanisms protecting …
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Former Anorexic Woman Lauren Lax Alive Because of Strangers' Intervention in

Former anorexic woman Lauren Lax alive because of strangers' intervention in
By the time Lax was in the seventh-grade she had to be admitted to a inpatient program, and had to seek treatment again when she was a freshman at the University of Texas. She hit her rock bottom… Continue reading

Rebooted Texas Cancer Agency Funds Biotech Firms

Rebooted Texas Cancer Agency Funds Biotech Firms
The cancer agency said it would be awarding a total of $ 102.8 million in grants, including prevention awards to Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Nearly $ 64 million of that total is going toward biotech …… Continue reading

PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins

PodMed: A Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins
In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and vice chairman of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, look at the top… Continue reading

A RARE GIST(gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) CASE HELP??

Question by susu: A RARE GIST(gastrointestinal stromal tumor) CASE HELP??
My husband was just diagnosed with a gist he has had recurrance, and more tumors have developed, i need help and information if there is anyone out there who can help, we have sent his case everywere and everyone says… Continue reading

I Want to Find Addiction Treatment Centers in Llano, Texas. How?

Question by alyson d: I want to find addiction treatment centers in Llano, Texas. How?
I’m doing a research on the drug ketamine and its addiction treatment. Is it true that there are no medications for this kind of addiction?

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ASK TONI KING: How to Navigate the Maze of Medicare When You Have Cancer

ASK TONI KING: How to navigate the maze of Medicare when you have cancer
3300, Bellaire, TX 77401 RSVP-832/800-4674 You do not have to be a cancer survivor to attend. This workshop is open to the public. Cypress Bible Church-Saturday, March 29th from 8:30 AM-11:00 AM at Cypress Bible Church,11711… Continue reading

Make Cancer Clinical Trials Smaller, Smarter, More Beneficial to Patients

Make cancer clinical trials smaller, smarter, more beneficial to patients
The growing understanding of new drug therapies that can target specific molecular drivers of cancer, as well as improved preclinical models available to test those therapies in the lab, have created an environment ripe for significant improvements …
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Addiction Rehab Texas

Addiction Rehab Texas — http://TexasAddictionNetwork.com CALL US (888) 374-4037 For anyone who has struggled to beat an addiction issue, it goes without saying it is a difficult pro…


Summit sheds light on disorders
The Health Sciences Center's new Brain & Behavioral Health Institute will host a national conference on Friday.… Continue reading

One-in-a-Million Girl Dies of Rare Lung Disease

One-in-a-million girl dies of rare lung disease
The physicians at the Children's Heart Institute are academic faculty at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School and leaders in the field of pediatric heart care, providing a broad range of services for children …
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