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Sustained Avastin aids colon cancer survival: study (Reuters)

Reuters – Colorectal cancer patients who continued treatment with Roche Holding AG’s Avastin even after their cancer worsened lived longer than those who went off the drug, according to an “observational analysis” released on Thursday. Continue reading

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Sustained Avastin aids colon cancer survival: study (Reuters)

Reuters – Colorectal cancer patients who continued treatment with Roche Holding AG’s Avastin even after their cancer worsened lived longer than those who went off the drug, according to an “observational analysis” released on Thursday. Continue reading

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More U.S. babies born with syphilis, report finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More U.S. babies are being born with syphilis, many of them to women in the South who use crack cocaine and work in the sex trade, according to a U.S Continue reading

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Health insurers shifting costs ahead of law: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices to book administration costs as medical costs in an attempt to circumvent new industry reforms, according to a U.S. Senate panel’s report released on Thursday Continue reading

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Sweden, Canada outrank U.S. on healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People living in countries with government-run healthcare systems like Sweden and Canada are far more confident than Americans that their families can get good, affordable care, according to a 22-nation survey released on Thursday. Continue reading

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