Clive Barnes, the British-born theater and dance critic who enjoyed a long career at The New York Times and more recently at the New York Post , died on November 19 in New York, reportedly of cancer. He was 81. Born in London on May 13, 1927, and ...
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Marissa Jaret Winokur will put her Tracy Turnblad wig back on and reprise her Tony winning role when she joins "Hairspray" again in its final weeks on Broadway, the Associated Press reports. Winokur, most recently seen on last season’s "Dancing ...
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LONDON— British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Thursday that the Dutch government has selected its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix for a nationwide vaccination program. Glaxo did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which is a win for ...
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STANLEY, Idaho (AP) - Nearly one in five residents in Stanley has gone bald in recent weeks. The head-shaving movement is actually a show of support for Andy Gunderson, the chief of the volunteer fire department in the central Idaho mountain town ...
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Every year 28 million Americans are visiting nearly 25,000 tanning salons around the nation to achieve bronzed and glowing skin, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Tamye Stanley, a certified aesthetician at Just For You Salon and Spa in Tempe ...
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A groundbreaking is planned Friday morning for the expansion of Indiana University's School of Medicine-South Bend. Harper Hall will serve as the new home for medical education facilities and cancer research laboratories for IU and the University of ...
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AP Medical Writer= Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease. The public has been whipsawed by good and bad news about ...
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Author : Hologic, Inc. BEDFORD, Mass. , Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the ...
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In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement. The billions that began flowing from ...
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Broccoli and similar vegetables appear to offer special protection from cancer for smokers, researchers say. They found that former smokers and, especially, people still smoking heavily got special benefits from eating the vegetables. "The most ...
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