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Reporter Stephanie Desmon and photographer Chiaki Kawajiri spent the past six months following the lives of four women enrolled in a trial of an experimental breast cancer vaccine, and the Johns Hopkins oncologist who oversees it. They witnessed virtually...
Tags: Cancer, Preventative Medicine, Diseases, Breast Cancer
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Flu shots recommended for most kids
Flu season, with its aches, fever and cough, is around the corner, says Dr. Timothy Doran, chairman of pediatrics at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. This year, for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all...Tags: Viral Diseases, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, People
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Elusive cure
In a darkened slice of a convention center ballroom, Dr. Leisha Emens takes her place in front of hundreds gathered to hear about her latest research.
The Johns Hopkins oncologist doesn't look particularly comfortable in the spotlight. This is no way...Tags: Trials, Western Medicines, Research, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
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Flu shots and babies
Washington PostThe question: If a pregnant woman gets a flu shot, might the child she's carrying be protected after birth? The study: Researchers randomly assigned 340 women in the third trimester of pregnancy to get a flu shot or a shot that contained a vaccine...Tags: Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research, Preventative Medicine, Washington Post Company
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What the vaccine does
In the nearly 40 years since the nation declared war on cancer, great advances have been made in breast cancer screening, early detection and treatment. The death rate for breast cancers has fallen. More is discovered all the time about the genetics and...Tags: Trials, Cancer, Animal Science, Genetics, Western Medicines
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The trial of their lives
For the past two days, Annie Siple has patiently crisscrossed the Johns Hopkins medical campus for test after test, being scanned by big machines, pricked with small needles, fastened to electrodes, injected with dye. Soon she will find out who is...Tags: Academic Progress, Trials, Walt Disney World Resort, Herbal Medicines, Western Medicines
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25% of teen girls vaccinated for cervical cancer, U.S. says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a quarter of the nation's teenage girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year of distribution, federal authorities said Thursday. "For a new vaccine, 25% is really very good," Lance Rodewald,...Tags: Teen-agers, Consumer Electronics Industry, Cancer, People, IMS Health Incorporated
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Grief support for children
The Rainbows grief support program provides support groups for children who have suffered the loss of a significant person in their lives through death, divorce or separation. Free sessions will be offered to Anne Arundel County children from...Tags: Physical Fitness, People, Pharmaceuticals, Mass Media, Preventative Medicine
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US restrictions on bird flu vaccines over bioweapons fears baffles health experts
Associated Press WriterJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) _ When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the...Tags: Robert Gates, Animal Diseases, Mount Sinai, Defense, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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New shot for cancer reaches 1 in 4 teens
The Associated PressOne in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the Gardasil...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Pharmaceuticals, Cancer, Death and Dying, Merck & Company Incorporated
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25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Shot
One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the Gardasil...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Cancer, Death and Dying
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1 in 4 U.S. teen girls got cervical cancer shot
AP Medical WriterAbout one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday. The figures represent the government's first full year of vaccination rate data for the Gardasil vaccine,...Tags: Teen-agers, Cancer, People, Johns Hopkins University, Viral Diseases
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