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Lakers look fatigued heading into All-Star break
Reporting from Oklahoma City — Another question rocketed to the top of an ever-shaky season for the Lakers.
Is Kobe Bryant fatigued?
He is averaging 38.2 minutes a game, third-highest in the NBA, and it might have caught up to him the last two...Tags: Andrew Bynum, Synvisc (drug), Health, Sports, Drugs and Medicines
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FDA panel votes against Amgen's Xgeva for prostate cancer
A panel of cancer experts voted against a new use for Amgen Inc.'s Xgeva in prostate cancer on Wednesday, saying the drug's ability to slow the spread of the disease did not translate into meaningful benefits for patients.
The Food and Drug...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Mayo Clinic, Economy, Business and Finance, Human Body, Medical Research
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FDA questions new use for Amgen drug
Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen Inc. drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.
The Food and Drug...Tags: Health Organizations, Human Body, Medical Research, Testosterone, Health
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Many with rheumatoid arthritis are inactive, despite benefits of exercise
Regular exercise can be beneficial to people with rheumatoid arthritis, but a study finds that two out of five people with the disease may not be active at all.
The study, released Thursday in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, looked at how much...Tags: Northwestern University, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Drugs and Medicines
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Project: Pet Slim Down by Nestle, Jenny Craig aims at pets, owners
Is Fido getting fat? Rover a bit too round? Does Muffin sport a muffin top? Nestle Purina and Jenny Craig have teamed up to help your portly pet and you slim down with Project: Pet Slim Down.
The new online program encourages pet owners to register and...Tags: Obesity, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pets, Diseases and Illnesses, Track Cycling
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Bookmarks: A faithful film rendering of 'The Woman in Black'?
Not every ghost story translates well from page to screen — the 1999 movie "The Haunting," based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel, for instance — but the trailer for the upcoming film of Susan Hill's "The Woman in Black" (Vintage: 176 pp., $15....Tags: Entertainment, Fiction, Harry Potter (fictional character), The Woman in Black (movie), Daniel Radcliffe
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U.S. asks court to reconsider ruling on bone marrow donations
The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that most bone marrow donors can be compensated for providing life-saving marrow cells harvested from their bloodstreams. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Health, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Love, disease and a killing
A series of heavy doors slid open, one by one, at the Pima County Jail. And finally I was sitting with 53-year-old Sanford "Sandy" Garfinkel, who had just been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his terminally ill wife by holding a pillow over...Tags: Suicide, Health, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Nursing Homes
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Court asked to reconsider ruling on bone marrow compensation
Nation NowBone marrow transplant: The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to allow compensation to people donating bone marrow cells harvested from their bloodstreams.... -
Questions remain about vitamin D benefits and risks
Vitamin D has emerged as something of a wonder supplement, according to the claims of dozens of studies published in the past few years. Researchers have suggested that adequate levels of the nutrient not only strengthen bones, but reduce the risk of...Tags: Internists, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Heart Disease, Mineral Supplements
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Kobe Bryant injures wrist: Lessons for him and for weekend warriors
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has decided to keep playing despite tearing ligaments in his right wrist; while this isn't a major injury, some torn ligaments can mean bench time for professional athletes as well as weekend warriors.
First, to Bryant's injury....Tags: Kobe Bryant, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals, Los Angeles Lakers
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Giuliana Rancic's planned double mastectomy: What it means
TV personality Giuliana Rancic announced Monday she's decided to have a double mastectomy after undergoing a double lumpectomy for breast cancer.
Rancic's husband Bill told the "Today" show that despite having the lumpectomies not all cancer cells were...Tags: Mastectomy, Reconstruction, Lymphatic System, Breast Cancer, Cancer
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