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• Cancer & Diseases
• Public Policy, Legislation & Ethics
• Health Insurance
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Given Imaging
  • Health Insurance Coverage
  • Business Information

Cancer & Diseases

• 'Camera pill' promising for diagnosis of small bowel disease (1/6/2004)
   
• National survey finds U.S. public enthusiastic about cancer screening (1/6/2004)
   
• Genetic Risks Missing from Patient Charts (8/12/2003)
   
• Method used by enzymes in development of colon cancer described by UCSD researchers (6/30/2003)
   
• Cancer Prevention Survey Shows Americans Confused About Cancer Prevention (6/4/2003)
   
• New evidence linking high-fibre diet with reduced risk of colon cancer (5/1/2003)
   
• Over-the-counter pain relievers effective in protecting against breast cancer (4/8/2003)
   
• Novel COX-2 Combination Treatment May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk (4/8/2003)
   
• More Than Two Million Women Stand to Benefit from Taking Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Prevention (4/2/2003)
   
• Daily aspirin lowers colorectal cancer risk (3/5/2003)
   
• Family communication about hereditary disease vital to prevention (2/18/2003)
   
• Task Force Finds Evidence Lacking on Whether Routine Screening for Prostate Cancer Improves Health Outcomes (12/2/2002)
   
• Mammography Frequently Detects Noninvasive Tumors (10/16/2002)

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Public Policy, Legislation, & Ethics

• Little evidence for effectiveness of scientific peer review (2/1/2003)
   
• Public Citizen Launches Online Version of Worst Pills, Best Pills News to Inform Consumers About Prescription Drugs, Supplements That May Endanger Health (1/23/2003)
   
• Ethical Guidelines Urgently Needed for Collecting, Processing, Using and Storing Human Genetic Data (11/25/2002)
   
• President Bush Signs Rare Diseases Legislation (11/7/2002)
   
• NORD News Briefs: Medical Privacy & Medicare Outpatient Drugs (8/12/2002)
   
• Supreme Court Narrows Disability Law (1/8/2002)

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Health Insurance

• Problems Arising From Lack of Health Insurance Ripple Through Whole Communities (3/6/2003)
   
• Lack of Health Insurance Places Entire Families at Risk, Study Says (9/18/2002)
   
• Uninsured Adults More Likely to Die Prematurely (5/21/2002)
   
• Many Uninsured Adults Do Not Receive Needed Medical Care (10/24/2000)

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Update: 24.Feb.'04