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Health newsfeed for Thursday, March 13, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD:  TESTING MATERNAL BLOOD HELPS IDENTIFY GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN THE BABY, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS A method for analyzing the mother’s blood for pieces of DNA shed by her fetus has been validated …

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Health newsfeed for Wednesday, March 12, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD:  A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS TO IDENTIFY NEW FLU STRAINS, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Most novel flu strains arise in and around Asia, then make their way around the globe.  Now a study …

Mar 12, 2014 – Monitoring Flu Read more »

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Health newsfeed for Tuesday, March 11, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD:  NEW FOOD LABELING WILL HOPEFULLY HELP EVERYONE, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Do you really understand the labeling on food products you consume?  For many of us the answer is no, even among …

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Health newsfeed for Monday, March 10, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY CANCER DRUGS ARE SO VERY EXPENSIVE?  ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Cancer care has the potential to bankrupt budgets as more people age into developing the disease.  …

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Health newsfeed for Friday, March 7, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: AS CANCER COSTS SKYROCKET, PATIENTS WANT TO BE INFORMED, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Cancer care internationally is in crisis, with costs skyrocketing as demands for care also increase.  Now a new paper …

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Health newsfeed for Thursday, March 6, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: SHOULD SPECIAL CENTERS BE DEVELOPED TO RECOVER ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS An organ recovery center in St. Louis has just published data revealing that when a center dedicated to …

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Health newsfeed for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 ANCHOR LEAD: PEOPLE WHO’VE DONATED A KIDNEY NEED NOT FEAR, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Let’s say you’ve decided you’ll donate one of your kidneys.  What should you expect in terms of follow up in …

Mar 05, 2014 – What Risk? Read more »