Infant Mortality Gap By Race Labeled Travesty
Federal health officials warn by century's turn black babies will be about three times more likely to die before age one than white babies. Between 1980 and 1991 deaths declined overall, with white infants dropping faster and the racial gap widening despite overall progress.
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Scientists link disabled gene to kidney cancer findings
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and partners report a tumor suppressor gene is altered in 57 percent of kidney cancer tumors or cultured cells. Linehan says testing for disabled gene versions could aid early detection and improved treatment, with about 27,600 US cases this year.
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He Sai
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National Cancer Institute
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Nature Genetics
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Pittsburgh Probe Questions Breast Cancer Study Oversight
Federal officials seek University of Pittsburgh review to determine if a 17 breast cancer study was tainted by fraudulent data. The work suggested removing only a tumor plus chemotherapy could treat cancer, based on 89 sites including St. Luc Hospital in Montreal, whose data were falsified. Later studies affirmed the conclusions after excluding the bad data.
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Aniversity of Pittsburgh
Wroe
St. Luc Hospital
Montreal
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