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Feds Take Steps To Ease Cancer Drug Shortages

February 21, 2012
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Feds Take Steps To Ease Cancer Drug Shortages

Written by Colleen Shaddox Dr. Jeffrey Gordon wants to treat a new patient with ovarian cancer with Doxil, a chemotherapy drug that’s proven highly effective against the disease. But he is unable to obtain Doxil because, like many other potentially lifesaving drugs, it is in short supply. “It’s really become a crisis,” said Gordon,...

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Fake Cancer Drug Avastin Vials Found In U.S.

February 15, 2012
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Fake Cancer Drug Avastin Vials Found In U.S.

In what must be terrifying to many cancer patients, the maker of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin says counterfeit vials have turned up in the U.S. Roche, the manufacturer, says any patient taking its drug who is finding unusual side effects should contact their physicians immediately. “Roche’s Genentech unit says the fake products do...

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Granny Snatching: West Coast Advice Helps Connecticut Seniors Avoid Nursing Homes

February 8, 2012
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Granny Snatching: West Coast Advice Helps Connecticut Seniors Avoid Nursing Homes

The issue of whether elderly relatives should live their final days in nursing homes, or be cared for in their own home or that of a relative, is quickly emerging from the shadows of legislative committees into the limelight of public debate. The aging Baby Boomer generation will bring unprecedented financial burdens to state...

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Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s State Sen. Edith Prague Back at Work for Elderly!

February 2, 2012
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Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s State Sen. Edith Prague Back at Work for Elderly!

A minor stroke on Christmas day hasn’t seemed to slow State Sen. Edith Prague D-Columbia even a half step. She returned to the state Capitol  in late January,  went right back to work and says  she’ll be running for another term! “Too many important things are happening, I’ve got to be here,” she told...

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