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Take the good with the bad: The Sanders amendment

Take the good with the bad: The Sanders amendment

Posted by | Jun 22, 2012 | |

There was much back-slapping and self-congratulating among the Senate yesterday as Republicans and Democrats celebrated a rare instance of bipartisanship when the chamber passed the Farm Bill – a much anticipated overhaul of our agriculture system that cut useless subsidies and expanded even more useless insurance programs among other things. However, proponents of natural, organic foods didn’t find much cause to celebrate …

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Seizure Disorders

Seizure Disorders

Posted by | Jun 21, 2012 | |

Seizure disorders also refered to as epileptic syndromes are a group of disorders that involve abnormal, unregulated electrical discharges that occur in the brain disrupting normal brain function. There are as many different types of syndromes as there are seizures. ..

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer

Posted by | Jun 21, 2012 | , |

Breast cancer is a term that covers a variety of cancers that originate in the breast tissue. Breast cancer is second only to skin
cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. It is the most common form of ‘invasive’ cancer diagnosed in women worldwide…

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Myelodysplastic syndromes

Myelodysplastic syndromes

Posted by | Jun 21, 2012 | |

Myelodysplastic syndromes, more commonly refered to as MDS, are a group of disorders characterized by mal formed,and malfunctioning blood cells. Previously MDS was refered to a pre-leukemia because some people with MDS go on to develop acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)…

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Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer

Posted by | Jun 21, 2012 | , |

Ovarian cancer is a term that covers a group of tumors that develop in the different types of tissue that make up the ovaries, the most common of which is epithelial ovarian cancer because it develops in the epithelial cells. With the exception of Japan, ovarian cancer is more prevelant in industrialized countries…

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