National Briefs: Night of Music at AMA Show

National briefs: Night of music at AMA show

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Penn Hills school board fires suspended principal …. NEW YORK — The flu can lead to serious complications, even death, in children, but relatively few studies have assessed the effectiveness of antiviral treatments in young patients hospitalized …
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Standale woman waiting for new lungs gets 'one more miracle'

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PITTSBURGH, PA – Anya Maciulewski, a child cancer survivor, moved to Pittsburgh 19 months ago in hopes of one more medical miracle. On Friday, she … The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was the only place willing to perform the transplant …
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Student Injured in Fall From Apartment Balcony

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Less than a week after a Penn State student fell to his death, a second student has fallen from an apartment balcony. The only positive aspect is that this time the student … Shearer was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center. He was later transferred …
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FDA approves first Tx for refractory thyroid cancer

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HealthDay News — The FDA has expanded approval for the anti-cancer drug sorafenib (Nexavar, Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals) to include late-stage differentiated thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer. Thyroid … "Physicians …
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