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MD Anderson Cancer Center Plans 'Moon Shot' for Cures

09/21/2012 at 6:09 am

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston announced Friday it's mounting a bold "moon shot" to dramatically reduce deaths from eight types of cancer within the next decade.

The new effort was likened to the space program of the 1960s, inspired by John F. Kennedy's famous speech, 50 years ago this month at Rice University in Houston, in which he said America should go to the moon and do other things, "not because they are easy but because they are hard."  read more ≫

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Teens Should Be Offered IUDs, Top Doctors' Group Says

09/21/2012 at 5:56 am

Spike Mafford/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A leading group of physicians who advise on women's health has issued new guidelines recommending for the first time that doctors offer intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implantable contraception -- methods commonly referred to as long-acting reversible contraception -- to teenage patients.  read more ≫

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Mystery Illness Leaves Florida Girl Unable to Walk, Talk

09/21/2012 at 5:09 am

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Brianna Skriver was a bouncy, blond "wild child" who loved playing dress-up and jumping rope with her fellow 5-year-olds, according to her mom. But a mysterious illness swiftly ***** her ability to walk and talk, leaving her family desperate for answers.

It all started at a soccer game.

"I noticed she was running differently and falling a lot," said Skriver's mom, Tammy Skriver, a single mother of two in Central Florida. "When we got home I said, 'Show mommy how you skip' -- she loved to skip -- and she couldn't do it."  read more ≫

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Aerosmith Members Look Forward to New Tour, Explain Why the Trek Is So Short

09/21/2012 at 3:01 am

Photo: Ross HalfinAerosmith recently revealed the dates for the second North American leg of their Global Warming Tour, which is mapped out from a November 8 concert in Oklahoma City through a December 13 show in Nashville.  As far as b***ist Tom Hamilton is concerned, he'd like to play a lot more shows for stateside fans this year. read more ≫

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