Jane Wright, Oncology Pioneer, Dies at 93

Jane Wright, Oncology Pioneer, Dies at 93

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Published: March 2, 2013. Dr. Jane C. Wright, a pioneering oncologist who helped elevate chemotherapy from a last resort for cancer patients to an often viable treatment option, died on Feb. 19 at her home in Guttenberg, N.J. She was 93. Enlarge This …
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It costs just 82p a day, so why won't the NHS give us the drug that halts MS?

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It is given to drug addicts in a dose of 50mg, but since 1985 in the United States it has been used by a growing minority of innovative doctors in much smaller doses of 3mg to 4.5mg daily for the treatment of autoimmune disease. Happy pills: Naltrexone …
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Hamilton County jails are often home for the mentally ill: Advocates say they

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In the cellblocks of the county jail, suspected murderers, drug traffickers, burglars, wife beaters and rapists wait for hearings and trials. Somewhere … The prostitute who confesses a drug addiction, enters a treatment program and gets clean. The …
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