Oral Drug May Improve Survival in Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Newswise — DURHAM, N.C. – An investigational prostate cancer treatment slows the disease's progression and may increase survival, especially among men whose cancer has spread to the bones, according an analysis led by the Duke Cancer Institute …
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Medical advances improve care, but don't always lower costs

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Data compiled by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, which is part of UNC-Chapel Hill and compiles extensive data on North Carolina's health care industry, shows that although total inpatient days have decreased relative to the …
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For Veterans With PTSD, A New Demon

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Timothy Fazio, a former Marine who suffers from PTSD, has struggled with addiction to prescription painkillers after tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. M. Scott Brauer for The Wall Street … After training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., he arrived in …
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