Obese cancer patients are often shorted on chemotherapy doses

Published October 13, 2013

Obese cancer patients are often shorted on chemotherapy doses

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Giving too little chemo “could make it as if they didn't even get treated at all … so they go through the whole ordeal with no benefit, in the extreme case,” said Dr. Jennifer Griggs, a University of Michigan breast cancer specialist who also worked …
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The Gun Rights Crowd Might Be Right About Mental Health

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Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan and a former F.B.I. agent, responding to the Newtown shooting earlier this year, cautioned against gun control, saying, “What the more realistic discussion is, 'How do we target people with mental …
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The Real Story Behind Penicillin

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… to test the drug on people. But the problem remained: how to produce enough pure penicillin to treat people. … Although Alexander was admitted to the Radcliffe Infirmary and treated with doses of sulfa drugs, the infection worsened and resulted …
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