MD honored for research on blood clots

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Robert Roeder and Jack Hirsh were recipients of the Gairdner Award, which is presented by Toronto, Ont.-based Gairdner Foundation. The award positions Dr. Hirsh as a leading contender for the Nobel Prize in medicine.

Blood Disease R&D, Educational, religious, etc. trusts, Educational, Religious, Charitable Trusts, Grantmaking Foundations, Hematologic research, Achievements and awards, Investment companies, Charitable trusts, Roeder, Robert, Hirsh, Jack, Gairdner Foundation

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Better diets helping to cut cancer rate

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The Canadian Cancer Society has issued its annual statistics report on cancer rates. The report, which predicts that 134,100 new cases of cancer and 65,300 deaths from cancer in Canada will occur in 2001, estimates that the disease costs the Canadian economy approximately $14.5 billion annually.

Science & research, Statistics, Statistical Data Included, Statistics (Mathematics), Canadian Cancer Society

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Is women's risk of breast cancer really 1 in 9? Researchers say no

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The California Cancer Registry reported that older women on average have a one-in-eighty six risk of being diagnoses with breast cancer than the traditional statistic of one-in-nine. The report recommends that health care providers stop using the older statistic because it is misleading.

United States, Health aspects, Reports, California, Breast cancer, California Cancer Registry

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