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Manager pleads guilty in Miss. cancer clinic fraud
An ex-office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including conspiracy ...
Woman pleads guilty in cancer clinic fraud case
A former office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors describe as a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including ...
Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good. Despite strenuous protests from urologists, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is sticking by a contentious proposal it made last fall. A final guideline ...
Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds ...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits, according to the ...
$1.1M seized, property sought in cancer drug case
Federal officials have seized $1.1 million and two vehicles from a Belgrade man suspected of profiting from selling illegal cancer drugs. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/J0FYdN ) the federal government also is seeking to seize 11 parcels of property in Gallatin County from Paul Bottomley. U.S. Marshals seized money ...
Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf ...
Yahoo's Thompson reportedly has thyroid cancer
Yahoo's Scott Thompson, who was pressured to give up his CEO post because his official biography included a college degree he never received, reportedly has thyroid cancer. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it did not identify, says that Thompson told Yahoo's board and several colleagues of his condition before ...
Young cancer patients' 'Stronger' video a big hit
A video featuring cancer-stricken children, their nurses, doctors and parents lip-synching and dancing to the popular Kelly Clarkson song "Stronger" has become an online sensation. Clarkson, in her own video message to the children at Seattle Children's Hospital, said it was "amazing." "It made my day. I know it's making ...
Mass. teen cycling across country to fight cancer
When Zachary Boyer bicycles from Baltimore to Portland, Ore., later this month, the 4,400-mile trip will have a more personal meaning for him than he could have known when he signed up over winter break. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth freshman and Assonet resident signed up for the Ulman Cancer ...
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