• Health Care Reform Battle Tops Health News for 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-30 00:05:47
    Health News Health Care Reform Battle Tops Health News for 2011 Print E-mail THURSDAY , Dec . 29 HealthDay News While no one story dominated health news in 2011, the ongoing debate over the legality of the new health care reform law was perhaps the most polarizing , with the case now set to go to the U.S . Supreme Court early in 2012. Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which President Obama signed into law in 2010, claim the legislation will extend coverage to 30 million Americans . But opponents labeled it an unconstitutional intrusion of government upon personal rights , especially the individual mandate clause that requires Americans to purchase health insurance or face . fines Some of the law's provisions , such as allowing children to remain on their parents'

  • Gene Mutation May Be Key to Familial Pancreatic Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-30 00:05:44
    Health News Gene Mutation May Be Key to Familial Pancreatic Cancer Print E-mail THURSDAY , Dec . 29 HealthDay News Individuals may face a higher hereditary risk for developing pancreatic cancer if they carry abnormalities in the so-called ATM gene , new research . reveals The finding , reported in an upcoming issue of Cancer Discovery stems from genetic-sequencing work conducted among 166 pancreatic cancer patients . For comparative purposes , 190 other individuals who did not have pancreatic cancer also underwent . sequencing The study was led by Alison Klein , an associate professor of oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and director of the National Familial Pancreas Tumor . Registry Noting that 10 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are from

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