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  1. Drug could attack ‘the root’ of cancer cells: study tgam.ca/Dc7A 3:01 PM May 24th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
  2. Avoidable deaths plummet – but not for those in low-income areas tgam.ca/Dc6z 2:59 PM May 24th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
  3. World's First Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada nyti.ms/JAjExl 4:17 PM May 21st via Tweet Button
  4. World's First Stem Cell Drug From Osiris: Approved mnt.to/46jD 2:42 PM May 21st via Tweet Button
  5. Medical information tattoos raise health-care questions tgam.ca/DbSy 7:33 AM May 17th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
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  7. Canadian discovers method to radically minimize scars tgam.ca/DaPG 12:31 PM May 8th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
  8. Avian H5N1 influenza viruses in the wild may be one small step away from spreading effectively between mammals nature.com/news/mutant-fl… 7:06 AM May 3rd via Tweet Button
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  11. Sometimes Your Kids Are Safer If You Just Leave Them Alone motherjones.com/kevin-drum/201… 3:13 PM Apr 25th via Tweet Button
  12. "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" tinyurl.com/c94hl6 9:12 AM Apr 25th via web
  13. Deadliest cancers get fewest donations: report theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-b… 8:32 AM Apr 25th via Tweet Button
  14. NYTimes: Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals nyti.ms/I6PSfI 7:55 AM Apr 25th via NYTimes on iOS
  15. Resistance to antibiotics is the new climate change tgam.ca/D4w8 5:33 PM Apr 5th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
  16. Promising but mixed results for cardiac application of stem cells: Restore my beating heart bit.ly/w5qzgR 11:43 PM Feb 23rd via Nature.com iPhone App
  17. Immunology: Immune system master switch bit.ly/AtqT3X 11:39 PM Feb 23rd via Nature.com iPhone App
  18. Bridging the gap between doctors and hackers to upgrade health care tgam.ca/DYVS 10:20 PM Feb 20th via The Globe and Mail - Connect
  19. Drug Shortages Hit Oncology Hard: Experts Weigh in on Challenges and Solutions -- great overview of a complex issue: bit.ly/xZDRBa 12:49 PM Feb 16th via Tweet Button
  20. Supply of Drug Critical to Treating Childhood Cancer May Run Out Within Weeks nyti.ms/y7yui2 11:28 PM Feb 10th via NYTimes on iOS
  • Name Gordon Laird
  • Location Canada
  • Web http://www.gordon...
  • Bio Journalist and author currently writing a book on experimental medicine and the future of health.
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