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View Article  Preventing Cancer: Slowly, Cancer Genes Tender Their Secrets
By GINA KOLATA
Scientists are now finding that untangling the genetics of cancer is not impossible and are basing new treatments on their findings.

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View Article  F.D.A. Puts Restrictions on Guidant
By VIKAS BAJAJ
The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the Guidant Corporation, restricting the heart device maker's ability to win approval for some new products.

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View Article  Overdoses contribute to heart complications
Heart attack patients who receive excessive doses of blood thinners have a greater risk of serious bleeding, a study finds.

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View Article  Robert Langreth On Health Care
The Big Trend

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View Article  Peter Kang On Health Care
The Big Trend

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View Article  Health Care
Forbes editors and writers take a look ahead at health care in 2006. Click on the authors to read what they think will be the big trend, hear their unconventional wisdom, be cautioned against misplaced assumptions, check the watch list and get a bold prediction.

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View Article  Matthew Herper On The Drug Industry
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View Article  Cancer death rates declining, report finds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The threat of dying from cancer is on the decline, even though the overall rate of being diagnosed with the disease holds steady, the government says.

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CNN.com
View Article  Merck opts for shake-up to clear drug pipeline
The failure of the painkiller Vioxx and a lack of new products leaves the world's third-largest drug company in the lurch. Emma Marris reports.

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nature.com
View Article  AIDS at Christmas time
The end of 2005 was supposed to mark the achievement of a critical goal in the treatment of HIV in poor countries. The goal hasn't been met, but it is now within sight.

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