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Boston Globe -- Health and Science
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Contagious cancers
The almond-shaped lump on Brian Hill's throat didn't make sense to him. The doctor said it was a symptom of advanced oral cancer, but Hill had never smoked a cigarette or chewed a plug of tobacco, considered the main causes of the disease when he was diagnosed in 1997. So why was it there?
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Amid groups of friends, he looks for keys to health
"Obesity can spread like a contagious disease," William Shatner's character says on the preview clip for tomorrow's episode of "Boston Legal."
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A tale of pigs, people, and a shared germ
The past couple of decades have yielded repeated - and lethal - reminders of how animals can make people sick. Think apes and AIDS, mosquitoes and West Nile virus.
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With artificial cornea, he restores gift of sight
Dr. Claes Dohlman, considered the "founder of modern corneal science," recently received the Laureate Recognition Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his contributions in restoring sight worldwide. And he won the Global Leadership Award from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he was chairman of the ophthalmology department. He was also chairman of the department at Harvard ...
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Prostate cancer and weight
Excerpts from the Globe's blog on the Boston-area medical community.
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