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1. Study: Coffee reduces risk of cancer
(Health/Healthquest)

... that men who drink several cups of coffee daily may reduce their risk of dying from prostate cancer. According to Kathryn M. Wilson, ScD, epidemiologist at Harvard and the study author, men in the study ...

2. Cutting student aid and research funding will hurt competitiveness
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a study at Rutgers to help urologists to better detect prostate cancer, would lose more than $1.5 billion. The National Science Foundation, whose grant related to digital library research led to the creation ...

3. Gaddafi gave order for Lockerbie bombing, says former Libyan official
(World/International)

... his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis. In October 2009, The Daily Record reported the release of al-Megrahi, and MacAskill's defense in granting the Libyan national a compassionate release. "I have ...

4. Mangoes and other healthy winter fruits
(Health/Healthquest)

... antioxidant compounds. In a new research study, mango fruit has been found to protect against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. Mango fruit is an excellent source of antioxidants found in vitamin-A ...

5. Medicare coverage for annual physicals
(Health/Healthquest)

... do when a loved one dies Who pays first between Medicare and my group insurance? Gambling on your health insurance can be risky September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare ...

6. Gov. Christie vetoes N.J. family planning
(N.J./State)

... Education and Early Detection program, which among other things funds mammograms and pap smears, colorectal exams and prostate screenings, and over $20 million in funding for health services for low-income ...

7. Review: ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ (with trailer)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... paid $400 million to damaged investors and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Two years later, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and released. He's still alive.) At the height of his celebrity, a profile ...

8. What is the Part D Medicare doughnut hole?
(Health/Healthquest)

...  is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare cover eye care? Michelle's Law ensures college students don't lose insurance When the marriage ends in divorce, so does the insurance JOIN ...

9. Breast cancer vaccine cures, prevents deadly disease
(Health/Healthquest)

... middle-aged and older: "And yet they confront these horrific diseases like breast cancer and prostate cancer and colon cancer and so forth and I thought this is the giant hole." he said. "We don't have ...

10. New health law: An explanation of benefits
(Health/Healthquest)

... benefits - will be phased in over as many as seven years. Beginning this year, the law will make all Medicare preventive services, such as screenings for colon, prostate and breast cancer, free to beneficiaries. ...

11. Health benefits of vitamin D even greater than previously thought
(Health/Healthquest)

... in the breasts, in the prostate, in the colon, and it's thought that the locally-acting vitamin D is helping to protect the body against these cancers, regulating how cells grow and how cells die," added ...

12. Make health insurance a part of your vacation planning
(Health/Healthquest)

... health insurance can be risky September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare cover eye care? Michelle's Law ensures college students don't lose insurance When the marriage ends ...

13. What happens to health insurance after graduating college?
(Health/Healthquest)

... first between Medicare and my group insurance? Gambling on your health insurance can be risky September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare cover eye care? Michelle's Law ensures ...

14. Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment: Questions and concerns
(Health/Healthquest)

Prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, does not lend itself to "one size fits all" diagnosis and treatment, according to a local urologist. The disease's lack of early ...

15. Understanding health insurance reform
(Health/Healthquest)

... is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare cover eye care? Michelle's Law ensures college students don't lose insurance When the marriage ends in divorce, so does the insurance JOIN ...

16. Detecting and preventing Medicare fraud
(Health/Healthquest)

... charge copayments on clinical laboratory tests, and on Medicare covered preventive services such as PAP smears, prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests, or flu and pneumonia shots. Be suspicious of providers ...

17. Guide to health care reform changes
(Health/Healthquest)

... in over as many as seven years. Beginning this year, the law will make all Medicare preventive services, such as screenings for colon, prostate and breast cancer, free to beneficiaries. Q: How much ...

18. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... from Leukemia and A-Leukemia; Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas; multiple myeloma; the digestive organs including stomach, colon, rectum and liver; the trachea, bronchus and lungs; the prostate, uterus ...

19. New Jersey takes part in National Public Health Week
(Health/Healthquest)

... Screenings — Eligible residents can get free breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer screenings through the Cancer Education and Early Detection Program. Cancer Education and Early Detection ...

20. Changes in Medicare supplements effective June 2010
(Health/Healthquest)

... health insurance can be risky September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month When does Medicare cover eye care? Michelle's Law ensures college students don't lose insurance When the marriage ends ...