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Beware, Too Much TV Might Be Injurious To Health

Researchers estimate that every hour an adult spends watching TV, their life expectancy shortens by almost 22 minutes. Watching TV for six hours a day can cut short one's life by five years.
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Danielle Tate, co-founder of bridal name change website MissNowMrs.com, is seen at her office in Potomac, Maryland in this undated handout photo.

Name-change hassle turns newlywed into entrepreneur

It took three stressful trips to the motor vehicle department before newlywed Danielle Tate finally succeeded in changing her name. Her frustration unleashed a new business that has saved thousands of brides from the same headache.
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Leukemia Study Hints at 'Holy Grail' of Cancer Treatment

Resounding success in the early stages of an experimental technique to treat leukemia has researchers talking about a breakthrough in combatting cancer not with radiation or drugs, but with cells drawn from patients' immune systems.
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Cancer Researchers Hail Breakthrough in Leukemia Treatment

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have made strides in treating leukemia patients with a new technique that engineers blood cells to attack the cancer, according to studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.
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Patients' Own Immune Systems Can Wipe Out Leukemia: Study

Scientists used gene therapy to successfully destroy cancer tumors in patients with advanced disease. University of Pennsylvania researchers engineered patient's own T-cells in order to target a molecule on the surface of leukemia cells.
Devices used to take blood pressure, temperature, and examine eyes and ears rest on a wall inside of a doctor's office in New York in this March 22, 2010 file photo.

Fraud and Errors in Scientific Studies Skyrocket

A rise in the number of studies published in scientific journals has been accompanied by a surge in retraction notices, casting into doubt scientific findings that influence everything from government grants to prescriptions written for patients, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
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Jennifer Grey 'So Excited' for 'Dirty Dancing' Remake [VIDEO]

Jennifer Grey, who starred as Baby in the 1987 hit film' Dirty Dancing ,' told fans that she is "so excited" that the iconic film will be remade. "I'm so excited about this news and I think there's nobody better than my beloved Kenny Ortega who is as responsible as anyone for the success of the first one. I can't wait to see what he's going to do with it," Grey told the Wall Street Journal through her publicist.
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US approval of Roche melanoma drug may come early

U.S. regulators are moving quickly with Roche's (ROG.VX) application for targeted melanoma drug vemurafenib, which could receive approval as early as this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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