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Gagne shows no sign of weakness

Last season's concussion not keeping Flyers wing from making big short-handed plays By CHUCK GORMLEY • Special to The News Journal • November 19, 2008 VOORHEES, N.J. -- When Simon Gagne spent the final two months of last season...

Plymouth Hospitals To Lead Cancer Surgery Training Programme, England

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been chosen to co-ordinate the national programme for the training of existing consultants in advanced keyhole surgery for the treatment of bowel cancer. The Department of Health has appointed...

First national Cancer Commissioning Toolkit will help commissioners plan local cancer services...

17 November 2008 – The first Cancer Commissioning Toolkit (CCT) is launched today, enabling commissioners within PCTs and Cancer Networks to assess the quality, safety and value for money of services delivered on their behalf,...

Atlanta Dominance Continues

Joffrey Lupul's third-period goal broke a tie game and gave the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Thrashers at home on Sunday. Simon Gagne added three points in Philadelphia's 12th straight win over Atlanta. Photos | Stevens | Flyers...

Thrashers aim for club-record win streak in Philly

The Atlanta Thrashers will shoot for the first six-game winning streak in franchise history when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers for tonight's battle at the Wachovia Center. Atlanta beat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on...

Patients who pay for cancer care still face NHS costs

The government's policy change over 'top-up' treatment is not all it seems, writes Jon Robins The British government's U-turn on funding NHS treatment for cancer sufferers who have paid for private treatment will not help them...

Upshall, Carter help Flyers take down Canadiens

MONTREAL -- Scottie Upshall and Jeff Carter scored second-period goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Philadelphia, which eliminated Montreal from the playoffs in...

Doctors and patients failing to spot cancer symptoms early enough Government tsar warns

Thousands of people are dying needlessly of cancer because they and their doctors fail to spot the signs of disease until it is too late for treatment. by Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent The Government's cancer tsar says...

Sharp Pens' goalie worth talking about

By Rob Rossi TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, November 15, 2008 Few Penguins can successfully silence captain Sidney Crosby. Backup goalie Dany Sabourin had Crosby begging to remain speechless Thursday night. "I don't even want to talk...

NPL unveils new equipment to make cancer treatment safer

A new piece of medical technology unveiled at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) today will help improve the success rates of radiotherapy cancer treatments. The new clinical electron linear accelerator (linac) will help...

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