( Biochemical Journal ) New findings that shed light on how genetic damage to muscle cell proteins can lead to the development of the rare muscle-wasting disease, nemaline myopathy, are reported today, March 15, in the Biochemical Journal.

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New clues about the basis of muscle wasting disease (EurekAlert!)

PAUL Reid should be dead.

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Can apricot kernels keep cancer at bay? (North Queensland Register)

By Abhishek Roy, New Delhi, March 7 : Horst Wein is known in the world of hockey as much as he is in football, a rare multi-faceted character.

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Hockey structure in India is stricken by cancer: Horst Wein (New Kerala)

Sea Wolf in concert | Photo by Koga /LAist It was just a few months ago when 6-year old Pablo Castelaz lost his battle with cancer, after treatment at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. 13 months before that, he was diagnosed, almost seemingly out of nowhere showing no warning signs prior, with bilateral Wilms’ Tumor, a rare form of children’s cancer.

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Sea Wolf, Band of Horses & Others to Play this Saturday to Fight Children's Cancer (LAist)

In the engaging, humorous, and very informative HANDS OFF MY BELLY!: THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO MYTHS, MOTHERS, AND MOODS (Prometheus Books, $18.00), Drs. Shawn A. Tassone and Kathryn M.

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OB-GYNs explore common pregnancy myths (News-Medical-Net)

Author of The Meaning of Night loses battle with the cancer that inspired him to write Michael Cox, the publisher turned novelist who netted a record-breaking advance for his debut, has died aged 60. The author had battled a rare form of cancer for some years, and passed away earlier this week.

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Novelist Michael Cox dies aged 60 (Guardian Unlimited)

President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion.

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Business Highlights (AP via Yahoo! Finance)