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They said intensive radiation therapy -- done in one to five treatments instead of the conventional 20 to 30 -- provided more than double the rate of primary tumor control than seen in prior studies of conventional radiation therapy.
The findings suggest stereotactic body radiation therapy could ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan released on Monday comes as ...
A day after unveiling his long-awaited reform legislation, the Connecticut Democrat told MSNBC that Congress should not adjourn for its two-week Easter recess on March 26 without addressing financial reform.
"We really can't allow this Congress to adjourn without addressing these basic ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters poured bottles of their own blood outside the Thai prime minister's office on Tuesday, a "sacrifice for democracy" after demands for elections were rejected.
Hoping to re-energize a movement waning after four days of peaceful protests, ...
JINAN, China (Reuters) - With Google expected to decide soon whether to close its Chinese search engine, students at one of the schools cited by some reports for being behind hacking attacks on the Internet giant are decidedly ambivalent.
On the surface, Lanxiang Vocational School in Jinan, ...
Researchers found that patients who received a test of two genes connected to warfarin sensitivity were 31 percent less likely to be hospitalized for any cause during the first six months of the drug's use.
They were 28 percent less likely to be hospitalized for a bleeding episode or blood clot ...
Investors sold off Google Inc shares a day earlier after signs the company could soon shut its Web search site in China, Google.cn, two months after saying it would not abide by Beijing's censorship rules and was alarmed by hacking from inside China.
Shares of Google fell nearly 3 percent in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many workers around the world have given up hopes of advancing in their jobs, but the bad economy is keeping them from finding new ones.
Such "walking wounded" workers are increasingly exchanging ambition for job stability, which now even trumps pay as a ...
In a filing on Monday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, the sons said they ranked among the "numerous victims of their father's terrible crimes."
On December 10, 2008, Bernard Madoff confessed to his sons about a Ponzi scheme "of epic proportions." ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have requested more information on an inhaled insulin device being developed by MannKind Corp, sending the company's shares down 24.7 percent.
MannKind said on Monday that it had received a so-called complete response letter from the Food and Drug Administration, ...