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Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients

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Posted: Sun., June 1, 2008, 10:51 pm
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Topics: Cancer, anemia, cancer patients, Erythropoietin, oncology, Risk factors, EmpowHer News
     

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

SUNDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs used widely to treat anemia in cancer patients may actually speed progression of the cancer in certain individuals, but researchers report they may found a way to determine who those individuals are.
     
     
     
     
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Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

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Posted: Thu., May 8, 2008, 11:29 am
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Topics: Diabetes , Causes, Diabetic Eye Disease, Diagnosis, EPO, Erythropoietin, Gene, Kidney Diseases, Legal Blindness, Research, EmpowHer News
     

THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene called erythropoietin (EPO) is linked to severe diabetic eye and kidney diseases, a new study finds.
     
     
     
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