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Saint Agnes patient sues over mix-upTuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 12:39AMFor four months, Edward Hobbs believed he might die. A biopsy on his lung had come back positive for cancer, and he had surgery to remove a portion of his lung.

Myths and facts about C-sectionMonday, May 19, 2008 @ 11:54PMIt’s common belief that if you have one caesarean delivery, you have to have caesarean sections in your future pregnancies. This is not true. Having a surgical delivery does not mean —as it once did — that you’ll have your future children by caesarean section as well.

HEALTH HAPPENINGSMonday, May 19, 2008 @ 11:48PMSend information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public by noon Monday, one week ahead of publication. Information can be e-mailed to accent@bradenton.com . Complete listings can be found at Bradenton.com. All addresses are Bradenton, unless otherwise noted.

Move to have rape charges against doctor droppedMonday, May 19, 2008 @ 7:10PMTHE defence lawyer of a prominent King William’s Town doctor accused of raping a patient told the Zwelitsha Regional Court yesterday he would apply for the charge to be dropped.

Reliable genetic tests could predict lung cancer recurrenceMonday, May 19, 2008 @ 6:14PMThe goal of developing reliable genetic tests to guide lung cancer treatment has taken a step forward. Researchers at Columbia University recently evaluated the ability of five high-risk genetic profiles, or signatures, to predict the likelihood that cancer would recur in patients whose non-small cell lung cancer was caught early and surgically removed.