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Recent Obituaries - Medicine

  • Dr. Richard Olney, 64 (2012)

    Dr. Richard Olney

    PAUL ELIAS, The Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with the disease. He was 64.The University of California, San Francisco announced Monday that Olney died Friday at his Marin County home.He had spent nearly his entire 25-year...

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  • Ralph Steinman, 68 (1943 - 2011)

    Ralph Steinman

    KARL RITTER, The Associated PressSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A pioneering cell biologist was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries about the immune system. Hours later, his university said he had died of pancreatic cancer three days earlier, even as he was using his own research to try to save his life.The Nobel committee, which is only supposed to consider living scientists, said...

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  • Dr. James Bowman, 88 (1923 - 2011)

    Dr.  James Bowman

    The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Dr. James Bowman, an internationally recognized pathologist whose daughter Valerie Jarrett is a senior White House adviser, has died. He was 88.The University of Chicago Medical Center says Bowman died there Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.Bowman was a professor emeritus in the university's pathology and medicine departments.He was the first tenured...

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  • Wilson Greatbach, 92 (1919 - 2011)

    Wilson Greatbach

    CAROLYN THOMPSON, The Associated PressBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Wilson Greatbatch, whose invention of the implantable cardiac pacemaker has kept millions of hearts beating in rhythm, died Tuesday. He was 92.Greatbatch died at an assisted living center in suburban Buffalo, where he had lived in recent years, said Kathryn Tarquin, spokeswoman for Greatbatch, Inc., the company he founded.The cause of...

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  • Dr. Bernadine Healy, 67 (1944 - 2011)

    Dr. Bernadine Healy

    JOHN SEEWER, The Associated Press Dr. Bernadine Healy, the first woman to direct the National Institutes of Health and the leader of the American Red Cross during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, has died. She was 67. Healy died at her home in suburban Cleveland on Saturday, according to Schulte & Mahon-Murphy Funeral Homes in Lyndhurst. She had suffered from brain cancer, but the cause of her...

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