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 Kennedy Returns to DC Today 

Embattled senator plans to stay until Thanksgiving

Oct 28, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(AP) - Ted Kennedy, who has been recovering from brain cancer and chemotherapy on Cape Cod, will return to his Washington home today. The 76-year-old senator is expected to stay until Thanksgiving before returning to his family's Hyannis Port compound. Kennedy has steadily increased his public activity since his seizure in May,... More »

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Congress • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Cape Cod • brain cancer • US Senate

From Sickbed, Kennedy Crafts Health Plan

Bipartisan effort includes industry; goal is universal coverage

Oct 24, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as he undergoes cancer treatment, Ted Kennedy is coordinating bipartisan meetings with colleagues and lobbyists in an effort to produce health care legislation that includes universal coverage, the Washington Times reports. The meetings—involving labor unions, insurers, drug companies, and hospitals—“are a testament to how people feel... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Congress • John McCain • Bill Clinton • Ted Kennedy • universal health care • health care reform • interest groups • bipartisanship • brain cancer

 Herpes Linked to Brain Cancer 

Surgeon's hunch launches vaccine trials

Oct 6, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer researchers are finally taking seriously a young surgeon’s decade-long hunch that brain tumors are linked to a strain of herpes that lies dormant in 80% of Americans. The physician speculated that brain cancer patients—many of them affluent and educated—were more vulnerable to common viruses such as... More »

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Ted Kennedy • cancer research • surgeon • herpes • brain cancer

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 Kennedy 
 Suffers 'Mild 
 Seizure' 

Hospital sends him home after 3 hours to watch prez debate

Sep 26, 08 6:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to a hospital yesterday with a "mild seizure," his office said. But he returned to his Hyannis Port compound to watch the presidential debate after about 3 hours of treatment. A change in medication prompted the seizure, doctors said. The senator was diagnosed... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Cape Cod • brain cancer • ambulance


 Kennedy Delays 
 Senate Return 


Liberal lion needs more recovery time before final health care push

Sep 8, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy, still recuperating from cancer surgery, is postponing his return to the Senate until January, reports the Washington Post. Kennedy is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, aides said. He has has only appeared publicly twice since surgery for a malignant brain tumor—to endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention,... More »

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Barack Obama • Ted Kennedy • brain cancer

UPDATED

 Ted Kennedy in Denver;
Plans to Speak Tonight

Determined to address convention tonight

Aug 25, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic titan Ted Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is in Denver and plans to address the Democratic National Convention tonight, reports the Boston Globe. The Kennedy clan is gathering for what is certain to be an emotionally powerful and highly symbolic moment. Doctors are concerned that Kennedy's immune system... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • brain cancer • Jean Kennedy Smith • Ethel Kennedy • Stephen Smith • Kathleen Kennedy

Behind Kennedy Tumor Surgery: Rally of Top Experts

Senator is able to summon leading experts to advise on his case

Jul 29, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - After his brain cancer diagnosis, Ted Kennedy wielded extraordinary clout to convene a  panel of more than a dozen top experts from around the country for a conference—with some doctors flying to Boston and some on the phone—that changed the course of his treatment. Kennedy opted for surgery... More »

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Ted Kennedy • cancer treatment • Duke University Medical Center. • brain cancer • glioblastomas • brain tumor

 Kennedy Returns to Senate 

Ailing senator makes his first trip back since brain surgery

Jul 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Edward Kennedy returned to the Senate today for the first time since his surgery for brain cancer to cast a vote on Medicare legislation, CNN reports. Fellow senators greeted him with a long standing ovation. Kennedy, 76, made a thumbs-up gesture after casting his vote with a loud "aye.... More »

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Senate • Medicare • Ted Kennedy • brain cancer

 Kennedy Doing 
 Well, Wife Reports 

Senator responding to cancer treatment

Jul 7, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is responding well to cancer treatment, according to his wife, Vicki. Although he's experiencing some fatigue—a “word that has never been in Teddy’s vocabulary before”—he is exercising every morning and sailing nearly every day. The venerable senator is halfway through 6 weeks of... More »

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chemotherapy • Ted Kennedy • sailing • radiation • brain cancer • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Opinion

How Congress Can Help
Ted Kennedy

New bill would give terminally ill access to unproven drugs

Jun 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy has, at best, about two years to live. A drug exists that might extend his life, but Kennedy, and legions of other cancer sufferers, won’t get it because it hasn’t been through Phase III FDA trials. But congress could yet come to the rescue; a bill... More »

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FDA • drugs • Ted Kennedy • pharmaceutical • clinical trials • experimental drugs • brain cancer

Kennedy Back Home in Mass. After Surgery

Dem's focus now on healthcare bill, Obama campaign, son says

Jun 9, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy returned to his Massachusetts home today, a week after undergoing a chancy surgery to remove part of a malignant brain tumor, WBZ-TV reports. The Democrat's plane landed at a Cape Cod airport around 11:30 this morning, the Boston Globe adds; Kennedy, 76, told reporters it was... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • United States • Ted Kennedy • Cape Cod • Duke University Medical Center. • brain cancer • Patrick Kennedy

'Recuperating Well,' Kennedy
Is Up and About

Family time follows brain surgery for
Mass. senator, 76

Jun 3, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy is "recuperating well" after yesterday's surgery on his brain tumor, the Boston Globe reports. The 76-year-old Democrat was "walking the hallways, spending time with family, and actively keeping up with the news of the day," his office said today, following yesterday's 3½-hour procedure... More »

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surgery • Ted Kennedy • Duke University Medical Center. • brain cancer • glioma

Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time

Kennedy could be
a candidate for breakthrough therapy

Jun 3, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new vaccine more than doubles the expected survival time of patients with the most common form of brain cancer, Reuters reports. Although the test group was small, patients lived an average of 33 months—"almost unheard of" compared to the average of 14 months, says one doctor. The... More »

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cancer vaccine • Ted Kennedy • survival rates • tumor • brain cancer • glioma

Smart, Capable, and in Control

Ted Kennedy's wife, Victoria, is helping him recover—and could even take his job

May 30, 08 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - She whipped Ted Kennedy's staff into action after his seizure; she brought the family to his bedside; she allowed the aging senator, diagnosed with brain cancer, to join in the traditional Cape Cod regatta on Memorial Day weekend. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, his wife of 16 years, is right by his... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Camelot • brain cancer • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

 'On-Form' Kennedy
 Grabs 2nd Place in Regatta 

Wind back in Kennedy's sails

May 27, 08 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy didn't miss the start of the sailing season, despite his recent diagnosis of brain cancer, reports the Boston Herald. The senator made a surprise decision to compete in the last leg of the Figawi regatta off Cape Cod, and guided his schooner into second place. Family and friends... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • sailing • Cape Cod • brain cancer

OPINiON

The Youngest Brother Is
His Own Man

Yes, he's a Kennedy,
but Ted is loved for effectiveness, not flash

May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's malignant brain tumor adds yet another chapter to the tragic epic of the Kennedy clan, Robert Kaiser writes in the Washington Post. The youngest of Joe Kennedy's sons got a huge boost from his older brothers when he entered politics, Kaiser notes, but he built his legacy of... More »

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Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • tumor • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • brain cancer

UPDATED

 Kennedy Leaves Hospital 

After remarkable surgery recovery, senator headed home

May 21, 08 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy waved to well-wishers and gave a smiling thumbs-up as he left Massachusetts General Hospital and headed for home this morning, a day after the discovery of a malignant brain tumor. “Senator Kennedy has recovered remarkably quickly from his Monday procedure and therefore will be released from the... More »

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cancer • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • tumor • brain cancer

 How Bad Is It, Doc? 

Kennedy's glioma, depending on size of tumor, could affect speech, memory, movement

May 20, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - While doctors know that Sen. Ted Kennedy has the most common form of brain cancer, the positioning, type and size of the tumor will determine the degree of danger and side effects from surgery, CNN reports. Kennedy’s glioma is in the left parietal lobe, which is involved in speaking... More »

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cancer • Congress • Senate • Ted Kennedy • brain • tumor • brain damage • brain cancer • glioma

UPDATED

 Kennedy's Prognosis Unclear 

Patients diagnosed with his form of cancer typically live 1 to 5 years

May 20, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The prognosis and treatment for Edward Kennedy are uncertain, doctors say. The 76-year-old senator was diagnosed today with brain tumor known as a malignant glioma—the same diagnosis some 9,000 Americans receive each year. The average survival time ranges from 1 to about 5 years, reports the Boston Globe. More »

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cancer • Ted Kennedy • cancer treatment • brain cancer


 Kennedy Has 
 Malignant 
 Brain Tumor 

Senator's prognosis uncertain; treatment may include chemo, radiation

May 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, CNN reports. The 76-year-old senator has a glioma, the most common brain cancer in adults. Kennedy will spend at least 2 more days at the Boston hospital where he's been undergoing extensive tests since suffering two seizures Saturday at... More »

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cancer • Senate • Ted Kennedy • tumor • senator • brain cancer • glioma • malignancy

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