Cancer appears to give off a signature smell of volatile organic compounds that can be detected using the right technical medical kit - and perhaps even dogs.

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"Go to your favorite pharmacy and walk up and down the aisles, and take the things off the shelf you'd like to have at home, " she advises, adding that Imodium and antibiotics are essential additions to any travel medical kit.

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The cases weren't forwarded to prosecutors because police said there was "insufficient evidence, " or because they thought the victim was "making a false report, " or because the victim "wasn't credible" -- despite the fact that all of these victims had a sexual assault medical forensic exam and forensic evidence collection kit ("rape kit").

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So, to make life easier for the sick, the school's medical center has distributed what it calls a "flu kit, " which includes a mask and a home-care instruction sheet, Denning said.

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Oberweis has sold his holdings in thin-client computer company Neoware (nasdaq: NWRE - news - people ), drug-test kit maker American Bio Medica (nasdaq: ABMC - news - people ), and medical-device company Cyberonix (nasdaq: CYBX - news - people ).

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