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Health

The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time

The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time

The overall incidence of new cancer cases and death due to cancer dropped for the first time in...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:00

Overall US Cancer Rates Drop For The First Time

Rates of new cancer diagnoses and deaths among American men and women have dropped for the first...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 00:17
Prostate Gland, a Repository of Adult Stem Cells, Genentech Researchers Found

Prostate Gland, a Repository of Adult Stem Cells, Genentech Researchers Found

Researchers at Genentech, in San Francisco, found that the prostate contains adult stem cells that...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 12:11
Think Pink! This Is Not a Joke!

Think Pink! This Is Not a Joke!

In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month a lot of measures are taken in order to make people...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 00:15
Americans Mark the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Americans Mark the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

On a national level, breast cancer represents the second leading cause of cancer death for women,...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 15:30
Early Detection Methods Of Prostate Cancer

Early Detection Methods Of Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide, but is the number one non-skin cancer...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 15:36
Prostate Specific Antigen’s Effectiveness Questionable

Prostate Specific Antigen’s Effectiveness Questionable

Question marks rise over the effectiveness of the prostate specific antigen or PSA, the most...
» read full story March 11th, 2008 - 15:15

New Recommended Colon Cancer Tests

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommended two additional tests made by a Marlborough company...
» read full story March 09th, 2008 - 21:27
U.S. Cancer Death Toll on the Rise, after Two Years of Decline

U.S. Cancer Death Toll on the Rise, after Two Years of Decline

Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped between 10 percent and 20 percent since the early...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 13:52
Uninsured Cancer Patients Twice as Likely to Die

Uninsured Cancer Patients Twice as Likely to Die

A study conducted by the American Cancer Society has found that uninsured cancer patients are...
» read full story December 20th, 2007 - 21:56
Prostate Cancer Easy to Miss in Obese Men

Prostate Cancer Easy to Miss in Obese Men

New research published Tuesday shows that prostate cancer screening may be affected by certain...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 11:49
Roche's Genentech Announces Avastin Works for GBM

Roche's Genentech Announces Avastin Works for GBM

Genentech Inc announced its Avastin (active ingredient: bevacizumab), a monoclonal antibody against...
» read full story November 18th, 2007 - 23:24
New US Study Links Obesity with High Prostate Cancer Mortality

New US Study Links Obesity with High Prostate Cancer Mortality

A new U.S. Study has found that obese men are more likely to die of prostate cancer within five...
» read full story November 12th, 2007 - 20:57
Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue Decline In The U. S.

Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue Decline In The U. S.

The American Cancer Society says in a new report that the rate of deaths from breast cancer has...
» read full story September 26th, 2007 - 16:52
Breast Cancer Genetically Traced Back to…Fathers

Breast Cancer Genetically Traced Back to…Fathers

Surprisingly or not, genetic studies have shown that breast cancer doesn’t strike out of the blue...
» read full story June 20th, 2007 - 15:53
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Specials

NASA To Give Hubble Another Go After Extensive Repair Work

NASA To Give Hubble Another Go After Extensive Repair Work

Over the past week, the NASA engineers have been working extensively on putting Hubble back on...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 12:14
October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It is high time the battle against breast cancer got more serious and it appears that organizations...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 00:33
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Science

Update: Hubble Telescope Hits Another Ditch In The Road

Update: Hubble Telescope Hits Another Ditch In The Road

The Hubble Telescope is still under serious investigation, after the specialists at NASA’s Goddard...
» read full story October 19th, 2008 - 17:16
Hubble Telescope Hits Another Ditch In The Road

Hubble Telescope Hits Another Ditch In The Road

The Hubble Telescope is still under serious investigation, after the specialists at NASA’s Goddard...
» read full story October 18th, 2008 - 14:09
Update2: Hubble Ready To Send First Post-Repairing Images?

Update2: Hubble Ready To Send First Post-Repairing Images?

After postponing the Hubble Telescope servicing mission due to an unexpected communications...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:14
NASA Postpones Hubble Mission To October 14

NASA Postpones Hubble Mission To October 14

Due to the closure of the NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, as a result of Hurricane Ike,...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 23:20
Rescue Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Launch Pad

Rescue Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Launch Pad

For the first time since 2001, both of NASA’s launch pads are occupied. One of them will be the...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 21:46
NASA Celebrates The Return Of Space Shuttle Discovery

NASA Celebrates The Return Of Space Shuttle Discovery

NASA is celebrating the return of the space shuttle Discovery and the successful end of the...
» read full story June 15th, 2008 - 10:06
NASA Delays Hubble Mission For Early October

NASA Delays Hubble Mission For Early October

NASA officials announced today that the upcoming mission for repairing the Hubble telescope would...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 22:17
NASA Releases Largest Collection of Hubble Images

NASA Releases Largest Collection of Hubble Images

In celebration of the 18th anniversary of Hubble’s launch, NASA released a series of 59 new images...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 23:03
Hubble Telescope to Be Overhauled in August

Hubble Telescope to Be Overhauled in August

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will be repaired and overhauled in August, a month earlier than it...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 21:03
Hubble Telescope To Be Repaired In September 2008

Hubble Telescope To Be Repaired In September 2008

NASA officials confirmed Friday that a mission to repair the Hubble telescope is set for September...
» read full story June 08th, 2007 - 21:32
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