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Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial
German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
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Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer
Racial disparities are still present in the American medical system when it comes to lung cancer....
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Nearly 3,000 Urged to Get Tested for Hepatitis B in New Jersey
New Jersey officials are advising nearly 3,000 people to get blood tests after an outbreak of...
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Spanish woman first to bear twins after ovarian tissue transplant
Valencia, Spain - A 39-year-old Spanish former breast cancer patient will become the world's...
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Justice Ginsburg to Undergo Chemo
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in a statement issued by the US Supreme Court that...
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Six Manufacturers Announce Decision to Stop Selling Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A
Baby bottles containing bisphenol A, a controversial chemical widely used in plastics but...
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Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Doing Well after Breast Cancer Surgery
Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive and high-profile Republican, Carly Fiorina,...
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Commonly Used Pain Drug May Treat Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
People addicted to heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine may be able to...
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Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery
The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left hospital Friday, a week after she underwent...
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Justice Ginsburg Released from Hospital after Cancer Surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday after tests...
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New Blood Test Helps Tracking Progression of Prostate Cancer
A new blood test made by Johnson & Johnson unit Veridex may give doctors a much clearer...
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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug
An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
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Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake
There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
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Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment
Kids suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may respond differently to treatment...
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Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?
According to findings published in the March 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a preventive procedure to...
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Jack Kemp Diagnosed with Cancer
The former housing secretary Jack Kemp has been diagnosed with cancer. He is undergoing tests to...
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Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread
Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Heading for Clinical Trials
This spring, scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are hoping to put a...
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Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax May Raise the Risk for Jaw Infection
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned that Merck’s popular osteoporosis drug...
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Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows
Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the
United States
this decade, but the racial gap in...
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Zometa Proven To Shrink Breast Tumors
All drugs are known to have side effects, whether it's aspirin or morphine. Usually, painkiller...
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Zometa Lowers Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence
The drug Zometa (zoledronic acid) may help breast cancer sufferers by improving the effects of...
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Cancer Drug Avastin Meets Endpoint In Late Stage Trial
The outcome of the most recent study of Avastin revealed that the cancer drug is indeed effective...
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Cancer Fighting Pill as Good as Chemo for Some Patients, Study Shows
According to a new study, the lung cancer
pill Iressa works as well as chemotherapy as second-line...
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"AIDS cure" good for only 1 per cent of patients, say experts
Hamburg - Physicians in Germany who say they have "functionally cured" a patient with...
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Pill That Reduces The Second Chemotherapy Ordeal
According to an international Phase III clinical trial, led by researchers at The University of...
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Avastin Raises Risk of Blood Clots
An analysis of 15 clinical trials involving
Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin has found that the...
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Avastin Drug Linked to Blood Clots
Research
conducted by United States scientists has revealed that the
Avastin cancer drug...
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Avastin Linked to Blood Clot Risk, New Analysis Finds
Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin was linked
to a significantly increased risk of blood clots in the...
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BPA-Containing Baby Bottles No Longer on the US Market
Bisphenol A or BPA widely used in plastics has long been a subject of controversy among...
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Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease
Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
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Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib
Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
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Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops
Patrick Swayze admitted the fact that his pancreatic cancer will kill him in two years tops.
In...
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Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine
Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences move one step closer to developing a...
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports Approval Of Eyelash Fertilizer
An FDA advisory panel supported approval of
Latisse, a drug traditionally used to treat glaucoma,...
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Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk
Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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British Girl Bravely Refused Heart Transplant
Hannah Jones was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 years old. Chemotherapy put her into...
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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Patrick Swayze Talks about Struggling to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Swayze finally opened about the difficulties he went through as he struggled to battle...
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Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety
An expert panel asked by the Food and Drug Administration to
review its way of handling of the...
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CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval
Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Another Cure for Cancer Approved by FDA
Eli Lilly and Co. announced on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of...
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Hollywood’s Most Beautiful Blue Eyes Are Forever Shut. Paul Newman Died.
He was 83, but we thought he would always be around. After half a century of acting, directing and...
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Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer
Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage
could benefit from a shorter, more...
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FDA Warns about PML Case in Woman Taking Rituxan
A fatal case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, in a patient treated with...
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Actress Christina Applegate Cancer Free
Actress Christina Applegate confessed Tuesday in an
interview on Good Morning America that she is...
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Fearless War Journalist Leroy Sievers Dies at 53
It is sad to hear when people close to us are suffering from serious diseases, but the feeling...
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Leroy Sievers Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53
Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’
“Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
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Senator Kennedy Active One Day after Brain Surgery
One day after undergoing brain surgery at Duke University
Medical Center
in Durham, N.C., Senator...
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Kennedy Feeling ‘Like a Million Bucks’ after Risky Brain Surgery
After undergoing a risky brain surgery on Monday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,...
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Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Treated For Mild Seizure
US Senator Edward Kennedy, who is undergoing treatment for
brain cancer, received hospital...
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Leroy Sievers, Journalist, Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53
Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’
“Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
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Sen. Kennedy Returns Home After Brain Surgery
US Sen.
Edward Kennedy checked out of the Duke
University Medical
Center in Durham, North...
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Senator Kennedy’s Surgery Went Well
Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy had brain surgery
in order to begin his treatment for his...
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Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery
Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy was set to undergo
brain surgery in order to begin his...
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EU Backs Erbitux as First Line Drug Against Cancer
The European Medicines Agency, based in London, has approved the use of Erbitux, produced by Merck...
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Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor
The doctors from Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston announced today
that Senator Edward...
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Israeli PM Announces He Has Prostate Cancer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer and that he will...
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Tony Snow is Leaving the White House
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is expected to hand in his resignation on Friday after more...
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Tony Snow to Leave White House
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow intends to leave his office by the end of 2007, according to...
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British Big Brother star Jade Goody dies at 27 of cancer
London - The British reality TV star Jade Goody, made famous by the hit show Big Brother, has died...
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Marcia Cross’ Husband Diagnosed With Cancer
Sad news struck the quiet suburbs of Wisteria Lane as the husband of actress Marcia Cross who plays...
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Patrick Swayze Recovering From Pneumonia At Home
Actor Patrick Swayze, who was briefly hospitalized for pneumonia almost two weeks ago, is resting...
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Patrick Swayze In Hospital With Pneumonia
Actor Patrick Swayze, who recently revealed that his battle with pancreatic has put him...
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Patrick Swayze Checks into the Hospital for Pneumonia
Patrick Swayze, who has been battling inoperable stage-four pancreatic cancer for the past year,...
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Patrick Swayze Cancer Prognosis: Maybe Two More Years
It's hard to tell what actor Patrick Swayze has been going through over the past year since he was...
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Patrick Swayze Talks About His Fight With Cancer
It is a known fact that Patrick Swayze has been fighting with pancreatic cancer for quite some time...
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Lance Armstrong Preparing For Baby No. 4 With New Girlfriend
Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend of nearly six months, Anna Hansen,...
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Lance Armstrong to Become a Father Again
Lance Armstrong and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting their first child together in June, as the...
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Patrick Swayze Is a Fighter both on the Film Set and in Real Life
Patrick Swayze is a true fighter. Less than a year after
being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,...
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Singer Melissa Etheridge Plans To Walk Down The Aisle
There has been a lot of talk lately concerning the gay community and the Proposition 8, in favor of...
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Cinema’s Most Beautiful Blue Eyes Are Forever Shut: Paul Newman Dies
He was 83, but we thought he would always be around. After half of century of acting, directing and...
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Patrick Swayze Describes His Treatment As A “Miracle”
Patrick Swayze, the Dirty Dancing star, looked healthy
during his appearance at LAX airport in...
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Paul Newman Has Cancer, Friend Says
Paul Newman is alleged to have cancer in an advanced stage. An exclusive AP report claims that a...
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Patrick Swayze Doesn’t Let Cancer Stand In The Way Of His Career
Someone as multitalented as Patrick Swayze does not allow
anything to cut down his enthusiasm when...
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Grant Achatz, 34, Receives 2008 "Outstanding Chef" Award
Grant Achatz, a 34-year-old chef who runs a top-rated restaurant called Alinea in Chicago, has been...
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Charlie Sheen Erasing Tattoos, The Past
Charlie Sheen’s ongoing bitter custody feud with former wife Denise Richards still leaves...
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Sheen & Richards Linguistic Battle
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards seem to miss each other so
much that they cannot stand not to...
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Charlie Sheen And Denise Richards Fight Again
Charlie Sheen threatens to take his ex-wife to court over
parental rights of their two children,...
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