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US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer
A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday in favor of Roche...
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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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Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers
Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
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FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux
The Food and Drug Administration have declined to approve use of Erbitux as a first-line...
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Choosing a Healthier Living Could Save Us from Cancer
How many times have you been told to adopt a healthy diet in order to improve your quality of...
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Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
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Physical Activity May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Many studies have shown that physical activity helps the body get rid of extra pounds, thus...
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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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Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases
Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
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Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say
Few people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but about 95 percent of those who suffer from...
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Justice Ginsberg Plans Return To Court Soon After Surgery
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced her intention to be back at work for the...
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Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
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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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Genentech Will Have Its Efficiency Results In Mid-April
After Amgen Inc, Genentech is the world’s second-biggest biotechnology company and is mainly...
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Chemicals in Olive Oil Could Hold the Key to New Breast Cancer Therapies
Olive oil has been known for years as an “elixir’” for the human body...
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Colonoscopy Is Less Effective Than it Was Generally Believed
A Canadian study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine had concluded that the common test,...
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Colonoscopies - Not So Accurate?
A new Canadian study
suggests that colonoscopy may detect polyps and early cancers only 60
to 70...
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Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Smoking increases the risk of getting colon
cancer by about 18 percent and the risk of dying from...
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How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?
A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy
in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
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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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FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury
Following the reports of kidney damage in
people who had used some sodium-based bowel cleansing...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
The latest cancer incidence report has found that survival rates among cancer sufferers are...
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At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
Recently, a
new Canadian campaign has started to promote at home screening for
colorectal...
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Antigenics Vaccine for Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results
Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc
announced on Monday that its experimental cancer treatment...
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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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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance To Start A Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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Staying Active Helps Heart Failure Patients As Well
“Be
active!” is not a message that we hear for the first time. Health care
providers and not only...
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November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Quit Smoking!
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and statistics don’t
look too promising. According to the...
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Aspirin Found to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
Long-term use of aspirin or other similar nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce the risk...
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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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Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking
Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
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Eartha Kitt Dies of Colon Cancer at 81
American actress, singer, and cabaret star Eartha Mae Kitt died on Thursday in Connecticut of colon...
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Singer Eartha Kitt Dies at Age 81
Thursday, singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt died at age 81 of colon cancer, a condition for...
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Colonoscopies –Not Perfect, But Highly Recommended
A Canadian study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that colonoscopies may...
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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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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life
Scientists have long praised tomatoes’ cancer-fighting powers because of their enriched levels of...
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Scripps Conducts Study to Asses the Effects of Genetic Testing on Lifestyle Habits
San
Diego’s Scripps Translational
Science Institute announced its decision to conduct a study...
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Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!
Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No
matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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The Hidden Danger of a Bowl of Cereals
Breakfast cereals can be served easily and
provide sufficient energy at the beginning of a new...
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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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Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer
Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass
surgery, appears to have more benefits...
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Evangelist Billy Graham Back Home Following Brain Surgery
World-known evangelist Billy Graham returned to his home in Montreal, N.C.,
early this afternoon,...
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Tammy Faye Messner Succumbs to Cancer
Tammy Faye
Messner, favorite televangelist of many in the 1980s and 1990s, died Saturday at
age...
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fights Pancreatic Cancer
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced last week that was diagnosed with pancreatic...
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Farewell To Singer, Actress Eartha Kitt…
Eartha Kitt, who died on Christmas day of colon cancer at age 81, had some of the most intriguing...
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Eartha Kitt Died on Christmas Day at Age 81
Andrew Freedman, longtime friend and publicist of singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt, announced...
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Colon Cancer Killed Eartha Kitt on Christmas Day
Actress, singer and cabaret star, Eartha Kitt died because of colon cancer on Christmas Day. Best...
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Lindsay Lohan's Dad Uses His Father's Death To Slam Ex Wife
Not even death can stop Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, from publicly taking shots at his former...
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Bush Press Secretary, Legendary Tony Snow, Died of Colon Cancer
Tony Snow, the legendary journalist who, despite his criticism of the Bush administration, was...
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The Osbournes’ Garage Sale Raises Thousands For Charity
Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon made the most of the stuff they no longer needed in their Beverly...
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Name Used By Police To Set Up Sting
Who said a little trick doesn’t help sometimes? Cass County Sheriff
Paul D. Laney had a great idea...
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Match Game Panelist Brett Somers Dies
Actress and comedienne Brett Somers, best known for her part on the “Match Game” in the...
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News Legend, Hal Fishman Left An Irreplaceable Anchor Position
The 75 year news legend, Hal Fishman passed away on Tuesday,
3 a.m., in less than a week after...
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Tammy Faye Messner Talks to Larry King
Cancer-stricken evangelist Tammy Faye Messner made what she feared would be her final television...
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Film Critic Joel Siegel Dies At 63
Beloved "Good Morning America" movie critic Joel Siegel has passed away Friday afternoon...
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