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Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s drug Avodart appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 23...
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Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer
A new study by researchers from Marshall University of Medicine in Huntington reveals that eating...
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New Technique to Detect Cancer May Soon Be Available
New research in the online issue of the journal Nature Medicine suggests that a new technique to...
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Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing
An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
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Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug
Despite a split ruling on the safety of a new diabetes drug by the US Food and Drug...
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Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances
Early detection of a second breast cancer in a woman can cut her risk of dying in half, researchers...
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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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Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer
Recently, medical groups have issued guidelines recommending healthy older men to consider...
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Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors
A rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy described in the journal PLoS Medicine raises...
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A Simple Urine Test Can Determine Prostate Cancer Severity
A new urine test that tracks a certain substance produced by prostate cancer cells may help...
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Worried about Prostate Cancer? New Urine Test May Offer You an Answer
A new urine test designed to distinguish between benign and aggressive forms of prostate cancer may...
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Bone Drug Zometa May Help Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that by adding Zometa...
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New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
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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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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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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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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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FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just tapped a Northern Californian biotech company to...
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Women Can Now Make More Informed Decisions on Double Mastectomy
Women who have tumors in one breast usually decide to remove both the affected breast and the...
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California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released
In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
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Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial
Drug companies are always holding clinical trials in order to test the efficiency of their...
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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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Baby Born With Foot In Brain
US surgeons had to deal with a very unusual case, when they had to operate on a baby boy, believing...
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New Ovarian Cancer Therapy May Be Unlocked by Two Enzymes
New research data surfaced showing that women suffering from ovarian cancer with low levels of two...
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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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Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival
A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
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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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Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
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Reduced Risk Of Breast Cancer By Using Tamoxifen
Researchers made it possible to foresee which breast cancer sufferers will be helped by a leading...
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Metabolite in the Body Found to Be a Marker of Advanced Prostate Cancer
A simple urine test may distinguish between the benign and aggressive forms of prostate cancer,...
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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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Not All Woman With Breast Cancer Should Have Double Mastectomies
Having to undergo a double mastectomy is usually a tough decision to make. Unfortunately, many...
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Foot And Partly-Formed Hand Found In Baby’s Brain
A tumor removed from the brain of a newborn baby contained a tiny foot and other incompletely...
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Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium
A hormone therapy for breast cancer can
reduce the chances of the disease spreading by a...
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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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FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
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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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Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes
Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby
bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
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MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned
The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency
of an MRI or magnetic...
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Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire
The Department of Health and Human Services’ National
Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
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Major Breakthrough In Cancer Research, A Promising Way To Study Cancer
Scientists with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University have managed...
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Mapping The Cancer Genome
A new discovery shows promise in cancer
fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
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Lt. Gov. Catherine Knoll Diagnosed With Neuroendocrine Tumor
On Thursday, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll (77) said she had been diagnosed with...
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Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?
It appears that moisturizing creams are no longer a safe
option, a new study published in the...
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Tobacco Regulation – A Step Forward to a Healthier Nation
In an attempt to lower the number of people becoming
addicted of cigarettes and also that of the...
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Immunotherapy Proved Efficient in Melanoma Patient
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes
how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
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Report Warns on Serious Health Problems Linked to Bisphenol A
A U.S.
government report revealed Tuesday that a dangerous chemical called bisphenol
A (BPA),...
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