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Health

Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

 GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s drug Avodart appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 23...
» read full story April 27th, 2009 - 21:46
Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

A new study by researchers from Marshall University of Medicine in Huntington reveals that eating...
» read full story April 23rd, 2009 - 22:14
New Technique to Detect Cancer May Soon Be Available

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...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 17:00
Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing

Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing

An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
» read full story April 08th, 2009 - 15:24
Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug

Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug

Despite a split ruling on the safety of a new diabetes drug by the US Food and Drug...
» read full story April 05th, 2009 - 22:30
Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances

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...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 15:30
Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers

Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers

Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.   Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
» read full story March 13th, 2009 - 14:22
FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux

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...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 18:03
Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer

Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer

  Recently, medical groups have issued guidelines recommending healthy older men to consider...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 19:26
Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors

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...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 14:57
A Simple Urine Test Can Determine Prostate Cancer Severity

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...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:00
Worried about Prostate Cancer? New Urine Test May Offer You an Answer

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...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:20
Bone Drug Zometa May Help Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

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...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:00
New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 22:00
New Blood Test Helps Tracking Progression of Prostate Cancer

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...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 16:28
Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say

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...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 15:20
Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer

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...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:58
Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment

Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment

Kids suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may respond differently to treatment...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 15:01
FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy

FDA Finally Approves Geron’s stem cells therapy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just tapped a Northern Californian biotech company to...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 13:30
Women Can Now Make More Informed Decisions on Double Mastectomy

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...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 13:01
California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released

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...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 15:20
Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial

Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial

Drug companies are always holding clinical trials in order to test the efficiency of their...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 00:40
Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread

Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 16:03
Baby Born With Foot In Brain

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...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 19:44
New Ovarian Cancer Therapy May Be Unlocked by Two Enzymes

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...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 22:13
Chemicals in Olive Oil Could Hold the Key to New Breast Cancer Therapies

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...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:18
Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival

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...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 10:58
How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:25
Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths

Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths

Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:44
Reduced Risk Of Breast Cancer By Using Tamoxifen

Reduced Risk Of Breast Cancer By Using Tamoxifen

Researchers made it possible to foresee which breast cancer sufferers will be helped by a leading...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 13:46
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U.S.

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Back in Hospital

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Back in Hospital

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was readmitted to Howard Hospital on Tuesday due to post-operative...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 17:31
California Hospital Death Rates For 2006/2007 Released

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...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 19:52
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Science

Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread Identified

Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread Identified

Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 08:12
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:48
Obese Older  Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

A series of studies have shown that being obese or even overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 21:03
Cancer Treatment Connected To Gene Make-Up

Cancer Treatment Connected To Gene Make-Up

Recently, scientists have discovered another gene mutation, which makes bowel cancer patients...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 20:10
Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Cell phone radiation has been linked to a series of health problems in recent years, from...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:30
Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

The tobacco plant could actually aid patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 22:49
Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy

Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy

The results of a new study conducted by a research team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 11:36
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Business

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:35
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Specials

Metabolite in the Body Found to Be a Marker of Advanced Prostate Cancer

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,...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:28
Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

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...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 15:45
Not All Woman With Breast Cancer Should Have Double Mastectomies

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...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 15:49

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...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 22:51
Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

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...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:09
US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08
FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study

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...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 14:36
Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:20
Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:01
MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency of an MRI or magnetic...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 14:45
Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:31

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...
» read full story September 07th, 2008 - 14:30

Mapping The Cancer Genome

A new discovery shows promise in cancer fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 11:05
Lt. Gov. Catherine Knoll Diagnosed With Neuroendocrine Tumor

Lt. Gov. Catherine Knoll Diagnosed With Neuroendocrine Tumor

On Thursday, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll (77) said she had been diagnosed with...
» read full story August 24th, 2008 - 16:41
Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?

Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?

It appears that moisturizing creams are no longer a safe option, a new study published in the...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 17:01
Tobacco Regulation – A Step Forward to a Healthier Nation

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...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 15:26

Immunotherapy Proved Efficient in Melanoma Patient

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:05
Report Warns on Serious Health Problems Linked to Bisphenol A

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),...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 15:41
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World

Senator Kennedy’s Surgery Went Well

Senator Kennedy’s Surgery Went Well

Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy had brain surgery in order to begin his treatment for his...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:28
Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery

Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery

Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy was set to undergo brain surgery in order to begin his...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 15:37
EU Backs Erbitux as First Line Drug Against Cancer

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...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 11:07
Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

The doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced today that Senator Edward...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 22:13

French Woman Who Was Denied Euthanasia Dies

A French woman suffering from a rare type of cancer that disfigured most of her face was found...
» read full story March 20th, 2008 - 16:22
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Music

Innovative Canadian Musician Jeff Healey Dies

Innovative Canadian Musician Jeff Healey Dies

Jeff Headley, the Canadian musician who overcame his blindness to play the guitar in a unique way,...
» read full story March 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
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