SUPPORT GROUPS (Cancer Information)

SUPPORT GROUPS
Grand Forks Herald - This column runs as space is available or can be found at www.grandforksherald.com . For information on how to have your group's meeting published here, call 780-1262 or (800) 477-6572, ext. 262. Open AA meeting, 6:30 a.m., Antenna Building. AA

reviewed 10 research reports and found they were using
LifeNews.com - Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a new review of recent research claiming the abortion-

Interest brewing
Baltimore Sun - Tea, to China's 18th-century Emperor Chien Lung, was more than a whistle-wetting pick-me-up: It was "that precious drink which drives away the five causes of sorrow." Western businesses are banking on our buying into Chien Lung's sentiments. In

2005 in photos
Biloxi Sun Herald - W hat a year for pictures! Sadly, a lot of them were photographs the Sun Herald photo staff never imagined we would have to take. More than with any other medium, people respond emotionally to photographs. They can make you laugh, make you sad, or

FDA OKs New
WXIA 11 Alive - Women now have another drug they can take to prevent

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Cancer Information - 2005's big cultural moments

2005's big cultural moments
Denver Post - By the Denver Post Artist Lawrence Argent's 40-foot-tall blue bear sculpture, "I See What You Mean," was a hit addition to the Denver cityscape. (Post file / Andy Cross) The Blue Bear Something big was bruin in downtown Denver in 2005. Area residents

Gretzky to rejoin Coyotes after leave of absence
San Diego Union-Tribune - PHOENIX Wayne Gretzky will return as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes for Wednesday night's game at San Jose after taking a leave of absence Dec. 17 to be with his dying mother. "I am excited to be back behind the bench," Gretzky said in a statement

Stars to fete Stevie Wonder at televised fundraiser
LiveDaily - The four-hour tribute will be taped at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, and will air Jan. 7 in more than 65 U.S. TV markets during UNCF's "An Evening of Stars" fundraiser. Wonder has appeared on "An Evening of Stars" a dozen times during the event's

New Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Drug, Nexavar Granted U.S
Medical News Today - Bayer HealthCare AG announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), or kidney

Bird Flu Threat Tops Health News for '05
National Womens Health Information Center - THURSDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- It has yet to sicken a single American, but the potential for a bird flu virus pandemic riveted the attention of health officials and ordinary people in 2005, making it the year's top health news story. The

Party Hearty, Then Ease It Down
ABC News - Select a Health Topic ADD & ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast

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Docs Fail to Offer Life-Saving (Cancer Information) Cancer Procedure to Blacks

Docs Fail to Offer Life-Saving Cancer Procedure to Blacks
RedNova - Dec 28 8:17 PM
By JESSICA HESLAM Despite having health insurance and access to specialized medical care, black Americans with a curable form of lung cancer are half as likely as white Americans to undergo surgery that could save their lives, a new study found.Save to My Web

After the Smoke Clears, a $1,000 Reward
Washington Post - Dec 30 8:56 PM
Every Dec. 31 for the last decade, Bill Duggan has dangled $1,000 before any smoker working at his Adams Morgan bar and restaurant. Give up cigarettes for a year and the money is yours, he's promised. Much to his disappointment, he's never had to pay out.Save to My Web

Asbestos ship 'can sail to India'
BBC News - Dec 30 11:25 AM
A French judge says a warship lined with asbestos can be dismantled in India, rejecting green objections.Save to My Web

Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 30, 2005
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Dec 30 11:02 AM
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:Save to My Web

Charles Walter Barnes
Trumann Democrat - Dec 28 12:57 PM
Charles "Charlie" Walter Barnes, 48, of Trumann died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of lung cancer. He was born on Jan. 5, 1957 in Trumann. He was a farmer and of the Baptist faith.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Research says Vitamin D may reduce cancer risk

Research says Vitamin D may reduce cancer risk
Irish Examiner - Dec 28 12:16 AM
New research has shown that a daily dose of Vitamin D can dramatically lower the risk of developing common cancers, but its been given a cautious welcome by a cancer research charity in the UK.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer Surgery - Study Suggests Racial Disparities Stem From Doctor-Patient Interaction
Medical News Today - Dec 29 2:14 AM
Even when they have equal access to specialized care, blacks with potentially curable lung cancer are about half as likely as whites to undergo surgery that could save their lives, according to a study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers.Save to My Web

Neopharm Clears a Key Hurdle: Brain Cancer Drug Advances, Takes Stock Price With It
RedNova - Dec 28 11:11 AM
By Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Dec. 28--Shares of biotech company Neopharm Inc. soared more than 50 percent Tuesday after the firm said it cleared a key hurdle in the development of its experimental brain cancer drug.Save to My Web

Skin cancer warnings 'ignored'
News Interactive - Dec 28 7:04 AM
MOST Australian adults ignore skin cancer warnings, a survey has found.Save to My Web

In 2005, charity looked chic
The Charlotte Observer - Dec 30 12:18 AM
Giving has never looked so good. From T-shirts designed by Kenneth Cole for World AIDS Day to Target's pink cashmere flip-flops sold to support breast cancer research, shopping for charity has become a chic endeavor.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Stem cell advances a fraud

Stem cell advances a fraud
Orlando Sentinel - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
U.S. scientists vow S. Korean scandal won't derail research Reports of dramatic advances in human stem cell cloning by a South Korean scientist were declared Thursday to be fakery, setting back international hopes for quickly developing breakthrough therapies for many diseases.Save to My Web

2005 Year In Review
PezCycling News - Dec 30 6:32 AM
10. Lances Old Peepee Not because of how it pertains to Lance (we still dont know), but because of what it says about ASO, L'Equipe, the UCI and WADA. Its shameful that the ASO, L'Equipe, and the Tour would squeeze the Cash Cow that is Lance and not move until they felt it was the last buck they could make.Save to My Web

U.S. Surgeon General Gives Tips to Parents on Teenagers
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
As the "Year of the Healthy Child" draws to a close, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., today outlined a dozen tips to help keep teenagers safe and healthy.Save to My Web

Vitamin D 'best cancer protection'
icWales - Dec 28 2:30 AM
A LARGE daily dose of vitamin D could lower the risk of developing common cancers by as much as 50%, scientists claimed last night. Researchers found that the "natural" form of the vitamin - known as D3 - can dramatically reduce the chances of developing breast, ovarian and colon cancer.Save to My Web

Vitamin D 'can lower cancer risk'
BBC News - Dec 27 7:20 PM
High doses of vitamin D can reduce the risk of developing some common cancers by as much as 50%, US scientists claim.Save to My Web

Letters sent to 41 S.C. patients about tissue scandal
Myrtle Beach Online - Dec 29 11:07 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. - At least 41 patients of Charleston-area hospitals have been notified that they may have received transplants of stolen human tissue in connection with a case in New York that involved workers at funeral homes taking parts from dead bodies.Save to My Web

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Nailers Making Community Efforts (Cancer Information)

Nailers Making Community Efforts
WTRF - The Wheeling Nailers are undertaking activities and projects for community awareness. Story by Jennifer Shoulders Email Players from the Wheeling Nailers are stepping, or skating rather, out into the community today for a public skating session at

Pfizer, Perlegen Announce New Collaboration and Bristol-Myers Seeks
Financial News USA - Pfizer, Perlegen Announce New Collaboration and Bristol-Myers Seeks FDA OK for Dasatinib City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 12/29/2005 - Biotechnology industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU) A day after Pfizer Inc


Belleville News-Democrat - Surprising even the experts,

Friday's mailbag: Forget the heroes and villains and just ride
Velo News - The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com . Please include your full name

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Health Videos (Cancer Information)

Health Videos
HealthCentral.com - Protecting Fertility During Chemo (Nov 11, 2005) Melt Away Fat (Sep 12, 2005) New Treatment For Common Infection In Women (Sep 12, 2005) New Fetal Monitor (Sep 12, 2005) Curbing Recurrence - Breast

Billy Edwards
Evansville Courier-Press - Select a Topic Cold & Flu ADD & ADHD Allergy Alt. Medicine Arthritis Asthma Diet/Weight Loss Body Aches Breast

Physical Inactivity, Central Obesity Worsen Survival of Colorectal
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 28 - Physical inactivity and central obesity prior to a diagnosis of colorectal

Vitamin D May Lower Some
FOX News - There is growing evidence that vitamin D helps protect against colorectal

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Armstrong Wins AP Male Athlete of (Cancer Information) the Year

Armstrong Wins AP Male Athlete of the Year
Spokane Spokesman-Review - AUSTIN, Texas Lance Armstrong takes fewer bike rides these days. He even describes himself as out of shape since retiring after his seventh consecutive Tour de France victory in July. But he remains unbeatable. Armstrong was honored Wednesday as


Sacramento Bee - Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news. Sign up here. On his office door Dr. Ernie Bodai has hung his latest mantra: "In life there is no time to distance yourself from your dreams." The words came to him, he said, in

ZEVALIN Radioimmunotherapy May Play Greater Role In Combination With
Medical News Today - Biogen Idec Inc (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced that new data, presented today at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, December 10-13, demonstrate that patients may benefit from earlier and consolidated use of

Out-of-hours Services For Palliative Care Need To Be Appropriately
Medical News Today - Effective out-of-hours community palliative care requires an integrated, multidisciplinary service able to respond to planned and acute needs, a study in the January 2006 issue of the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) finds. Researchers

FDA OKs New Breast
WXIA 11 Alive - Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast

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KATH to offer free (Cancer Information)

KATH to offer free
GhanaHomePage - Kumasi, Dec. 24, GNA - The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is to organize a three-day free medical screening on cancers of the breast,

SpectRx, Inc. Granted Key Patent for Non-invasive Cervical
dBusinessNews.com - Columbia: Force Protection Industries, Inc. Announces New Board Member as Expansion Continues Columbia -- Production expansion and increased company growth Columbia: SpectRx, Inc. Granted Key Patent for Non-invasive Cervical

Black-eyed peas add soul of the South to New Year's
Anchorage Daily News - While we're in the midst of Kwanzaa, it might be a good time to revisit the distinction between yams and sweet potatoes. What most of us call yams are actually another darker-skinned, orange-fleshed variety of sweet potato, although considerably more

HealthCheck Reports: November 2005
WPVI - Doctors have performed the world's first partial face transplant, grafting a nose, chin, and lips onto a 38-year-old woman who'd been disfigured by a dog bite. Those injuries made speaking and eating difficult. The surgery was done Sunday in northern

Vibrating disc can detect
LabTechnologist.com - The research team hope to use this as a base for producing a hand-held device, which would enable samples of blood, smear or biopsy to be tested quickly and accurately, for signs of

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Central junior Brett Barger works to help eliminate (Cancer Information)

Central junior Brett Barger works to help eliminate
Kingsport Times-News - Last year, there were only two teams comprised of youth at the American

Detect breast
Akron Beacon Journal - If breast

Fewer
Chillico Gazette - According to its biannual update on progress against

Doctor allegedly used weed killer on patients
MSNBC - ATLANTA - Federal prosecutors say a doctor treated patients with

Prescription Drugs:
Science Daily - New drug proves better than tamoxifen (2 hours ago) -- A major international trial confirms that newer anti-

Actor Michael Vale dead a t 83
New Kerala - NEW YORK, N.Y.: Character actor Michael Vale, who coined "Time to make the donuts" as Fred the Baker in Dunkin' Donuts TV ads, has died in New York at age 83. Vale died Saturday from complications of diabetes, the New York Post reported Wednesday

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Health briefs (Cancer Information)

Health briefs
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Shelley Peters, a10-year-old from Cleveland, has been named Muscular Dystrophy Association Goodwill Ambassador for Mississippi. As the MDA state representative, Shelley will make public appearances to encourage volunteers in the association's year

FDA Approves Pancreatic
HealthScout - THURSDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the drug Tarceva (erlotinib) in combination with gemcitabine chemotherapy for treatment of advanced pancreatic

Man fights
MSNBC - SEATTLE, WASH. - Eric Drew seemed to have all the luck in the world. He was energetic, successful, with a great family and a beautiful girlfriend. Drew was a software consultant and part-time model who had grown up in Northern California and worked

Gene found to protect against tumor development
AMP - New

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Cancer Information - Indicted Cancer Doctor Gets Bond

Indicted Cancer Doctor Gets Bond
WXIA-TV Atlanta - Dec 27 10:50 AM
A doctor from Henry County who is accused of treating cancer patients with a chemical found in pesticides received a $100,000 bond Tuesday.Save to My Web

MSP supports cancer drive
The Scotsman: Health - Dec 27 5:03 AM
CHILDREN are being urged to talk about cancer in an effort to reduce fears surrounding the disease.Save to My Web

Cancer-battle snooker star becomes a father
Yorkshire Post - Dec 28 1:12 AM
SNOOKER player Paul Hunter, who has been fighting cancer for six months, has become a father.Save to My Web

Cancer Doctor Loses His License
RedNova - Dec 27 4:08 PM
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dec. 24--A doctor charged with injecting cancer patients with weedkiller and defrauding insurance companies had his license suspended Friday morning. People who say that Dr. Totada R.Save to My Web

7 On Your Side: Van Donated to Transport Cancer Patients
Detroit Now - Dec 27 4:22 PM
Tuesday morning thieves stole the van that Sister Judie Ann Ruggirello uses to transport young cancer patients to and from hospitals and doctors offices.Save to My Web

Coaches vs. Cancer: EFA girls remain unbeaten
Star-Gazette - Dec 28 12:41 AM
EFA, Notre Dame, Horseheads boys win opening games. Anthia Smith and Brittney Brooks combined for 22 points to lead the unbeaten Elmira Free Academy girls basketball team over Southside 63-41 Tuesday in an opening-round game at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament at Southside High.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Zila Begins Phase III OraTest(R) Clinical Trial with Investigators

Zila Begins Phase III OraTest(R) Clinical Trial with Investigators
dBusinessNews.com - Offering comprehensive Web design services to new economy enterprises across a wide range of platforms and technologies, Web Design Studio takes pride in delivering big-business Internet solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Phoenix

Online profile isn't necessary
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Dear Joyce: I read a pitch that said, "Every professional needs an online universal profile by 2006." I attach the pitch for your comments. Is the claim true? Does every professional need an online presence "to help employers identify the

See Our Area's Cute Latte Stands All Year Long
KOMO-TV - SEATTLE - We're the country's coffee capital, so it makes sense that someone brewed up the idea. It's a calendar featuring the neatest looking latte stands in Puget Sound. Susan McKeeth came up with the idea and she took the pictures. I made the

Making the world's smallest gadgets even smaller
PhysOrg - Image: Graduate student Chen Yang reaches out to Professor Charles Lieber in their effort to get to the bottom of material things. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard University) It's called nanotechnology. Our federal government is spending $1 billion

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Cancer Center Index (Cancer Information)

Cancer Center Index
Discovery Health - Dec 23 11:53 AM
Looking for specific information and advice about cancer? Here is a complete index of all the content in Discovery Health's Cancer Center.Save to My Web

Letters to the editor: Patient's perspective on payment dispute
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Dec 26 4:53 AM
The Patient Advocate Foundation received 3.8 million requests for information and assistance from Americans last year, 129,166 from Virginia residents, with 84 percent of the people asking for help having a cancer diagnosis. As a result we work with oncology providers and insurance companies on a daily basis.Save to My Web

Cancer Clinic Cuts Diagnosis Time
RedNova - Dec 26 2:18 PM
By LINDA SUMMERHAYES Health Reporter A LUNG cancer clinic has slashed the time it takes to give a diagnosis - meaning patients are told whether or not they have the disease within hours of tests.Save to My Web

NCI Issues "Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2005 Update"
Kansas City InfoZine - Dec 27 4:10 AM
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently released "Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2005 Update".Save to My Web

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Esophageal cancer on the rise

Esophageal cancer on the rise
myDNA.com, TX - Dec 25, 2005 Barrett's esophagus is a condition that puts sufferers at a higher risk for esophageal cancer, one of the fastest increasing cancers in the US.

Eva Longoria Gives Generously to Children and Families With Cancer
Starpulse.com, CT - 23 minutes ago PADRES Contra El Cancer (PADRES), a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of life for Latino children with cancer and their families

New cream for skin cancer
News 14 Carolina, NC - 4 hours ago Each year more than 1 million cases of skin cancer are reported. The cancers. The other types of skin cancer include squamous and melanoma.

A community shows generosity
MLive.com, MI - 21 hours ago AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Jackson County Unit, 4400 Page Ave., Michigan Center 49254, provides cancer educational information to patients, the public and

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HealthWrap: Of alcohol (Cancer Information) and green tea

WTVD - (12/23/05 - WASHINGTON, DC) - The rate of

HealthWrap: Of alcohol and green tea
Science Daily - That's the upshot of new studies of the two beverages. In the first case, researchers in Sweden found most violent offenders drank alcohol in the 24 hours before the act. In the second, the well-advertised virtues of green tea got another boost

Player counts his blessings
Portland Tribune - A respiratory virus slowed University of Portland basketball player Darren Cooper earlier this season, to where he could barely run up and down the court. Forgive his mother for fearing the worst, because the worst has happened to her. I got

Chest X-Rays Often Wrong About Lung
HealthCentral.com - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- While chest X-rays can detect early lung

Seafood Health Benefits Outweigh Toxic Risks, Scientists Say
Environment News Service - Eating a small amount of seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as shrimp, tuna, salmon, pollock and catfish daily can cut the risk of death due to heart disease by 20 percent, according to studies released at the Seafood and Health conference in

Keep Media Savvy Alive
MediaChannel.org - I'm putting them here, because MC's webmaster is so lame that he can't even jump to page two. Here are three statements. 1) using an article for news reporting is stated unequivocally as fair use. 2) Taking a single article, using it for news

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Positive frame of mind has proportionate effect on cancer (Cancer Information)

Positive frame of mind has proportionate effect on cancer
KUAM.com, GU - 17 hours ago Many psychotherapists are trained and even specialized to work with cancer patients for more information contact the American Cancer Society or see a

Brenda Ann Yetter loved 'lunch bunch'
Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - 13 hours ago Kreeger's wife, Diane, said Brenda found out in July that she had cancer. 29. If you have information or a photograph of one of those people, contact the Sun

Cancer clinic cuts diagnosis time
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 10 hours ago the disease. Of those who have lung cancer and discover they only have months to live, the clinic offers information and support.

Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous
Xagena.it, Italy - Dec 25, 2005 This new information, in combination with the techniques used to conduct the study maintained by, a rare number of mutated stem cells called cancer stem cells

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Cancer Information - KATH to offer free

KATH to offer free
GhanaHomePage - Kumasi, Dec. 24, GNA - The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is to organize a three-day free medical screening on cancers of the breast,

New report documents burden of
Echo Press - The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) recently released its biennial report on

Immunotherapy For Precancerous Changes Of The
Medical News Today - Whether young women with precancerous changes of the

SpectRx, Inc. Granted Key Patent for Non-invasive Cervical
dBusinessNews.com - New York: First Survey Ever on the Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Intellectual Property Officers NEW YORK -- Maximizing Intellectual Property Portfolios Conference New York: Level 5 Networks Teams with Verari Systems to Accelerate Financial

Forget bird flu immunize teens against
Biloxi Sun Herald - The avian flu pandemic may be nothing more than a morbid fantasy at this point, but it's already causing a feverish outbreak of fermented cabbage sales. Twin Cities' sauerkraut sales have reportedly spiked 850 percent since the news that researchers

Vaccine Protects Against Cervical
HealthScout - PORTLAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Cervical

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Notes from the Washington Merry-Go-Round

Notes from the Washington Merry-Go-Round
Indian Express, India - 2 hours ago Governments hide information under the cloak of national security. drove me to the metro and told me he had both Parkinson s as well as bone cancer and she

ECU releases Mazey messages
News & Observer, NC - Dec 24, 2005 of the content of the e-mails, citing confidentiality regarding personnel information. Saint Joseph's basketball coach Jim Boyle died of lung cancer at his

New breast cancer guidelines for NHS
Evening Telegraph, UK - Dec 22, 2005 it clear they wish more choice, information, and support through their treatment and the recommendations on psychological care and breast cancer nurse support

Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market Shows Sustained Growth And
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Dec 22, 2005 of the latest analysis of the World Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market (B612-52 Communications, at rmtheodore@frost.com with the following information: your full

Health Support Groups
Quad City Times, IA - Dec 22, 2005 Friends Group for those who love someone with cancer, and Family Alumni Group for family and friends of people who have died of cancer. Information: (563) 326

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Cancer Information - Health Recommendations for Relief Workers Responding to Disasters

Health Recommendations for Relief Workers Responding to Disasters
Community Dispatch (press release) - Dec 22, 2005 temperatures (eg, heatstroke, hypothermia) and to sun exposure in the tropics or at high altitude on the eyes (cataracts) and skin (skin cancer, sunburn); see

Here's to Good Health in 2006!
CBS News - Dec 23, 2005 Skin cancer screening: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US As far as screening goes, you should have your doctor examine your skin from head to toe

Stem Cell Project Scandal Is Disturbing but Hardly an Uncommon
Newsinferno.com, NY - 7 hours ago were called cell-specific cancer treatment, or "zoetron therapy," and were supposed to treat lung, breast, prostate, skin, colon, and brain cancer by targeting

Tanning firms can promote beds as vitamin D source
WTOP, D.C. - Dec 21, 2005 Health Canada has said UV exposure can be hazardous to a person's health and in the long term can contribute to premature aging and skin cancer.

FDA Approves Nexavar(R) for Treatment of Patients with Advanced
Yahoo! News (press release) - Dec 20, 2005 currently in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, and metastatic melanoma, or skin cancer.

Can we make the phone mast-cancer link?
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - Dec 24, 2005 as being "sandwiched between two masts, one at a hospital and the other on the roof of an office block", the wife was diagnosed with skin cancer, her husband

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Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market Shows Sustained Growth And Opportunity For New Market Participants (Cancer Information)

Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market Shows Sustained Growth And Opportunity For New Market Participants
Medical News Today - Dec 22 3:14 AM
As the breast cancer therapeutics market moves into an era of personalised medicine, high growth is anticipated within the biologics sector with more products being integrated into an adjuvant setting or used as preventative measures.Save to My Web

More seeking fountain of youth in a bottle
The Shelby Star - Dec 25 12:23 AM
CHICAGO (AP) Forget 40 is the new 30. Now even twentysomethings are joining the quest for eternal youth by using anti-aging products and wrinkle treatments.Save to My Web

New strategies urged for cancer trials
UPI - Dec 21 12:02 PM
DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A University of California-Davis study says participation in cancer clinical trials by Asians and blacks have not increased despite better information.Save to My Web

Health
Muzi - Dec 24 10:39 AM
ATLANTA - Biotech company Favrille Inc. said Tuesday that patients were more likely to respond to cancer treatments when given a therapy based upon genetic information extracted from their tumors.Save to My Web

Mayo Clinic finds kidney cancer patients are unlikely to respond to potential treatment drug
EurekAlert! - Dec 21 12:13 PM
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center investigators report that imatinib mesylate (GleevecTM), the drug used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal cancers (GISTs), is not likely to be effective for patients with high grade renal cell carcinoma -- the most aggressive kidney cancer.Save to My Web

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Study: Green Tea Fights Leukemia (Cancer Information)

Study: Green Tea Fights Leukemia
NewsMax.com - Scientists are finally starting to show that the centuries-old reputation of green tea as a cancer-fighter is true. A small Mayo Clinic study has found that daily doses of the stuff helps patients chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common

Dick Youngblood
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Maddy, the youngest child of Mark and Mary Peters, was 15 months old when she was diagnosed in mid-2000 with cystic fibrosis, an incurable disease that kept her in bed or in the hospital for a year before medication stabilized her symptoms. During

York's Captain Chemo to star on TV
Portsmouth Herald - YORK - York resident Don Clark, aka "Captain Chemo," will be featured on Portland s WGME Channel 13 news this week. Clark created the comic character of Captain Chemo - a "Superman" type, for which Clark decked himself out in helmet, goggles, a

Drug more effective vs. lupus-caused kidney ills
Arizona Daily Star - Doctors are reporting the first advance in three decades in treating kidney complications from lupus, a life-threatening disease that primarily affects young women. A small study showed that an immune-suppression drug worked better than the standard

Three supplements with promise
Jamaica Gleaner - SOME DIETARY supplements play an important role in maintaining good health and preventing disease. Research is showing that Omega-3 fatty acids, Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), and Coenzyme Q10 have great potential. They have been effectively used

Contaminated Saline Tied to Bloodstream Infections
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 21 - A cluster of catheter-associated Klebsiella oxytoca and Enterobacter cloacae infections, which led to the closure of a

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Intriguing concepts arise in the world of hormones (Cancer Information)

Intriguing concepts arise in the world of hormones
Baltimore Sun - cap True confession time: Just when I thought I had made peace with the Great Post-Menopausal Hormone Decision - in my case, sticking with very low dose oral hormones, despite the risks revealed in a 2002 study - I have plunged into the

Maxim shareholders approve merger
San Diego Union-Tribune - Shareholders of Maxim Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego drug development company whose lead experimental medicine proved a bust, voted yesterday to merge with a private New Jersey company. Larry Stambaugh will not stay with EpiCept The once-highflying

Local medical news in brief
Daily Item - SUNBURY Drs. John and Tom Albright of Albright Footcare Center announce the arrival of C. James Anderson, DPM to the practice. Dr. Anderson joins Dr. Tom Albright and Dr. John Albright at Albright Footcare Center, a podiatry practice with offices

Top 10 Health Stories Of 2005
CBS News - Previously underappreciated heart risks forced Vioxx, and then Bextra, off the market. That leaves only Celebrex to represent the new class of pain pills once billed as "super aspirin." (WebMD) Bird flu tops WebMD's list of the top health news

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UK Stocks Including AstraZeneca Rise; FTSE 100 Gains in Week (Cancer Information)

UK Stocks Including AstraZeneca Rise; FTSE 100 Gains in Week
Bloomberg - 19 hours ago will pay $210 million to acquire KuDOS, which develops cancer medicines bid, Financial Times Deutschland reported, without saying where it got the information.

PreMD Announces US PTO Decision
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 17 hours ago The company's cancer tests include ColorectAlert(TM), LungAlert(TM) and a breast cancer test. For further information, please visit www.premdinc.com.

Wyeth and Progenics Pharmaceuticals Announce Worldwide
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 23 hours ago The Company is also developing a cancer vaccine, GMK, in phase 3 clinical any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events

New system has potential to spot lung cancer sooner
Towson Jeffersonian, MD - 14 hours ago location in three-dimensions and creates a CD with the information, which is to biopsy smaller lung lesions, which allows for earlier detection of lung cancer.

Late broadcaster Alistair Cooke among victims of body parts scam
London Free Press, Canada - 32 minutes ago a risk concealed by paperwork doctored with forged signatures and false information. known as the host of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, died from cancer last year

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Cancer death rates (Cancer Information) declining

Cancer death rates declining
KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Dec 22 10:23 PM
WASHINGTON The nation's overall cancer death rate continues to decline. The National Cancer Institute says the drop off includes the four most common types of cancer --...Save to My Web

Former president of Ursinus College dies
TimesLeader.com - Dec 22 8:31 AM
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Richard P. Richter, who was for more than 18 years the president of Ursinus College and who had been its president emeritus since 1995, died Dec. 16 of lung cancer. He was 74.Save to My Web

Chest X-Rays Detect Cancer Early, But With False Alarms
WFTV 9 Orlando - Dec 21 7:35 AM
A screening tool for lung cancer catches the disease in its earliest stages, but it's often wrong, according to a new study.Save to My Web

U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Drop
ABC News - Dec 23 1:58 AM
Nation's Cancer Death Rate Continues to Decline for Most Common FormsSave to My Web

White Women With Skin Cancer History More Likely To Develop Melanoma
Science Daily - Dec 21 5:36 PM
Older white women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer are at greater risk for developing melanoma, regardless of the amount of sun they have been exposed to, finds a study the online journal Cancer.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Gifts That Keep On Giving

Gifts That Keep On Giving
Newsday - War. Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Pestilence. High gas prices. Job cuts. Happy holidays. This certainly has been a year of heartache and worry, and of wrenching images that demanded - and produced - an outpouring of charitable donations. Yet

Transgenic Tobacco Produces Cheap, Effective Anthrax Vaccine
Environment News Service - "Getting 100 percent federal cost share was #1 on my agenda when I met with [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary Michael Chertoff and Chairman Don Powell in Washington last week," the governor said. "I told them that we have already removed 10

NEW MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE
KPVI Newschannel 6 - Medical evidence strongly suggests that early detection of

New Kidney
HealthScout - A new drug called Nexavar (sorafenib tosylate) that slows the spread of advanced kidney

Kerr raises money for breast
LPGA - Third Annual Birdies for Breast

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Green Tea Helps
Newswise - Dec 19 2:29 PM
Green tea beverages are showing signs of being able to prevent skin cancer.Save to My Web

US cancer death rates drop
People's Daily - Dec 22 9:47 PM
The cancer death rate continues to decline in the United States thanks to efforts for early detection of cancers and improvements in behavior aimed to prevent cancers, the National Cancer Institute of the United States said in a biennial report on Thursday.Save to My Web

FDA approves new kidney cancer drug
RedNova - Dec 21 7:07 AM
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.Save to My Web

Top 10 Health Stories Of 2005
CBS News - Dec 21 3:48 PM
Bird flu tops WebMD's list of the top health news stories of 2005, but a pyramid, natural disasters, and a movie star left their mark in a big way, too.Save to My Web

Season's hope is simply to be healthy
The Plain Dealer - Dec 22 5:58 AM
The one gift Fred Campogni would like for Christmas cannot be placed under a tree. Forget the Xbox and the iPod, Santa. Give Campogni a healthy senior year.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Wait for smear result branded unacceptable

Wait for smear result branded unacceptable
The Wilmslow Express - Dec 22 1:20 AM
WOMEN still face an anxious wait of up to three months for vital smear test results following the introduction of new technology at the start of the year.Save to My Web

Breast-cancer expert still groundbreaker OUR TIME JANE GLENN HAAS
TimesLeader.com - Dec 21 12:03 AM
Dr. Susan Love spent 20 years doing breast-cancer surgery, along the way authoring Dr. Susan Loves Breast Book, (DaCapo Press). Now in its fourth edition, her book is considered the most complete, trustworthy guide for women with breast cancer.Save to My Web

Tumour markers
The Star Online - Dec 20 5:14 PM
It is common to find tests for tumour markers among screening packages from the various hospitals and laboratories. Tumour markers are substances which are found in higher than normal amounts in the blood, urine or tissues of people with certain types of cancer.Save to My Web

Rigel Advances Clinical Development Programs for R788 and R763
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 20 4:30 AM
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has advanced the clinical development programs for R788, an orally available product candidate for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, and R763, an orally available multi-Aurora kinase inhibitor being developed to treat cancer.Save to My Web

Micro-gyroscopes could detect, monitor and provide therapy guidance on cancer
News-Medical-Net - Dec 22 5:03 PM
A vibrating disc no bigger than a speck of dust could help to diagnose and monitor common types of cancer and provide specialists with information about the most appropriate therapy.Save to My Web

Pap Smear Doctors Defend Know-How
Los Angeles Times - Dec 21 12:22 AM
Lawmakers weigh new limits on proficiency tests for those who assess signs of cervical cancer. Failure rates have been as high as 41%.Save to My Web

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Vitamin E (Cancer Information) and Prostate Cancer Benefits: Not Fully Resolved

Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer Benefits: Not Fully Resolved
Newswise - Dec 20 9:28 PM
Recent recommendations advise against routine vitamin use to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease. However, a few weeks after these recommendations came out, a study showed that men with high blood levels of a form of vitamin E had a lower risk of prostate cancer.Save to My Web

Introgen Updates Regulatory Guidance for ADVEXIN Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer
FinanzNachrichten - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Introgen Therapeutics ( Nachrichten ), Inc. today announced its proposal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to request permission to accelerate the initiation of an interim analysis of its randomized, controlled phase 3 ADVEXIN clinical trial data ahead of schedule.Save to My Web

New Drug Points Up Problems in Developing Cancer Cures
New York Times - Dec 20 7:59 PM
Drug regulators will soon announce initiatives that they hope will help salvage cancer research, which is quietly undergoing a crisis.Save to My Web

Aggressive Immune Response Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 2:02 PM
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers have discovered one of the reasons why some colorectal cancers are more aggressive and likely to spread than others.Save to My Web

New Research Shows Artificial Light at Night Stimulates Breast Cancer Growth in Laboratory Mice
Kansas City InfoZine - Dec 20 3:59 AM
Results from a new study in laboratory mice show that nighttime exposure to artificial light stimulated the growth of human breast tumors by suppressing the levels of a key hormone called melatonin. The study also showed that extended periods of nighttime darkness greatly slowed the growth of these tumors.Save to My Web

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Cancer Information - Chinese remedy could prevent breast cancer

Chinese remedy could prevent breast cancer
DeHavilland, UK - Dec 20, 2005 A Chinese plant known to fight malaria could be used to stop breast cancer before it takes hold, a US study has claimed. Washington

Cuppa Joe for Breast Cancer?
Health Supplement Retailers, AZ - Dec 20, 2005 Cancer Institute and the University of Buffalo School of Medicine have found polyphenols in coffee may be more potent against breast cancer than polyphenols

Breast cancer survival rate boosted by radiotherapy
News-Medical.net, Australia - Dec 19, 2005 According to a new study breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery have a lower risk of a recurrence of the disease and a

Study: Radiation Decreases Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence
abc7.com, CA - Dec 16, 2005 HEALTH NEWS - Breast cancer patients who receive radiation after having a tumor removed have a lower risk of recurrence and a better chance of beating cancer.

Two Types Of Breast Cancer Treatments Show Similar Benefit
Science Daily (press release) - Dec 17, 2005 both drugs regardless of the dosing schedules tested in this trial provided similar benefits for women with stage II or III, operable breast cancer.

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Funding for cancer research projects (Cancer Information)

Funding for cancer research projects
Irish Medical News, Ireland - Dec 16, 2005 The Irish Cancer Society, through its research division, Cancer Research Ireland, recently awarded E173,900 to cancer research projects which are being

Alaska Airlines Signs Long-Term Contract with Athena Bottled Water
Yahoo! News (press release) - Dec 19, 2005 PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines today named Athena bottled water, a product whose profits directly benefit women's cancer research, the airline's

New Research Shows Artificial Light at Night Stimulates Breast
National Institutes of Health (press release) - Dec 19, 2005 University in Philadelphia, Pa. The results are published in the December 1, 2005 issue of the scientific journal Cancer Research.

Artificial Light Stimulates Breast Cancer Growth In Mice: Study
MedIndia, India - Dec 20, 2005 night shifts. The complete details of the study are published in the December 1, 2005 issue of the journal Cancer Research. "This is

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Cancer Information - Shining Light on

Shining Light on
Technology Review - By Corie Lok Traditional screening for cervical

Medical Biology: Update on Basal Cell Carcinoma
ScienceWeek - MEDICAL BIOLOGY: UPDATE ON BASAL CELL CARCINOMAThe following points are made by A.I. Rubin et al (New Engl. J. Med.

SpectRx, Inc. Granted Key Patent for Non-invasive Cervical
dBusinessNews.com - Columbia -- SpectRx, Inc. ( OTCBB: SPRX) today announced it was granted a patent for the unique method in which its non-invasive cervical

Sonography May Help Predict Recurrences in Asymptomatic Women with Gynecologic Cancers
Cancer Consultants - Although initial treatment for these cancers may produce a remission, or a disappearance of the

Focus on early detection of
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Pap testing can prevent cervical
Courier News - Researchers are telling women to put their health first: having annualPap testing is the only way to prevent cervical

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Abraxane™ Safe When Used in Dose-Dense (Cancer Information) Treatment Regimen for Breast

Abraxane™ Safe When Used in Dose-Dense Treatment Regimen for Breast
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Battling kids' brain
Seattle Post Intelligencer - By JULIE DAVIDOWSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERIn their approach to finding and treating brain tumors in children, a team of Seattle researchers is thinking small. Extremely small. The focus of their

Men catching up to women in life expectancy: study
Reuters - by the traditional killers: heart disease and

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) And The Indian Council Of Medical
BioSpace - Indian Council of Medical

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Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 19, 2005 (Cancer Information)

Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 19, 2005
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - The trial is testing the ability of this drug to improve your ability to exercise and improve your quality of life.

Singer Rawls cancels Clay Center show
Charleston Gazette - treated for lung

Environment and
New York Times - When Mike Gallo learned he had

Health Care Plans for Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not All Alike
Newswise - Until 1997, QOC data came from surveys, was voluntarily provided by health plans, or came from regional plans. Employer Data and

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Aromatase inhibitors may slow (Cancer Information) growth of lung cancer

Aromatase inhibitors may slow growth of lung cancer
News-Medical-Net - Dec 15 1:33 PM
A few years ago researchers discovered that, much like breast tumors, some lung tumors also thrive on estrogen. Now a medical student conducting research on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) fellowship and colleagues have managed to stop the growth of human lung cancer cells in mice with a class of breast cancer drugs called aromatase inhibitors.Save to My Web

Stocks in Motion: Pharmacyclics
TheStreet.com - Dec 19 9:53 AM
Shares tumble 63% after the company's lung-cancer drug fails to achieve statistical significance in a late-stage trial.Save to My Web

Gretzky's mom battling cancer; hands over coaching job to Tocchet
The Sports Network: Sports - Dec 17 10:39 PM
Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Phoenix Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky announced Saturday he will leave the team for an indefinite period to be with his mother, Phyllis, who is battling lung cancer.Save to My Web

Gretzky's mom loses battle with lung cancer
The Sports Network: Sports - Dec 19 11:39 PM
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Phyllis Gretzky, the mother of Hall of Famer and Phoenix Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky died Monday night after a battle with lung cancer. She was 64.Save to My Web

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Don Ho returns to his home in Honolulu (Cancer Information)

Don Ho returns to his home in Honolulu
Island Packet - Cancer Specialists seeking qualified candidates for

CuraGen drug for oral mucositis misses goal
Reuters - for preventing a complication of high-dose

'Desperate Housewives' makes China debut
Island Packet - Cancer Specialists seeking qualified candidates for

Strides made in lung cancer therapy and survival rates
St. Petersburg Times - I was recently asked to see a patient in consultation for stage II nonsmall-cell lung cancer. She was not given much hope. My evaluation revealed that her cancer was potentially curable by surgery and possible

Kylie Minogue To Headline Glastonbury 2007?
Gig Wise - after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.Now that her

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Callisto Pharmaceuticals Reports on 2005 Clinical and Corporate

Callisto Pharmaceuticals Reports on 2005 Clinical and Corporate
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 8 hours ago and MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop, manufacture, use and sell Atiprimod and L-Annamycin, respectively. For investor-specific information about Callisto

Patient Information Page from The Hormone Foundation
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, MD - 23 hours ago Other common causes can include medications (eg, antidepressants, sleeping pills, and drugs to treat high blood pressure, pain or prostate cancer), as well as

Toys are his therapy, his salvation
Kansas City Star, MO - 20 hours ago Breast Care, the Wilcox family met the family of Missy Newell, another young mother who had died of breast cancer in 2000 For information, call (816) 932-2565.

Anadys Pharmaceuticals Announces Two Executive Advances
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 6 hours ago Ms. Yaroshevsky- Glanville received a BS degree in Computer Information System Management for the treatment of hepatitis, other serious infections, and cancer.

And your federal candidates are
Pincher Creek Echo, Canada - 8 hours ago care along with adding spaces; the tax break for seniors; the $50 million national cancer strategy; the Sharing information on what is really going on in Canada

Latinos rally to fight cancer
Contra Costa Times, CA - 18 hours ago or Steps of Hope, a campaign to raise funds for Latinos with cancer. For more information about the Wellness Community's Spanish-language programs or the Pasos

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Cancer Information - Immunotherapy For Precancerous Changes Of The Cervix Under Study

Immunotherapy For Precancerous Changes