cancer

Shortage of prescription drugs

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Sat, 01/21/2012 - 19:48

She's been beating cancer for seven years — but drug shortages sweeping the country have robbed her of the most effective weapon.


 

Hospice worker faked cancer, swindled $30,000 from friends

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Thu, 01/19/2012 - 00:17

A Colorado hospice care worker was able to raise an amazing $30,000 in the name of fighting cancer - but her motives were anything but benign, according to a report.


 

Processed meat 'linked to cancer'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 18:00

A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden.


 

Birth control pills could help protect nuns from cancer: scienti...

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Thu, 12/08/2011 - 12:17

Father, forgive them: Two Australian doctors say the world’s 95,000 Catholic nuns need to get on The Pill.


 

Computer-based tool to improve diagnosis and prognosis for cance...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 10/30/2011 - 22:00

(University of Nottingham) A computer-based tool could help GPs to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from two of the most common forms of cancer, potentially saving thousands of lives every year.


 

Cancer in high-risk patients reduced by aspirin

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Thu, 10/27/2011 - 17:01

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Largest study on cellphones, cancer finds no link

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 10/20/2011 - 17:03

LONDON (AP) -- Danish researchers can offer some reassurance if you're concerned about your cellphone: Don't worry.

Your device is probably safe....


 

Barrett's Esophagus May Be Less Risky Than Thought

WebMD Health  Wed, 10/12/2011 - 17:25

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People with Barrett's esophagus, a complication of heartburn and acid reflux disease, are at risk of developing a deadly kind of cancer at much lower rates than doctors previously believed, a new study shows.


 

Prostate testing's dark side: Men who were harmed

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 10/12/2011 - 13:13

Terry Dyroff's PSA blood test led to a prostate biopsy that didn't find cancer but gave him a life-threatening infection....


 

Steve Jobs had rare form of pancreatic cancer

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Thu, 10/06/2011 - 14:12

Jobs, 56, had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare type of pancreatic cancer that spreads far more slowly than the traditional, aggressive kind that doomed Patrick Swayze.