Baldy's Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Woken up today just feeling unutterably sorry for myself and generally terrible. Was able to sleep for hours yesterday and really thought I would be brightening up this morning. Well the stomach discomfort has started again and I think that's...
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Sign In to E Mail or Save This. Three earthquakes recorded in East Bay. U is now a mature, Brini maxwell, still amazing band that knows it doesn t have all the answers, but isn t afraid to keep asking the right questions. The Dead s success inspired the entire jam band [...]
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Now that school is out and the first day of summer is upon us, the cancer care experts at Texas Oncology remind Texans to “save your skin” by outsmarting the sun when spending time outdoors. Although the most prevalent cancer in the United States today, skin cancer is also the most preventable. The majority [...]
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Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland about 6 inches long that is shaped like a thin pear lying on its side. The wider end of the pancreas is called the head, the middle section [...]
Genealogy@Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
In this article, we'll look at some of the common symptoms of a local breast cancer recurrence and talk about what to do next.
Right from the Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
My sister in law is only 27 years old and has developed breast cancer. It is far enough along that she is going through a long list of medical procedures and that cost a great deal of money. We are having a golf outing (info below) to try and raise money. What can you do to help? 1. Get a foursome together and golf in the tournament 2. Sponsor a hole 3. Donate prizes for a raffle 4. Donate money 5....
The Covert Rationing Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, Jacob Goldstein of the Wall Street Journal Health Blog pointed out the financial dilemma that has been created by evidence that a new cancer drug, Nexavar, is effective in treating liver cancer. Most liver cancers are particularly impervious to chemotherapy, and until Nexavar came along no chemotherapy had ever been shown to significantly prolong survival. [...]
Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Once limited to the electronics industry, semiconductor material may hold the key to improving early detection of prostate cancer among African-American men.
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
July 23 — The drug Nexavar can prolong the lives of people with liver cancer by an average of three months, new research shows. “The results unequivocally showed that sorafenib increased the survival of patients with a more than 30 percent reduction in the likelihood to die at any time point during follow-up,” said [...]
DollyMix (Free subscription) | yesterday
I never know what to do with on National Days. No-smoking days - I don't smoke, breast cancer awareness day - I'm already aware of cancer. But National Orgasm Day? I have visions of that seen in Perfume. Everyone in the country writhing around in the dust, tearing each others' clothes off. Then midnight strikes and everyone gets up, looks a bit embarrassed, wonder what came over them (oh, your filthy...
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York, 24th July 2008 In the financial news this week, much is made of the health of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, in particular after the quarterly results were announced earlier this week. The question relates to his pancreatic cancer in 2004, and the fact that he kept it quiet then for about 9 months. The spokesman of Apple Inc. states that Steve's health is a private matter. On the one hand, I totally...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | yesterday
c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation failure is a new mechanism of anthracycline resistance in acute myeloid leukemia Leukemia advance online publication, July 24, 2008. doi:10.1038/leu.2008.192 Authors: E D Lagadinou, P G Ziros, O A Tsopra, K Dimas, D Kokkinou, E Thanopoulou, M Karakantza, P Pantazis, A Spyridonidis & N C Zoumbos
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leukemia suppressor function of Egr-1 is dependent on transforming oncogene Leukemia advance online publication, July 24, 2008. doi:10.1038/leu.2008.189 Authors: J D Gibbs, D A Liebermann & B Hoffman
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia's Progen says that it is focusing on M&A opportunities after deciding to shelve a Phase III study for its liver cancer therapy-- PI-88 . The decision to halt the trial led to a rout of its stock price, with shares sliding 52 percent on the news. Progen blamed slow recruitment, a slow approval process in Asia and the launch of a late-stage study of a rival therapy in its decision. It is now...
Baldy's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hello Everyone, its Liam here again. Thank you for all your support yesterday, the final numbers for the petition were 11,301. A fantastic result. I've had an email from Adrian's mum today. Unfortunately Adrian was sick last night and had...
