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CalorieLab Calorie Counter News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Government recommends half hour of movement most days; red wine can help smokers prevent lung cancer; special fat keeps mice from feeling hungry; Mexican who sought weight loss help dies; NFL players team up against childhood obesity; and the fried wonders from the LA County Fair.
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Brandish (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Paul Newman died last week after a battle with lung cancer. I've always had a soft spot for the star who made his name acting but also raised millions donating the profits from his 'Newman's Own' range of salad dressings and sauces. His biggest films included Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as well as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and later on in his career, The Colour of Money.
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A large-scale clinical trial combining two popular lung cancer drugs Tarceva and Avastin has showed no increase in survival rates. However, the combination treatment kept the disease from progressing for a longer period than Tarceva alone, the study found. Tarceva is marketed by Genentech and Avastin by Roche. Roche Holding AG sells both drugs in Europe.
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Sky News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
People living in the west of Scotland are 50% more likely to get lung cancer than in the rest of the UK, a report has revealed.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
People in the west of Scotland are more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer than those in the rest of the UK, a report says.
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
PEOPLE living in the west of Scotland are 50 per cent more likely to die of lung cancer than elsewhere in the UK.
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PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals have announced top line results from a phase III study evaluating the combination of Avastin and Tarceva as second-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The trial did not meet its primary endpoint.
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
To get convince the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to pay for its lung cancer treatment, Roche had to cut the price by about $1,000 in order to bring the cost more in line with Taxotere, an older medication sold by Sanofi-Aventis, Dow Jones tells us. Roche’s offer to cut Tarceva’s price [...]
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Britain's state-run health service agreed to pay for the lung-cancer drug Tarceva after Roche agreed to match the price of an older, less-expensive drug.
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Israellycool (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
You are probably all familar with the health warnings on cigarette packets. You know, warnings like Smoking causes lung cancer … Smoking clogs your arteries … Smoking May Lead to Your Weird Relatives Bashing the Living Daylights Out of You . Two Malaysians died and one was severely injured in a ritual designed to help a man overcome his chain-smoking habit and to rid his wife of her asthma and liver...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
BEIJING, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- More than 80 million people in China will die of lung cancer in the next 25 years, U.S. researchers predict. The Harvard School of Public Health noted the majority of those premature deaths are preventable, the BBC reported Saturday. The researchers looked at a 30-year period, examining the effects of smoking and the burning of wood or coal at home for cooking and heating....
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Lisa's Musings (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
hello friends. i just wanted to let you all know that i'm going to be a bit absent from internet land for awhile. my grandmother - who was one of the biggest influences in my life and my art - finally gave up her battle with lung cancer last night. i'm going to spend some time thinking about her and all the amazing things she taught me over the years. i am blessed to have had her in my life for as...
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Life, The Universe ... (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China, accounting for 19 percent and 5 percent of all deaths in that country during this period. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) predict...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer over the next 25 years in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors, scientists warned.
