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6 hrs ago | Myanmar News.net

Report says cancer deaths subsiding

The BBC has reported that common cancer deaths in Britain have fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

11 hrs ago | Sky News

Common Cancer Death Toll Drops Dramatically

The death toll for common cancers has dropped to its lowest level for 40 years, according to new figures.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Entertainment

16 hrs ago | The University of Kansas

KU graduate students researching cancer pharmaceuticals win national fellowships

Three doctoral students in medicinal chemistry at the University of Kansas have received $18,000 in fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for their research on developing cancer-fighting drugs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Chemistry, Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Lawrence Metro

Yesterday | TMCnet

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July 6, 2009 Allos Therapeutics, Inc. closed at $8.06 on a volume of 705,698 shares.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Allos Therapeutics, Healthcare Industry, Health, Smoking, Food and Drug Administration, Lymphoma, Electronic Arts, Video Games, Software

Wed Jul 08, 2009

HON

Cancer Gap Between Whites, Blacks May Be Biological in Part

Even when they get identical medical treatment, black Americans with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer tend to die earlier than patients of other races, a finding that suggests biological or genetic factors may play an important role.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Oncology, Medicine, Lymphoma, Leukemia

The Baltimore Sun

Study: Race gap in African-American cancer deaths may be partly biological

Socioeconomic factors in black-white disparity still concern many experts despite findings in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Carole Brown, 51, who has breast cancer, says she didn't have a doctor for months because she couldn't find a health provider who would accept her private insurance.

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Related Topix: African-American, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Oncology

RedOrbit

'Normal' Cells Far From Cancer Give Nanosignals Of Problems

A new Northwestern University-led study of human colon, pancreatic and lung cells is the first to report that cancer cells and their non-cancerous cell neighbors, although quite different under the microscope, share very similar structural abnormalities on the nanoscale level.

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Related Topix: Northwestern University, Health

Mass High Tech

Millennium advances lung cancer drug target

Cambridge-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals and its parent company, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Health, Cambridge, MA, Food and Drug Administration

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Poll shows broad support for tobacco tax increase

More than seven out of 10 California voters support a $1.50-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax as a way to narrow the state's budget deficit, according to poll results released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Tax, California, California Government, US News, Health, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Newswise

Why African-Americans Fare Worse with Some Cancers

An analysis of almost 20,000 patient records from the Southwest Oncology Group's database of clinical trials finds, for the first time, that African-American breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients tend to die earlier than patients of other races even when they get identical medical treatment and other confounding socioeconomic factors are ...

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, African-American, Prostate Cancer, Health, Charitable Organizations, Mathematics, Science

China Daily

US orders suicide warnings on anti-smoking drugs

WASHINGTON: US health officials on Wednesday ordered Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to add strong "black box" warnings on their anti-smoking drugs to highlight the risk of serious mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Zyban, Wellbutrin, Bupropion (generic), Medication, Food and Drug Administration, Depression

KCEN

Possible Benefit From Online Genetic Testing

Private companies that offer online genetic testing are proliferating as scientists continue to decode the human genome.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Biology, Science, Medicine, Smoking, Health

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Canada.com

Prostate cancer factsheet

In this factsheet: The Facts on Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the cancer most often diagnosed in Canadian men.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Ovarian Cancer

HealthDay

Alimta Approved as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Lung Cancer

The drug Alimta has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent progression of certain types of advanced or metastatic lung cancer, the agency said Monday.

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Related Topix: Health, Food and Drug Administration, Mesothelioma

Pennlive.com

E-cigarette an option for Staten Island's smokers

Susan Albano of Prince's Bay puffs on electronic cigarette, also known as e-cigarette, as vendor Amit Harel touts the tobacco-free product at Staten Island Mall.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Acupuncture, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Food and Drug Administration

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Cravenherald.co.uk

Service helps thousands to quit smoking

NHS North Yorkshire and Yorka s Stop Smoking Service has helped 7,611 people to quit successfully since the smoking ban came into effect in England on July 1 2007.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Tallahassee.com

Bob Sharpe: Use tobacco tax for mental health care

On Wednesday, the new $1-per-pack surcharge on cigarettes went into effect. The surcharge is projected to raise as much as $1 billion in new tax revenues, with proceeds intended to address the extraordinary increases in health care spending in Florida and, in particular, those associated with smoking.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Florida, Florida Government

CNN

What do you do if your significant other becomes a smoker?

My boyfriend just came back from a semester abroad in Paris -- and he came back a smoker.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Smoking is nicotine addiction - It's a bad habit

D o you realise that smoking lowers your immunity to illness and is bad for your health? You perhaps started smoking because you thought it was fashionable and macho! Maybe you had planned to stop burning your money but found that when you were stressed, cigarettes helped.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Drugs

Canada.com

EU health chief proposes stricter laws on smoking

The European Union's health chief proposed on Tuesday that uniform laws be drafted for all 27 countries in the bloc to regulate smoking more strictly in public areas and workplaces.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

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