More research points to the medicinal effects of red wine. Researchers say the consumption of more than three glasses of red wine a week reduced the risk of colon cancer. Joseph C. Anderson, M.D, and his colleagues at SUNY Stony Brook, compared the drinking habits of 360 red and white wine drinkers with similar lifestyles [...]
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Doctors prescribing anemia drugs for patients with kidney disease and cancer were urged by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday to carefully dispense of these drugs due to an increased risk of death and other serious problems, such as blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks in patients with chronic kidney failure and rapid [...]
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He first played on professional football teams, the San Diego Chargers, the Houston Oilers, and the Kansas City Chiefs, and then found fame and fortune in professional wrestling, a sport that landed him in the World Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame. He is Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd. And on Saturday night, he died of cancer [...]
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Devastating blood born fungal infections that can be lethal for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and organ transplant patients may be treated more successfully, thanks to a new drug delivery method of Amphotericin B developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Because the oral form of the drug is easier to administer and cheaper [...]
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FRIDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) — A component of green tea, combined with low doses of the cox-2 inhibitor painkiller Celebrex, may be able to slow prostate cancer growth, according to a U.S. study. Previous research found that, individually, both the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a known antioxidant, and cox-2 inhibitors helped fight prostate [...]
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Attorney General and Tsawwassen resident Wally Oppal has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but he says the treatment shouldn’t keep him away from his work for long. Oppal said he is scheduled to have surgery March 20, and after the initial shock of the diagnosis he is confident about his recovery. “I play basketball, I [...]
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Yaisah Vargas Associated Press Mar. 2, 2007 08:52 AM Â SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A U.S. federal grand jury indicted seven people in a case where terminally ill cancer patients were allegedly injected with a bogus cure made from the patients’ own blood, the U.S. attorney’s office in San Juan announced Thursday. Four Puerto [...]
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One in four women ages 14 to 59 is infected with HPV, the sexually transmitted virus that in some forms can cause cervical cancer, according to the first broad national estimate. The figure, reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is mostly in line with previous assessments. “We expected the prevalence of any [...]
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Josie Grove’s family said that she died “with dignity” after her two and a half year battle with leukemia. Josie, a talented artist and swimmer, announced in December that she wanted to enjoy what remained of her young life after her treatments had failed to cure her disease.Josie, sixteen, died yesterday at home surrounded by [...]
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Findings from an international study suggest that women with a waist size of more than 34 inches are more likely to develop cancer of the womb than women who boast slimmer waistlines. The study, funded in part by the British charity Cancer Research UK, sized up 223,000 women worldwide and determined that women with a [...]
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Discoveries have linked certain viruses to cancer growth. The hepatitis B virus is related to liver cancer. Women who develop cervical cancer have had a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection but not all women with HPV infection will develop cervical cancer. Stomach ulcers are likely caused by Helicobactor pylori, or H. pylori a bacteria and [...]
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Merck, maker of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, is backing off its lobbying campaign following pressure from medical groups and parents who believe the vaccine should not be mandated as a school attendance requirement for adolescent girls. The public outcry that caused Merck to announce its stop order on Tuesday stems from the fact that [...]
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