02 September 2010
HARROGATE, Tenn. — Cancer never sleeps, and neither did the members of Claiborne County Relay for Life, during their night-long event last Friday. As of Monday, $135,000 had been raised by the Claiborne County chapter, and donations continued to mount. The twelve-hour event was held at Harrogate City Park, where survivors and supporters of all [...]
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02 September 2010
A new treatment method is emerging in Australia for pancreatic cancer, which at present has very low survival rates among the patients affected. However, the paradigm shift will take some time to occur across the medical care system, and those already suffering from the cancer may want to access the new treatment options earlier. Experts [...]
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02 September 2010
Japan-based pharma manufacturer Eisai Co. (TSE:4523) will have to wait an additional three months or so to find out whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will approve its new cancer drug Eribulin for treating advanced and metastatic breast cancer. A decision on Eribulin, which is under priority regulatory review by the FDA, was [...]
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02 September 2010
Working hard to continue the legacy of his late grandmother, Estelle Levesque, who died of cancer in 2006, Adam Mahaney of Old Town and his family are holding multiple fundraisers for their 2011 American Cancer Society Old Town Relay for Life team, Estelle’s Angels. Estelle was involved with several teams after being diagnosed in 2001 [...]
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02 September 2010
Lung cancer was the No. 1 killer disease for Macao’s men and women in 2008, according to a health report released Wednesday by Macao’s Health Bureau. The Bureau said in the report that liver cancer and colorectal cancer ranked second and third as the most fatal cancer diseases among male locals, while breast cancer and [...]
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02 September 2010
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS — “Food Dude” Kevin Roberts extolled the benefits of antioxidants and fiber and warned college students about some foods to avoid: soda, sugar, processed cheese and fast-food french fries and hamburgers. The charismatic Roberts, host of TLC’s BBQ PitMasters, presented “How to Survive College by Staying Healthy” on Tuesday in O’Shaughnessy dining room [...]
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02 September 2010
To educate people about the importance of early detection of colon cancer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. (TSE:4519) plans to put a walk-through model of the large intestine on display at upcoming `Relay for Life Japan’ events organized by entities including the Japan Cancer Society Measuring about 2.4 x 2.5 x 8.2 meters, the Giant Colon will [...]
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01 September 2010
A new report shows Indiana hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers recorded 94 preventable medical errors in 2009, a drop from the 105 mistakes reported in 2008 and 2007. The most common error in the 2009 report was a foreign object such as a sponge left in a patient after surgery. Indiana’s 306 facilities reported that [...]
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01 September 2010
A major UN conference on development and global health has heard that Papua New Guinea is beginning to win the fight against HIV/AIDS. The conference, in the Australian city of Melbourne, has heard the prevalence of the disease in PNG is dropping. There are 34,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in PNG. But Bill Bowtell, head [...]
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01 September 2010
Safe Haven, Inc., a direct-service non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality humanitarian care and nutrition to Southwest Georgia’s HIV/AIDS population begins its 14th year near capacity. The Center for Disease Control ranks Georgia 8th in the nation for HIV infections. “The numbers in Thomasville and surrounding areas show HIV and AIDS affect more people every [...]
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