Tag: cancer
Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
by on May.22, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initia…
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Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls
by on May.22, 2013, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (AP) — The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week.
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Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market
by on May.22, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts…
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After flight delays, will cancer move Congress to act?
by on May.04, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Congress sifts through a growing number of requests for targeted relief from automatic spending cuts in coming weeks, advocates seeking funding shifts likely will need to tell a compelling story with poten…
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Latin America threatened by mounting cancer epidemic: study
by on Apr.28, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Asher Levine SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Latin America's growing prosperity is fueling a cancer epidemic that threatens to overwhelm the region unless governments take urgent preventive action, a study published on Friday warned. A multinational …
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Supplements don’t help with prostate cancer: study
by on Apr.27, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not effective treatments for the disease. Pulling together data from eight random…
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Supplements don’t help with prostate cancer: study
by on Apr.27, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not effective treatments for the disease. Pulling together data from eight random…
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Record gene haul points to better cancer screening
by on Mar.27, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – New research has nearly doubled the number of genetic variations implicated in breast, prostate and ovarian cancer, offering fresh avenues for screening at-risk patients and, potentially, developing better drugs…
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Ziopharm cancer drug fails in late-stage trial; shares plunge
by on Mar.26, 2013, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Ziopharm Oncology Inc said it decided to stop developing drug to treat soft tissue sarcoma after a late-stage trial of the drug failed to meet the main goal of improving patients' survival without the cancer worsening. The company&…
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Cancer risks higher in worst hit Fukushima area: WHO
by on Feb.28, 2013, under Health and Fitness
GENEVA (Reuters) – People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident two years ago have a higher risk of developing certain cancers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on …
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