Thyroid cancer may be more common near volcanoes
Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 4:36 pm ETPeople who live in volcanic areas may have an elevated risk of developing thyroid cancer, a new study suggests.
People who live in volcanic areas may have an elevated risk of developing thyroid cancer, a new study suggests.
Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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MUSCATINE, Iowa — Carl Freese took his wedding vows to heart twice and says the rewards have been great.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, known for his unblockable signature "skyhook" shot, was diagnosed late last year with a rare type of blood cancer known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML). Now, he is partnering with Novartis Oncology and has a message for fellow patients with Ph+ CML -- work closely with your doctors and ...
Groups of twentysomething women descended on the House of Blues on Thursday night eager to see the guy who made many of their hearts flutter when they were in their teens, former Bush front man and now solo artist Gavin Rossdale.
ST. LIBORY -- Wednesday wasn't the first day that St. Libory Elementary School has hosted a blood drive.
The founder of After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) has passed away. Melodie Wilson who died November 9, 2009, was recently honored with at the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
You cannot simply do more sit-ups, and presto, your belly is flat. That said, you can increase the odds of successfully ridding yourself of dangerous belly fat (associated with an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and some cancers) by following a few simple tips:
If you’re overweight, lead a sedentary lifestyle, have unhealthy eating habits with too much fat, too little fiber and too many simple carbohydrates, you may be heading down the road toward diabetes — a serious disease that kills more Americans each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined.
WALTHAM, Mass.----ImmunoGen, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted anticancer therapeutics, announced today that several ImmunoGen poster presentations will be made at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics to be held in Boston, MA, on November 15-19, 2009.
The results of an independent investigator study just published in the online version of Dermatologic Surgery demonstrate that Levulan Photodynamic Therapy may reduce the rate of recurrence of squamous cell carcinomas in solid organ transplant recipients , a population with a high incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
GALVESTON, Texas -- Vical Incorporated today is presenting a strong rationale advocating the use of DNA vaccine technology for emerging and/or pandemic infectious diseases. At the University of Texas Medical Branch Symposium, "The Changing Landscape of Vaccine Development," Larry R.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.
PONTIAC — The first day of practice for the Pontiac girls basketball team was already going to signal the start of a new era.
Some elevated prostate-specific antigen levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, U.S. researchers said.
Sixteen years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, RuthAnn Lobo offered a list of things she is grateful for: The health care she received. The kindness of the doctors who explained each step of the treatment process. The health care workers' "tools of the trade" — a soft voice, a soft smile, a tender touch.
New York researchers suggest a rapidly rising prostate specific antigen may not indicate a greater risk of diagnosis of prostate cancer.