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SUNDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Hot flashes caused by androgen suppression therapy for prostate cancer are best controlled by the hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate, according to a new study.
HAVERFORD — The tributes continued to pour in for Haverford College legend Greg Kannerstein, who passed away last week of complications from mesothelioma at the age of 67.
SUNDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The spread of breast cancer cells from the main tumor to other parts of the body is controlled by a growth factor known as TGFb, which may prove a promising target for new drugs to prevent metastatic breast cancer, British researchers say.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced results from three studies on the safety and efficacy of Nplate® (romiplostim) in adult patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The FDA has approved new technology that now allows radiologists to detect breast cancer sooner and faster.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
KENNEWICK -- Terry Flores of the Benton County Clean Air Authority died Friday after a five-year bat
FlashForward "Believe" November 19, 2009 Mario Perez: ABCFine. You got me. This isn't actually Dr. Bryce's drawing from this episode. It is actually from an earlier episode, long before the writers had come up with the whole, "I know! We'll...
( American Society for Cell Biology ) The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according to a study with laboratory mice that will be presented at the American Society for Cell Biology 49th Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2009 in ...
Feeling noble and altruistic this holiday season? How about giving unselfishly of your time or providing goods that will ultimately help others less fortunate?
MADISON, Wis. -- The public will get a chance Wednesday to comment on a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. A bill to do that will be the subject of a joint hearing before the Senate and Assembly health committees.
FLORENCE - Dairy legend James P. "Tom" Camerlo Jr., who owned Camerlo Dairy here, died Friday after a courageous battle with cancer.
The Scandinavians have arrived, data in tow, and those communication devices we press to our ears hundreds of times per week are safe again. I say safe "again" because I honestly don't know where we...
Karen Lee Engelbretson, 58, of Everett, went to be with her Lord December 2, 2009, after a lengthy illness. She was born May 8, 1951, in Tacoma and attended Snohomish schools.
PASCO -- Chris Tate of Pasco wanted his first tattoo to mean something.That's why on Saturda
A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a "highly effective regimen" in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow.
A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival.
Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers expect to better predict which infants may benefit from particular treatments. Oncologists also aim to use this latest knowledge to develop new and more effective therapies for ...
Americans are in love with soy, but not in the soy milk sipping, tofu stir-frying way you might think. Soy is ubiquitous in our food supply. In 2008, 70 percent of the edible oil consumed in the U.S. was soy, according to soystats.com , funded by national and state soy trade associations, Canola lags way behind at 9 percent, and healthful olive oil doesn't even merit its own category.
When Dr. Todd Tuttle asks his female medical students at the University of Minnesota what they would do if they had breast cancer, he is always surprised by the large number who say they would choose to have both breasts removed, even if they didn't have to.
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