February 14, 2007 – 6:32 am
Rep. Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr., a blunt-spoken dentist from Augusta, Ga., who had never held public office when he sold his practice and ran for Congress at age 52, died Tuesday after battling cancer and lung disease. He was 65.
The seven-term Republican died at his home in Augusta early Tuesday afternoon, his spokesman said.
February 14, 2007 – 6:31 am
Rep. Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr., a blunt-spoken dentist from Augusta, Ga., who had never held public office when he sold his practice and ran for Congress at age 52, died Tuesday after battling cancer and lung disease. He was 65.
The seven-term Republican died at his home in Augusta early Tuesday afternoon, his spokesman said.
February 14, 2007 – 6:29 am
(AP) St. Paul A new vaccine that protects against cervical cancer has set off a legislative debate over whether to require the shots for all 12-year-old girls.
Legislation to mandate the inoculation against human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been introduced in both chambers. HPV causes most cases of cervical cancer, and similar mandates are being debated […]
February 14, 2007 – 6:27 am
FORT MYERS, Fla. — His cancer is gone and his curve is back.
Jon Lester feels ready to win a spot on Boston’s pitching staff less than six months after being diagnosed with a disease that threatened, at the very least, a promising career. Now he must convince manager Terry Francona and Boston’s other decision-makers who […]
February 14, 2007 – 6:26 am
The new drug exemestane for breast cancer treatment could improve survival rates by 17 percent, new research shows.
A study of 4,742 post-menopausal women found that switching from the present gold-standard breast cancer treatment tamoxifen to the new drug exemestane after two or three years resulted in a dramatic fall in death rates, The Times newspaper […]
February 13, 2007 – 1:43 am
Rome (eCanadaNow) - Italy is set to become the first European country to offer free vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, to pre-teenage girls.
In a recent statement, the Health Ministry said it expected the free jabs to be made available to the country’s 280,000 12-years-old […]
February 13, 2007 – 12:54 am
Partners of patients with the disease also suffer and have little support, says Nick Horley
Olivier Martinez, former beau of Kylie Minogue, seems to have joined the exclusive club of third-rate males founded by the Tory love rat James Gray who cheated on his wife while she was being treated for breast cancer.
Gray has had […]
February 13, 2007 – 12:49 am
It is estimated that more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year alone, but a major breakthrough in the treatment for the deadly disease brings hope to the nearly 200,000 women diagnosed every year.
Breast cancer returns in up to 20 percent of patients within five years and for many patients the question […]
February 13, 2007 – 12:45 am
WASHINGTON - Women who switch from the breast cancer pill tamoxifen to a newer class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors live longer, Italian researchers reported today.
Their study, published in the journal Cancer, adds to a growing body of evidence that the new drugs are far safer, preventing cancer with fewer side effects than tamoxifen.
Dr. Lauren […]
February 13, 2007 – 12:38 am
Up to 20 percent of women who develop lung cancer have never smoked, US researchers found in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame. A survey of a million people in the US and Sweden shows that just eight percent of men who get lung cancer are non-smokers. “I have a lot […]
