According to an article recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, women who engage in long-term strenuous exercise activity have a significantly decreased risk of developing estrogen receptor-negative invasive breast cancer.
Approximately 25% of breast cancers are considered to be estrogen-receptor negative (ER-negative), meaning that the cancer cells are not stimulated to grow by the […]
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 – 6:27 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 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 11, 2007 – 10:32 pm
DALLAS - The pink ribbons will still adorn everything from teddy bears to yogurt lids. But now, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is also taking a more provocative approach with its familiar symbol.
New billboards across the nation feature the organization’s logo and a woman’s upper body in a T-shirt that reads: “We only focus […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:25 pm
RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Dozens of people got their hair cut or their nails done at a fancy salon on Sunday while benefiting a cancer victims’ support group named for Gilda Radner, the “Saturday Night Live” comedienne who died of ovarian cancer.
Forty-seven patrons paid for haircuts or manicures at the Germargot Salon to help Gilda’s […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:25 pm
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) feared that 84 million people may die till 2015 if action is not taken to stop spreading cancer, as cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide.
According to data collected by Online from WHO revealed that more than 70 percent of all cancer deaths in 2005 occurred in less developed […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:23 pm
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Marcia Wallace of “The Bob Newhart Show” fame was honored by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Saturday for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection and inspiring others through her 20 years as a breast cancer survivor.
Wallace, who voices schoolteacher Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons, said she keeps […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:12 pm
KUALA LUMPUR: As she was being wheeled into the operating room for her second cancer surgery, Goh Siew Fan made a promise to God.
“I promised that if I am cured, I would quit my job to be a full-time volunteer working with cancer patients,” she said in a strong voice, that belied her slight stature.
The […]
