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Memorial service and candlelight vigil to honor murder victims

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:41:54 +0000

Memorial service and candlelight vigil to honor murder victims
Teresa Paluso lay in a Memphis hospital bed still sedated from breast cancer surgery when she learned her father had been murdered.

Amgen Presents New XGEVA (Denosumab) Breast Cancer Skeletal-Related Event Prevention Data at SABCS

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:41:34 +0000

Amgen Presents New XGEVA (Denosumab) Breast Cancer Skeletal-Related Event Prevention Data at SABCS
Amgen today announced results from new analyses comparing XGEVAâ¢ , the first new treatment for advanced cancer patients with bone metastases in nearly a decade to prevent skeletal-related events, to ZometaÂ® .

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Weightlifting slashes lymphedema risk after breast cancer treatment

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:41:54 +0000

Weightlifting slashes lymphedema risk after breast cancer treatment
Weightlifting may play a key role in the prevention of the painful limb-swelling condition lymphedema following breast cancer treatment, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Combined with the team’s previous findings that the exercise limits a worsening of symptoms among women who already have lymphedema, the new data cements the reversal of long …

Cancer could not conquer Elizabeth Edwards’ spirit

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:42:24 +0000

Cancer could not conquer Elizabeth Edwards’ spirit
Elizabeth Edwards relished the rough-and-tumble of politics, but in the end it was her personal struggles – with the death of a teenage son, with the humiliation of an unfaithful husband and with a diagnosis of incurable cancer – that forged a connection with millions of Americans.

Elizabeth Edwards Deserved Better

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:40:27 +0000

Elizabeth Edwards Deserved Better
After battling breast cancer for years, Elizabeth Edwards succumbed to the disease on Tuesday. Having lost a teenage son to an automobile accident, and having endured the public humiliation of her philandering husband, she never lost her dignity.

Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer, pushed universal health care, husband’s political career

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:44:36 +0000

Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer, pushed universal health care, husband’s political career
Elizabeth Anania Edwards, who became a national figure in her fight against cancer and as a partner in her husband John’s political career, died Tuesday. She was 61.

Uncertainty a huge source of anxiety in patients

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:38:43 +0000

Uncertainty a huge source of anxiety in patients
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (Reuters Health) – Uncertainty about a diagnosis causes more anxiety and can be more stressful than actually knowing that you have a serious illness, researchers reported here at the 2010 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Fat and fit? Think again. Those extra pounds can cost you big time

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:39:41 +0000

Fat and fit? Think again. Those extra pounds can cost you big time
Overweight adults were 13 per cent more likely to die during the period of a long-term study than their less heavy counterparts, medical journal reports

Alternative medicine finds area advocates

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:47:45 +0000

Alternative medicine finds area advocates
By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE STAFF WRITER Sondra Braun would rather die than go through chemotherapy and radiation. But after the South Toledoan learned more than 1½ years ago that she had breast cancer, she didn’t accept that fate. She took the estrogen blocker her oncologist recommended, although she changed to an herbal version after experiencing joint pain and weight gain from the …

BioAlliance presents AMEP preclinical, phase I clinical results for melanoma at Electrochemotherapy Meeting

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:42:08 +0000

BioAlliance presents AMEP preclinical, phase I clinical results for melanoma at Electrochemotherapy Meeting
BioAlliance Pharma SA, a company dedicated to the supportive care and treatment of cancer patients, presented preclinical and promising preliminary phase I clinical results with its AMEP biotherapy at the “Electrochemotherapy 1st International Users’ Meeting”(Bologna, Italy, November 19-20, 2010).