UPDATE 1-Alfacell's mesothelioma drug granted orphan status (Prostrate cancer)
Reuters - CHICAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Alfacell Corp.(ACEL.OQ: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Tuesday it won U.S. orphan-drug designation for its lead cancer drug candidate Onconase, to treat a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Alfacell
Globe and Mail - TORONTO Certain risk factors make it more likely that colorectal cancer will be missed during a colonoscopy in some patients, a study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences says. The study of more than 12,000 patients with colorectal
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times reporter Shari Roan will discuss the side effects associated with breast cancer drugs LIVE Tuesday at 1 p.m. Post your comments and questions now! ( If you have problems submitting, enter your question and press the submit button
York Dispatch Online - CHICAGO -- Offering a glint of hope for treating a notorious killer, researchers found that a common chemotherapy drug can help pancreatic cancer patients who have undergone surgery stave off a return of the disease longer. In the German study, the
Greeley Tribune - A 45-year-old Mead woman received a deferred sentence Tuesday after being accused of lying about having cancer. According to reports from the Weld County Sheriff's Office, Mead residents threw Jean Klug, a fundraiser at Mead Elementary on May 25
Oregonian - It causes cancer. It's causing heart disease. And it's leading to higher health care costs in our state." The stakes are high. More than 35,000 Oregonians are working in places where smoking is allowed. And state health officials say smoking causes
Philadelphia Inquirer - PHILADELPHIA - A state judge ruled Tuesday that Wyeth will not pay punitive damages to a woman who alleged that the pharmaceutical giant's menopause drug was responsible for her breast cancer. A jury on Monday awarded $1.5 million in compensatory
United Press International - ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- American healthcare has a way of blowing off the topic of pain if patients bring it up -- the response is often a shrug of the shoulders or just plain silence. I was on to this at a young age. At about age 2 I was taken
Quincy Herald-Whig - Connie Vermiere wants to do anything she can to protect her children from potential health risks. That's why she's excited about Gardasil, a new vaccine to protect against four common types of human papillomavirus, which cause 70 percent of cervical
Globe and Mail - TORONTO Certain risk factors make it more likely that colorectal cancer will be missed during a colonoscopy in some patients, a study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences says. The study of more than 12,000 patients with colorectal
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times reporter Shari Roan will discuss the side effects associated with breast cancer drugs LIVE Tuesday at 1 p.m. Post your comments and questions now! ( If you have problems submitting, enter your question and press the submit button
York Dispatch Online - CHICAGO -- Offering a glint of hope for treating a notorious killer, researchers found that a common chemotherapy drug can help pancreatic cancer patients who have undergone surgery stave off a return of the disease longer. In the German study, the
Greeley Tribune - A 45-year-old Mead woman received a deferred sentence Tuesday after being accused of lying about having cancer. According to reports from the Weld County Sheriff's Office, Mead residents threw Jean Klug, a fundraiser at Mead Elementary on May 25
Oregonian - It causes cancer. It's causing heart disease. And it's leading to higher health care costs in our state." The stakes are high. More than 35,000 Oregonians are working in places where smoking is allowed. And state health officials say smoking causes
Philadelphia Inquirer - PHILADELPHIA - A state judge ruled Tuesday that Wyeth will not pay punitive damages to a woman who alleged that the pharmaceutical giant's menopause drug was responsible for her breast cancer. A jury on Monday awarded $1.5 million in compensatory
United Press International - ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- American healthcare has a way of blowing off the topic of pain if patients bring it up -- the response is often a shrug of the shoulders or just plain silence. I was on to this at a young age. At about age 2 I was taken
Quincy Herald-Whig - Connie Vermiere wants to do anything she can to protect her children from potential health risks. That's why she's excited about Gardasil, a new vaccine to protect against four common types of human papillomavirus, which cause 70 percent of cervical
