Caution on cell phone use - Baltimore Sun
An international group of 23 prominent doctors and public health researchers and officials is warning that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer. One of those who signed, Dr. Ronald Herberman, the head of the University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks - Forbes
The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of

Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Announces Approval to Conduct Phase I/II - Genetic Engineering News
Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating the safety and early efficacy of

Cut use of cell phones or face cancer risk, Pittsburgh researcher says - Detroit Free Press
PITTSBURGH — The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued a warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. The warning from Dr. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital to Add CyberKnife System to Treatment - MSN MoneyCentral
Non-Invasive Treatment Alternative will be Centerpiece to Expansion of Radiation Oncology Facility SUNNYVALE, Calif. , July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Accuray Incorporated ARAY , a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, today announced that St

Asbestos Found in Home Heating and Air Conditioning Equipment - Forbes
DALLAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced that an unnamed mesothelioma patient and his family have reached a confidential settlement with several manufacturers of home heating and air conditioning (HVAC

Shareholders Petition Court to Delay EDS/Hewlett-Packard Merger Vote - Forbes
At a hearing scheduled by Collin County District Judge Greg Brewer on July 24, shareholders of Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems (EDS) will be asking the Court to postpone the July 31 shareholder meeting on the proposed sale of the company to

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease - BusinessWeek
MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Patients are being recruited for a clinical trial of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to asbestos

Diseases/Conditions News - Yahoo News
TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — Patients with stomach or pancreatic cancer may have more lymph nodes examined for the spread of cancer if they're treated at designated comprehensive cancer centers or at hospitals that do a high number of cancer

Legal Questions Still Dogging Wyeth - Street.Com
From Wyeth WYE and diet drugs, to Merck MRK and Vioxx to Eli Lilly LLY and Zyprexa, companies are forced to make careful calculations about mass product-liability lawsuits. No easy answers exist. Wyeth, or example, has set aside some $21.1 billion

Baron & Budd's Burton LeBlanc Elected AAJ Parliamentarian - MSN MoneyCentral
DALLAS , July 21 /PRNewswire/ — At its recent annual meeting in Philadelphia , longtime political activist and plaintiffs' attorney Burton LeBlanc of Baron & Budd, P.C. was elected Parliamentarian, a national office of the American Association for

James Levine health update: Malignant tumor removed from kidney - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
James Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, had to bow out of his summer duties at the Tanglewood Festival in order to have a kidney removed. The originally reported cause of the removal was a cyst

Roche Bids to Buy Genentech Shares for $43.7 Billion (Update3) - Bloomberg
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Roche Holding AG , the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs, offered to buy the rest of Genentech Inc. for $43.7 billion to increase its share of profit from the best-selling Avastin and Herceptin tumor medicines. Genentech

Connexin-43 upregulation in micrometastases and tumor vasculature and - BioMed Central
The modulation of gap junctional communication between tumor cells and between tumor and vascular endothelial cells during tumorigenesis and metastasis is complex. The notion of a role for loss of gap junctional intercellular communication in

Magnets Capture Cancer Cells - ABC News
Magnetic nanoparticles coated with a specialized targeting molecule were able to latch on to cancer cells in mice and drag them out of the body. The results are described in a study published online this month in the Journal of the American Chemical

Jennerex Publishes Clinical Trial Data With Lead Product JX-594 - Forbes
SAN FRANCISCO, and YONGIN-SI, South Korea, July 22 /PRNewswire/ — Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Ontario), and its South Korean partner Green Cross Corp., announced today that novel findings from a Phase I clinical trial of its first

Little girl succumbs to brain tumor - WWMT
OTSEGO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - There is a sad update to pass along to you. A little girl from Otsego who was battling a rare brain tumor passed away over the weekend. Kaylea Hatten was seven years old. Doctors found an inoperable tumor on her brain

New pill shrinks prostate tumors, study says - MSNBC
LONDON - A once-a-day pill significantly shrank tumors in men with advanced prostate cancer who had not responded to other treatments, researchers said on Tuesday. Cougar Biotechnology Inc's drug abiraterone delayed a worsening of the disease by a

CSA Medical Kills Cancer with Liquid Nitrogen Spray - Forbes
BALTIMORE, July 22 /PRNewswire/ — Two perfect strangers called, an ego was set aside, and technology to kill cancer was discovered, Timothy Askew, president, CSA Medical, told Greater Baltimore Committee members on July 10. "These strangers

IRX Therapeutics Announces Results of Phase 2 Study for IRX-2 - Earthtimes
NEW YORK - (Business Wire) IRX Therapeutics, a privately-held company dedicated to the discovery and development of proprietary therapies for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, today announced preliminary findings from its Phase 2 clinical

Pharsight to Present On Modeling and Simulation At Quebec CPT World - MSN MoneyCentral
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Pharsight Corporation (Nasdaq:PHST), a leading provider of software, strategic consulting, and regulatory services for optimizing clinical drug development, today announced that two members of

Make-A-Wish grants Midland girl's dream - My West Texas
The brightly dressed rodeo clown hoisted 7-year-old Kali Rodriguez onto the cocoa-colored horse as she grabbed the saddle tightly and let out a slight smile. "It's almost wish day, hun," said Make-A-Wish's regional program services director Donna

Guardian's cancer puts boy's future in question - Detroit News
Dear Abby: My cousin's 9-year-old son, "Andy," has been living with me for the past few years. Now my husband has been diagnosed with cancer, and I must return Andy to his mother. Abby, his mother is an alcoholic and drug addict. She has no income

Vytorin Study Finds Potential Cancer Risk - CNBC
Best Trades Now: Banks, Jets, Real Estate & Tech SEC Should Expand Short-Sell Limits, Pitt Says Big Pharma Is Scrambling To Buy More Biotech Firms An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors Blog Economy Likely to Weaken Further: Conference Board Court

Safeway Customers and Employees Give $13.2 Million Boost to Prostate - MSN MoneyCentral
Safeway Inc. SWY , one of the nation s largest corporate supporters of cancer research and treatment, today announced it raised a record $13.2 million during the company s June prostate cancer fundraising and awareness campaign, a program

What cancer? Patrick Swayze's looking healthy again - New York Daily News
Patrick Swayze appeared healthier than he did in May, left, on Sunday. He may be in the fight of his life, but actor Patrick Swayze is looking stronger than ever. The "Dirty Dancing" star who's battling pancreatic cancer - was spotted at a Los

Gene panel predicts lung cancer survival - HULIQ.com
Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival. The finding could one day lead to a test that would help determine

W.Va. police officer beating the odds in bout with brain tumor - Herald-Mail
Mark Johnston was told in 2005 he had between three and six months to live after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Johnston has begun working part time at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. The tumor now is considered inactive

The Week in Mexico - San Diego Union-Tribune
Kennedy honored: Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was awarded Mexico's highest honor for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress. The Mexican government said it presented the Aztec Eagle honor to Kennedy in

Injury provided distraction to let Harrington focus on winning second - ESPN.com
SOUTHPORT, England — Beware the wounded golfer. And don't even think about dismissing anyone heading into next month's PGA Championship if he is on crutches, wearing a sling or just left the infirmary. To win a major championship this year, it

Tumor Fighting Viruses - KELOLAND TV
The science itself may be complex, but the idea is relatively simply: modify a common virus that will bypass healthy cells and attack tumors. And in some lab tests involving animals with brain cancer, it's worked. "Even at that late stage of their

Modern Love - New York Times
I ALWAYS knew something would happen to one of my children. I never said it out loud. I didn t allow myself to dwell on it. But the feeling was there: a vague superstition that visited me on my paranoid days, the kind of day that would find me in

Holmes baby continues recovery - Durant Daily Democrat
Since being diagnosed with immature Stage 4 Teratoma and undergoing three chemotherapy treatments in Oklahoma City, Noah Holmes, now one year old, is doing quite well, according to his mother Rebakah Holmes, who lives in Durant. Baby Noah, who was

Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes - BusinessWeek
TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) may help boost a patient's immunity response and improve the outcome, a new report says. An article in the

Oregon Woman Gets 140-Pound Tumor Removed - FOX News
REDMOND, Ore. Linda Rittenbach tried all the diets and workouts, but nothing would help her lose weight. Doctors even suggested weight-loss surgery. It wasn't until the Redmond woman went to a different doctor this spring for flu-like symptoms

MediGene Exercises Option for Anti-L1 Monoclonal Antibody and - Phramalive.com
MARTINSRIED/ MUNICH, Germany, July 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — MediGene AG (Frankfurt:MDG) announced that, according to plan, an option, granted two years ago by the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum = DKFZ) in

HER CHARACTER GETS A BRAIN TUMOR. - The Superficial
*End spoiler.* Did I do that right? Us Weekly reports: [Producer] Shonda [Rhimes] and the writers are pissed at her, the source tells Us. It s their way of screwing with her. She won t know whether she s going to live or die. While

Promising Cancer Drug Target In Prostate Tumors Identified - eMaxHealth.com
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they described as a "powerhouse" that drives runaway cell growth. In an article that is being

Organ Transplants Linked to Cancer - HealthScout
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Organ transplants can save lives, but new research shows they might also put recipients at risk of developing cancer. New research at the Harvard Medical School revealed the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine ramps up vascular

Iowan who sang at Wrigley dies at age 23 - Chicago Tribune
GUTTENBERG, Iowa - An eastern Iowa man who became the first Chicago Cubs fan to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field has died from bone cancer. Dustin Eglseder passed away in his Guttenberg home Wednesday. He was 23. Eglseder was

Anger over Department of Health choice of cheaper cancer vaccine - Times Online
The Department of Health may have saved more than 18million a year by choosing a cervical cancer vaccine that does not protect against genital warts. The decision to use GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix rather than Merck's Gardasil for the vaccination

Cancer Survivor Wins $100,000 Dream Wedding - US Magazine
You voted: Courtney Dempsey , who has overcome incredible obstacles, is the winner of Us Weekly and WeddingChannel.com 's first ever Dream Wedding competition. Dempsey, 33, met her now-fianc Gary Courtney, 37, at a networking event three years ago

Cancer researchers call for ethnicity to be taken into account - Genetic Engineering News
Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in today's Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial College London. Emerging evidence

Pope speaks of his long journey Down Under in speech to thousands of - International Herald Tribune
SYDNEY, Australia : Australia is a long way away from pretty much everywhere. Pope Benedict XVI is one of the latest to find out. The 81-year-old pope, in his first major speech to the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who have converged on Sydney

Novartis Second-Quarter Net Rises 17% on Diovan Sales (Update3) - Bloomberg
July 17 (Bloomberg) — Novartis AG , the maker of the Femara breast tumor treatment, said second-quarter profit rose 17 percent, more than analysts estimated, as it sold more of the Diovan heart pill and the Gleevec cancer medicine. Net income

Organ Transplants Linked to Cancer - HealthScout
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Organ transplants can save lives, but new research shows they might also put recipients at risk of developing cancer. New research at the Harvard Medical School revealed the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine ramps up vascular

MediGene Exercises Option for Anti-L1 Monoclonal Antibody and - Phramalive.com
MARTINSRIED/ MUNICH, Germany, July 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — MediGene AG (Frankfurt:MDG) announced that, according to plan, an option, granted two years ago by the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum = DKFZ) in

Hana Biosciences's Marqibo gets orphan drug designation from European - Forbes
BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Hana Biosciences Inc. Monday said the European Commission has granted orphan medical product designation to Marqibo for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The South San Francisco, Calif.-based

Van Buren school chief hospitalized with leukemia - Ann Arbor News Blog
Van Buren schools Superintendent Pete Lazaroff has been hospitalized with acute lymphatic leukemia, the district said in a press release Monday. According to the district, Lazaroff was diagnosed after he went to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital on Friday

Cephalon: 92% of patients responded to Treanda plus rituximab in Phase - CNBC
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Cephalon Inc. Tuesday said 92% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients in a Phase 2 study responded to treatment with the company's drug Treanda and rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody used to treat lymphoma and

West suburban veterinarian used holistic healing - Chicago Tribune
In addition to traditional methods, Dr. Patricia Martin, a veterinarian in the west suburbs, used acupuncture treatments, Chinese herbs and a calming touch to treat the animals in her care. "She was kind and gentle and able to take the time to calm

Tumor-inhibiting protein could be effective in treating leukemia - Genetic Engineering News
Angiocidin, a tumor-inhibiting novel protein discovered by Temple University researchers, may also have a role as a new therapeutic application in treating leukemia, according to a study by the researchers. The study, "The Novel Angiogenic Inhibitor

Not The Protein, But Its Location In The Cell, Determines The Onset Of - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (July 13, 2008) Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of Leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that the

Bone marrow and stem cell donation - Los Angeles Times
Marrow is spongy tissue found inside bones that contains stem cells, tiny factories that make blood. Stem cells are also found in the bloodstream and in the umbilical cord. All can be removed from a donor and transplanted intravenously into a patient

A mother blogs against cancer - Los Angeles Times
Chase has already beaten cancer twice, but the odds are getting longer. The 13-year-old who once asked, "Why me?" has matured into a resolute, independent 18-year-old who no longer wants his mother to go with him to the doctor and who calls all the

Pocatello 'Shayden's Show' Fundraiser - Idaho8.com
He's 5-years-old, and struggling with leukemia. A little over a month ago Shaydan Kimbrough learned he was struggling with the same like threatening disease that killed his mother before his first birthday. Sunday night Shaydan's friends and family

A day of firsts - Frederick News-Post
2008 NFL Hall of Fame inductee Andre Tippett reacts to Emily Zimmerman s drive down the fairway using his club. Zimmerman, the patient hero for the 18th annual Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Golf Classic, spent Sunday playing golf with NFL and NBA

Regardless of skin color, all are at risk from too much sun - St. Petersburg Times
I have to confess. For most of my life, I've been quietly amused at how my white friends have struggled with sunburn. Never in a hateful way, mind you. Outwardly, I would empathize with their plight when they arrived from the beach redder than a

Oncology Med Will Begin Servicing New Multiple Year Contract With - MSN MoneyCentral
Oncology Med, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ONCO), a Pittsburgh-based cancer treatment solutions group, announced today that during this month of July, 2008 it will begin providing prostate cancer brachytherapy treatment services under a new multiple year

Ares Capital Corporation Arranges $100.0 Million Term Loan Facility - MSN MoneyCentral
Ares Capital Corporation ARCC is pleased to announce the closing of a $100.0 million Term Loan Facility for Vantage Oncology, Inc. ( Vantage ). Ares Capital Corporation acted as the Lead Arranger for the facility, which is structured as a

Atwood Earns Oncology Nutrition Certification - Daily News-Record
HARRISONBURG - Robin Atwood has recently achieved board certification as a specialist in oncology nutrition from the American Dietetic Association. To become board certified, a registered dietitian must successfully meet specialty practice

New Oncology Wellness Institute Committed to Whole Person Cancer Care - PR Inside
www.mmchs.org/news_new.aspx?newsId=285 - Meadville Medical Center's new Oncology Wellness Institute, an innovative state-of-the art whole person cancer center, announces its grand opening with what local doctors have described as an "unparalleled

Amgen To Pay $200 Million To J&J Unit To Settle Antitrust Suit - CNN Money
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) will pay $200 million to Ortho Biotech Products, a unit of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), to settle an antitrust lawsuit over Amgen's marketing practices for its anemia drug Aranesp. The biotechnology giant continues to deny that its

Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Researcher Develops Method for Early - Forbes
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have developed a method that allows for the early detection of a common mechanism of resistance on drug treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia. The authors were able to detect a specific point

Custom-made trumpet answers a teen's wish - Oregonian
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON At a recent gathering with friends and family, Kurt Muramatsu, 17, received a custom-made trumpet from Marcinkiewicz Inc., a request coordinated by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon. The Southridge High School

Genie Industries lays off 120, cuts most temp jobs at Redmond, Moses - Seattle Times
Lift manufacturer Genie Industries eliminated most temporary positions and laid off 120 full-time workers Tuesday, including unspecified layoffs in its Redmond and Moses Lake facilities. Lift manufacturer Genie Industries eliminated most temporary

Not the protein, but its location in the cell, determines the onset of - PhysOrg
Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of Leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that the carcinogenic property of the fusion

Researcher develops method for early detection of leukemia relapse - News-Medical.Net
The authors were able to detect a specific point mutation, which is associated with acquired resistance to the drugs Gleevec (imatinib mesylate), Sprycel (dasatinib), and Tasigna (nilotinib), as much as 100 days earlier than standard tests used in

Leroy Sievers, Elizabeth Edwards On Living With Cancer - NPR News
Talk of the Nation , July 9, 2008 Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist Leroy Sievers covered wars and ethnic conflicts in more than a dozen countries. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002, had surgery and was clean for four years. Then

Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate to vote on Medicare bill - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a stunningly unexpected vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation.

Ailing Kennedy returns to Senate for key vote - Seattle Post Intelligencer
WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. "Aye," the 76-year-old Kennedy

Battling brain tumor, Ted Kennedy returns to Senate to cast key vote - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. "Aye," the 76-year-old Kennedy said

Senate Approves Medicare Measure - NPR News
All Things Considered , July 9, 2008 Senators have approved legislation that would void a 10-point-6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients. Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been recovering from a brain tumor, made a surprising return

Cancer: seeking solace online - Daily Telegraph
"Forgive me a freak-out moment here," I wrote to a woman's-only internet bicycling forum I have been posting on for years. Janet Guttsman found incredible emotional support online from women she had never met "I have to see a specialist for something

Employers use ERISA as shield in lawsuits over benefits - Los Angeles Times
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. "He was obsessed with dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't'," Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger

Resveratrol may prevent breast cancer - Food Consumer
TUESDAY July 8, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) —Taking the amount of resveratrol found in a glass of red wine could suppress a carcinogenesis that would otherwise lead to breast cancer, according to a laboratory study in the July 2008 issue of Cancer

Cindy Crawford supporting cancer efforts - Chicago Sun-Times
Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. He died of leukemia in 1975

Rumors Dispelled Over Univision Talent Fernando Del Rincon's Cancer - Yahoo Finance
Elvia Barboa, Chief Executive Officer of PADRES Contra El Cancer (PADRES) issues a statement dispelling rumors their National Spokesperson Fernando Del Rincon lied about his cancer treatment LOS ANGELES, July 8 /PRNewswire/ — In response to media

Varian Medical Systems Ranked No. 1 in 2008 KLAS Report on Oncology IT - Phramalive.com
ARIA(TM) Oncology Information System Receives Top Marks in Study That Surveyed Users PALO ALTO, Calif., July 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Varian Medical Systems ranked #1 in an independent study released last week by KLAS, a research firm that

Hana Biosciences Presents Alocrest and Menadione Data At the European - MSN MoneyCentral
* Alocrest(tm) Phase 1 Data Demonstrates Potential for Improved Safety and Efficacy Compared to Conventional Vinorelbine * Menadione Topical Lotion Restores Kinase Activity and Does Not Inhibit the Anti-Tumor Effect of Erlotinib (Tarceva(r)) in

Veeda Oncology acquires US-based ION - New Kerala
Veeda Oncology and ION have also agreed to a five-year exclusive agreement, under which Veeda Oncology will provide clinical research support to the ION Network of sites. The acquisition of ION Clinical Research would provide Veeda with immediate

New Therapeutic Study by Cutting Edge Information Examines Oncology - Market Wire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC–(Marketwire - July 8, 2008) - New research released last week by pharmaceutical business intelligence firm Cutting Edge Information finds that the oncology market is currently dominated by three companies — Roche, Amgen

Screening for Cancer in Elderly Fuels Fight - New York Times
As with most cancers, the risk of breast cancer increases with age. Yet while doctors tell women to have annual mammograms after age 40, they often advise 85-year-olds to go two or even three years between scans. The problem, doctors say, is too

World's Leading Sperm Bank Partners With Global Cancer Advocates to - Forbes
LOS ANGELES, July 8 /PRNewswire/ — California Cryobank (CCB), a world leader in reproductive tissue banking, and The I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation (i[2]y), one of the nation's largest advocacy organizations for survivors in their 20s and

Fresenius Gobbles Up APP Pharma - Forbes
Foreign companies are looking to the U.S. to strike pharmaceutical gold. On Monday German medical group Fresenius SE announced it agreed to buy U.S. injectable drug maker APP Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: APPX - news - people ) for $3.7 billion in cash

Anadys Pharmaceuticals Resumes Clinical Investigation of TLR7 - Forbes
SAN DIEGO, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) announced today that it is resuming clinical investigation of the Toll-Like Receptor-7 (TLR7) mechanism for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Based on

Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer - San Francisco Gate
Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. The boy died of leukemia in

German firm buying Ill. generic drug-maker - Philadelphia Inquirer
FRANKFURT, Germany - Fresenius SE said today that it has agreed to buy U.S. generic drug maker APP Pharmaceuticals for $3.7 billion in cash in a deal that would give the German health care company more opportunities in the North American market for

Hana Biosciences Presents Alocrest and Menadione Data At the European - MSN MoneyCentral
* Alocrest(tm) Phase 1 Data Demonstrates Potential for Improved Safety and Efficacy Compared to Conventional Vinorelbine * Menadione Topical Lotion Restores Kinase Activity and Does Not Inhibit the Anti-Tumor Effect of Erlotinib (Tarceva(r)) in

Buzz Briefs: Cindy Crawford, Eminem - CBS News
Supermodel Cindy Crawford made appearances in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. The boy died of leukemia in 1975 just before his

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Still waiting for answers on beach asbestos - Chicago Sun-Times
If you're headed to Illinois' most popular beach this weekend, what do you know about asbestos fibers in the sand you'll be sitting on or your kid is making a sandcastle with? Not nearly enough. Click to enlarge image Sun-Times columnist Carol

LegalView Informs Mesothelioma Blog Readers of A New Clinical Trial - Transworld News
LegalView.com, the number one legal resource on the Web, offered information through its mesothelioma information blog on an opportunity for pleural mesothelioma cancer victims to participate in a clinical trial being conducted at the Mesothelioma

Music Review: Holy by Love as Laughter - Bloggernews.net
Read 15 times. While they have been together for over a decade Love as Laughter s new record Holy is their first on Isaac Brock s Epic imprint Glacial Pace. While the group hails from Brooklyn, New York, Holy sounds like it could have

Labour's poisoned chalice: fourth choice Curran to fight by-election - Sunday Herald
SCOTTISH LABOUR'S attempt to win the Glasgow East Westminster by-election and save Gordon Brown's job has suffered a humiliation after it emerged the party was about to select its fourth-choice candidate. Margaret Curran, already an MSP in the city

CAROLINE: IT'S NOW MY TIME - New York Post
It's "her time" to get into the family business. Caroline Kennedy's high-profile appointment to Barack Obama 's vice-presidential search team was orchestrated in a deal brokered by her famous uncle, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, in exchange for his

Test can find tiny tumor level in blood - Boston Globe
Boston researchers have developed a test that can identify minute amounts of tumor cells floating in the blood of cancer patients, a discovery that could lead to better treatments with fewer side effects. The technology, invented at Massachusetts

Introgen cuts 29% of jobs as it moves to market cancer therapy - MSN MoneyCentral
Introgen Therapeutics Inc. is reducing its development staff to focus on regulatory review and commercial activities. The pharmaceutical company that is working on cancer therapies plans to cut 20 of its 70 employees. The jobs eliminated are mainly

Liver donor's family, recipient unite online - Los Angeles Times
PITTSBURGH — They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town. The two girls would never meet, but would be brought together through unthinkable tragedy: Trine

Test can find tiny tumor level in blood - Boston Globe
Boston researchers have developed a test that can identify minute amounts of tumor cells floating in the blood of cancer patients, a discovery that could lead to better treatments with fewer side effects. The technology, invented at Massachusetts

Counting tumor cells in blood predicts treatment benefit in prostate - PhysOrg
Counting the number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer can accurately predict how well they are responding to treatment, new results show. At the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU) organized

10 years of family cooking - St. Petersburg Times
Restaurant owner Karli Geer, center, talks with customers at Deep South Family Bar-B-Que in Brooksville on Thursday, a couple of days before the business turned 10. Clay Geer, left, and his daughter Karli, 19, pull pork in the kitchen of Deep South

Debra Adelaide's million-dollar death deal - News.com.au
WRITING a book about dying almost killed Debra Adelaide. This fact carries irony like a mother lode. Her book about a woman dying of cancer is not autobiographical. Debra Adelaide is fit and well, despite the nigh-lethal attacks of the creative

Jackson Christian's John Pryor turns his battle with leukemia into - Grand Rapids Press
When John Pryor was a junior at Jackson Christian High School, he turned a class assignment into a life-saving and an eye-opening experience. And when it comes to life-saving experiences, Pryor has more than his share of first-hand knowledge. "We

Mother accused in cancer case defends role - Boston Globe
The Beverly mother accused of withholding cancer treatment from her young autistic son broke her silence yesterday, saying she has been devoted to the child since his birth and lashing out at her former husband for his decision to stop chemotherapy