Teenage girl blogged about her painful road to death

For one year 18 year old Regine Hansen Stokke in Norway blogged about her fight against cancer. Thousands of people followed her blog  up to the day of her death. A longer version of this story can be found in...

Suzie Grogan's Lavish Spending Spree, Didn't Have Breast Cancer

Suzie Grogan was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2006 and went through so many cancer treatments, from chemotherapy to radiation, that she decided she didn't want to spend what little she had left of her life not enjoying herself to the maximum.So she spent her 50,000...

IBM Scientists Reinvent Medical Diagnostic Testing

How can a soggy croissant save your life? In two words, capillary action. The same scientific phenomena that causes a croissant to soak up coffee or a paper towel to absorb spilled milk has enabled IBM...

Task force opposes routine mammograms for women age 40-49

" Women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer, according to updated guidelines set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Before having a mammogram, women...

PBOX-15 Drug Has Potential To Kill Leukemia Cells

Scientists believe that a new drug, PBOX-15, will be highly effective in killing formerly resistant cancer cells in patients who have been non-responsive to previous treatments. Adult patients who have displayed a...

Study: Curry Helps To Cure Cancer - Suggested Curry Recipes

A new study out of the Cork Cancer Research Centre in Detroit says curry  can potentially cure oesophageal cancer. It is believed that curcumin contained in curry is the chemical responsible for killing cancer cells. What is very interesting is that curcumin kills...

Peter Criss From KISS Speaks About Men's Breast Cancer Awareness

Peter Criss, the ex-drummer frm KISS was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2007; he is now cancer free, but is using what happened to him as an example of what all men should be aware of, and that men should...

Cancer is conquerable: Man must know Pains Transmit Information!!

World is now One way while Doctors are stern upto superstitious limits. One leading Science mag earlier mentioned that 'even utensils' could cause cancer, so on and so forth; fact is that in this half-minded...

Cigna Denies Coverage for Insured Cancer Victim

During the health care debate this year, we have heard several healthy politicians about how a public health care option will cause "death."  The list includes former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, Sen. Chuck...

Three U.S. Scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

Three U.S. scientists have been recognized by the Krolinska Institute in Sweden for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. This discovery has implications for...

More Women Opting For Double Breast Removal

According to a ten year study, with the results published in the journal Cancer, there is a trend for more women opting for double mastectomies when faced with cancer in one breast. "There is no evidence that having a preventive mastectomy improves survival, according to lead...

Cancer jab 'unlikely' death cause

Yesterday, I highlighted a news story which reported that a 14-year-old girl in England had died shortly after receiving the jab which vaccinates against cervical cancer. It transpires today that it is unlikely that the vaccination jab brought about Morton's death, but rather...

Schoolgirl dies after being given cervical cancer jab

"A 14-year-old schoolgirl has died after being given a vaccine to protect against cervical cancer as part of the national immunisation programme. Some of her classmates suffered side-effects such as dizziness and nausea. " Well, this is going to up the anti, I mean ante, on...

Obesity: One Of The Top Cancer Causes For Women

The leading cause of cancer in Western countries has researchers from Europe say its obesity. Being fat and overweight has been accounted for 8 percent of Europe. "Experts said that figure is poised to increase...

Government-run health care: Good or bad? GOP leader picks both

Are government-run health care programs good or bad? U.S. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor can't seem to decide. At a public forum Monday in Richmond, Va., the Virginia Republican contradicted himself and said...

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