Patrick Swayze Dead at 57

Patrick Swayze, the American actor/dancer who danced his way into our hearts, has today lost his almost two year battle with pancreatic cancer.  He died in his home with his family and loved ones beside...

Kim Jong-il Has Pancreatic Cancer, Reports S.Korean news agency

South Korean YTN news agency issued a report, alleging that the leader of North Korea -- Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer and his illness is life-threatening. Kim Jong-il did not look very healthy when he attended the memorial dedicated to his father, the Great Leader Kim...

Cancer Stricken Patrick Swayze Stops Treatment

Cancer stricken Patrick Swayze has reportedly given up all medical treatment, after doctors told him there was little they could do to stop the progress of his illness. Fifty-six year old Swayze was diagnosed a...

Patrick Swayze Hospitalized With Pneumonia

Patrick Swayze has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia.Swayze has iv stage pancreatic cancer and experts say that his pneumonia could be related to treatments for his condition as chemotherapy spresses the...

Patrick Swayze has cancer

Sadly, the man who played the ghost is destined to meet his maker sooner rather than later. I've done some more digging and it's not totally clear what the full story is. Do you think it's true? Swayze's...

Gautam Goswami battling For His Life

"Patna (ABC Live): Once Time’s ‘Young Asian Hero’ and a suspended officer from Indian Administrative Services Gautam Goswami, who was facing trail in flood relief scam and suffering from pancreatic cancer will receive two laces INR financial help from Bihar Government...

Opera great Luciano Pavarotti has died.

Update 6th September 2007 Luciano died this morning aged 71.Luciano Pavarotti The worlds greatest tenor, has been struggling with illness for many months now, but continued to work. "Luciano, the most...

Pumpkin Compound Could Replace Daily Insulin for Diabetics

"The humble pumpkin could end the need for people with diabetes to have insulin injections. Compounds found in the vegetable could potentially replace or drastically cut the daily number of injections for diabetics, a new study published yesterday in the journal Chemistry and...

China's sixth most powerful leader dies

Just wondering how the Bush administration will spin this...--------------------------------------"BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, who rose through the ranks in Shanghai to become number six in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy, died early Saturday at the...

Neglected Gum Diseases Can Lead Pancreatic Cancer

"In findings which recently published in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston concluded that men with poor oral health have a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer over those...

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