Machine 'sniffs out skin cancer'

"A common form of skin cancer could be diagnosed by the distinctive chemical "scent" it gives off, say US experts. Philadelphia's Monell Center sampled the air directly above basal cell carcinomas and found it was different to similar samples from healthy skin. They told a...

Boehringer Ingelheim to Initiate First Phase III Pivotal Study for New Oncolo...

"Study investigator, Dr. James Spicer, Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Medical Oncology at King's College School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, U.K., commented on the findings: "More effective treatments for lung cancer, with fewer side effects, are badly needed....

PESTICIDE HEALTH DANGERS

I was driving down the M1 motorway last Saturday morning when all of a sudden there was this misty fog coming off the fields with the all too familiar smell of insecticide. "A local Euro MP is warning of the health dangers of pesticides as experts confirm that people who use...

Untested Cancer Drug Sold Online

An experimental cancer drug is being sold online, and patients are buying."The drug, called DCA, has been shown to shrink tumours in rats but tests on humans are years away. However Nature magazine reports some terminally ill patients are taking the drug because they do not...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...