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UK Sanger Institute: Breakthrough In Skin & Lung Cancer Research
British scientists at the Sanger Institute in the UK have made a startling breakthrough in cancer research, having identified tumors that cause healthy cells to turn cancerous in both skin and lung cancer patients.... 
Portable Breath Tester Detects Cancer
This gives people an early detection without sacrifying their health budget. "Lung cancer, one of the most fatal types of cancer can now be detected easily using a breathalyzer. This was discovered when a group of scientists in Israel devised a study using portable... 
Smoker's risk with lung cancer by genetics
Lung cancer studies have results to a family link, risks were found on Chromosomes 5, 6 and 15 "Those with certain genetic changes on chromosome 5 were more likely to get a type of cancer called adenocarcinoma and...
John Atkinson: Golf celebrity passes away at 38 from Lung Cancer
John Atkinson who was best known for his celebrity US Open golf contest passed away at his Omaha home on June 11th, from lung cancer. A non-smoker, Atkinson was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007 and became an advocate for lung cancer awareness with his messages through a... 
HRT May Make Lung Cancer More Deadly
News coming out of a US federal study of hormone replacement therapy has raised another caution. The use of the therapy may make lung cancer more deadly. The study did not show that users developed lung cancers more often, but that for those unfortunate to develop... 
created by Barbara McPherson | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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111 views | 26 recommendations | 3 comments
Asbestos Found in Baby Powder
Traces of asbestos have been found in baby powder used to prevent rashes. The Korea Food and Drug Administration is checking 30 different baby powder products manufactured by 14 companies. So far up to 40 percent have been found to contain asbestos. "Asbestos has been found... 
Judge rules that smoker's death was from addiction to cigarettes
A jury in Florida ruled earlier today that a man who died of lung cancer in 1997 at the age of 55, died from his addiction to cigarettes - this could be a major setback for the cigarette company Philip Morris as this... 
Cancer Survivor Pat Burns is diagnosed with lung cancer
It was anounced today that former three time Jack Adams winning NHL head coach revealed that he now has lung cancer. "The 56-year-old told Montreal La Presse he learned he had the disease when he returned from the world hockey championships last spring." Burns is a cancer... 
created by Robert Sutherland | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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147 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Fingernails point way to diagnosis
Everyone knows that dirty fingernails hold bacteria and can cause illness but what do our fingernails themselves tell us about our overall state of health? From heart disease to lung cancer our nails can tell a... 
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 50 wks ago
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2265 views | 22 recommendations | 5 comments
Original Mouseketeer Cheryl Holdridge Dead from Lung Cancer at 64
Cheryl Holdridge, a Mouseketeer from the 1950's, has died from lung cancer at the age of 64. An original Mouseketeer from the Disney program's second season, Holdridge was almost as popular as... 
Third-Hand Smoke, New Cigarette Hazard
We've known the damage of first-hand smoke for years. And then there was the great second-hand smoke scare of the 90s. Now, in 2009 doctors and scientists are here to bring to your attention the dangers of... 
Lung cancer link to food additive
Phosphates are a very common additive to processed foods and new research from korea shows that they can cause an acceleration of lung tumour growth. The experiments were undertaken on rats and UK experts stressed... Smoking : Still the Biggest Killer, by Far
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of death by cancer with 9 out of 10 cases directly due to one factor - smoking. As New Year approaches health promotion agencies across the world have one message - if you... 
Unfashionable Cancer Stigma
This is a photo of my mother on her wedding day in 1957. After a life of NOT smoking and not living with a smoker and not allowing smoking in her house, she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in the summer of... 
Unfashionable Cancers Receive Less Funding
A report by the UK National Cancer Research Institute reveals that unfashionable cancers receive less research money and attention from scientists, despite increased funding over a 4 year period towards... 
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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130 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
