Clive Barnes, the British-born theater and dance critic who enjoyed a long career at The New York Times and more recently at the New York Post , died on November 19 in New York, reportedly of cancer. He was 81. Born in London on May 13, 1927, and ...
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LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Anglo/Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca reported on Wednesday that it met its key goal in trials of its lung cancer treatment Zactima in combination with chemotherapy treatment Taxotere, but not Alimta. The company also warned ...
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(AP) DETROIT - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation’s first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann Arbor of complications from heart ...
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LOS ANGELES - Irving Brecher, who wrote vaudeville one-liners for Milton Berle and scripted Marx Brothers movies, the TV and radio hit "The Life of Riley" and the Oscar-nominated musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," has died. He was 94. Brecher died ...
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Marissa Jaret Winokur will put her Tracy Turnblad wig back on and reprise her Tony winning role when she joins "Hairspray" again in its final weeks on Broadway, the Associated Press reports. Winokur, most recently seen on last season’s "Dancing ...
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METRO VANCOUVER - Two weeks before Surrey firefighter Patrick Glendinning died of esophageal cancer, WorkSafeBC accepted his claim that his cancer was the result of fighting fires for more than 30 years. Glendinning's death last Friday was an ...
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AP Medical Writer= Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease. The public has been whipsawed by good and bad news about ...
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Washington, November 20 (ANI): Loyola University researchers have allayed some fear about the risk that certain medicines used for treating cancer may lead to bone loss, by finding out that breast cancer survivors may suffer this problem due to some ...
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Broccoli and similar vegetables appear to offer special protection from cancer for smokers, researchers say. They found that former smokers and, especially, people still smoking heavily got special benefits from eating the vegetables. "The most ...
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TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian scientists may have discovered a genetic trait that could provide an early indication of which former smokers will develop lung cancer. The research, reported Tuesday at the American Association for ...
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