Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has denied reports that he is dying from pancreatic cancer. The Dirty Dancing star, who was diagnosed with the disease in March, issued a statement insisting that he is winning his health battle. He described reports ...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Use of the "N-word" by a witness caused a mistrial in a closely-watched Florida tobacco lawsuit. A Broward County judge declared the mistrial Thursday after an expert used the racial epithet in explaining how he did research ...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Former Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal, an impassioned proponent of putting Christianity back into Mexican politics, died Tuesday of stomach cancer, his conservative National Action Party said. He was 59. Abascal was a ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court may decide if a $79.5 million punitive damages award for a smoker's wife is so big it violates the Constitution, the chief justice said. Chief Justice John Roberts raised the possibility after the Oregon Supreme Court twice ...
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Sixteen American soldiers who served in Iraq are suing the defence contractor KBR, accusing it of knowingly exposing them to a cancer-causing chemical. The soldiers say they were exposed to the chemical while working at a water pumping plant in ...
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Among United States Latinas, a greater degree of European genetic ancestry is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, the results of a new study indicate. This could be due to environmental factors, genetic factors, or the interplay of ...
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To decipher how cancer develops, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators say researchers must take a closer look at the packaging. Specifically, their findings in the December 2, 2008, issue of PLoS Biology point to the three dimensional ...
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2008) — In breast tissue, cells lining the breast's ducts have a certain shape that is required to maintain both organ structure and function. All breast cancers display a loss of this characteristic organization, but very ...
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NOTTINGHAM, England, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- British and U.S. medical scientists say they have identified a gene that protects the body from developing lung cancer. Researchers from the University of Nottingham and Washington University in St. Louis said ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 4, 2008) - "The Group Room," the nation's only syndicated weekly cancer talk radio show, will air live on Sundays, 4-6pm ET, on WGDJ-AM 1300, "the Capital District's talk radio," in Albany, New York and ...
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