2008-12-04 09:18:01 - Patrick Swayze has blasted reports he is dying, insisting he is making good progress in his fight against pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze has blasted claims he is dying. The 56-year-old actor, who is suffering from pancreatic ...
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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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Raymond F. Lederer, a Democratic politician who was imprisoned for taking a bribe in the FBI's famed Abscam investigation, has died. He was 70. Lederer died Monday of lung cancer at his lifelong home in the Fishtown section of the city, said his son ...
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with a $79.5-million award against Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit in an Oregon smoker lawsuit and discussed the possibility of broadening the scope of the case. In a case now before the justices for ...
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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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TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Lance Armstrong said he wouldn't battle Astana teammate Alberto Contador to be leader at the Tour de France next year. Armstrong, speaking at the team's training camp Thursday, said the 2007 Tour champion is the ...
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TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) - Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was full of praise for his new Astana team mate Alberto Contador on Thursday. The duo will ride the Tour together next year after Armstrong, back in action after a three ...
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LONDON - The most commonly used breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together, British researchers said on Thursday. The findings could lead to new tests to ...
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers are taking a closer look at the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) pathway as studies continue to demonstrate that inhibiting this biological route suppresses tumor growth, reports Genetic ...
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DE PERE — At the Families of Children with Cancer Christmas Party on Wednesday night, Dalton Knapp brought his journal, which chronicled his battle with cancer. But his journal did not use words. Instead, it was 40 feet worth of beads strung ...
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