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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INDIANAPOLIS — Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued the defense contractor KBR Inc. Wednesday, saying its employees knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq five years ago. The federal suit filed in U.S. District ...
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Morehead Memorial Hospital’s Smith-Michael Cancer Center has been granted a three-year accreditation with commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. This certification is awarded when a program complies not only with all ...
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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 determine ...
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New Rochelle, NY, December 4, 2008—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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Dec 4 (Reuters) - Ambrilia Biopharma Inc (AMB.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said it granted ZBx Corp worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and market its prostate-cancer testing technology in ZBx's test systems, sending its shares ...
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Cancer and heart disease were the two leading causes of deaths for Canadians, responsible for 52.4 per cent of all deaths in 2004, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. Between 2000 and 2004, age-standardized mortality rates declined for all 10 ...
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