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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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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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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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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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Otto Spoerri, dubbed "the ultimate arbiter of industry power" because he determined seating at the Oscars, has died. He was 75. Spoerri died Saturday in his hometown of Zurich, Switzerland, according to the Academy of Motion ...
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(TORONTO: December 4, 2008) - An Ontario study of 491 women with invasive ovarian cancer found only a small proportion, 19%, were referred for genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the breast cancer genes, which means family members are not informed 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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Researchers have reported that a single cancer cell has enough power to develop a separate cancerous tumor. Dr Sean Morrison led a team of researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Michigan reported their findings in ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/04/08 -- "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 surrounding ...
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