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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INDIANAPOLIS - Sixteen soldiers sued the big defense contractor KBR Inc. on 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 Court alleges the ...
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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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Otto Spoerri, 75, known as "the ultimate arbiter of industry power" because he determined seating at the Oscars, died Saturday in his hometown of Zurich, Switzerland, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The academy did not ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. But there's still those nagging fears that all cancer victims must overcome: What if the doctors didn't get it all? What if the dreaded ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. But there's still those nagging fears that all cancer victims must overcome: What if the doctors didn't get it all? What if the dreaded ...
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TORONTO, Dec. 4 /CNW/ - The Canadian Cancer Society congratulates the Ontario government and all MPPs for putting an end to the marketing of cigarillos to youth and looks forward to swift implementation of the new legislation. "Our volunteers and ...
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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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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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