Swayze Denies 'Deathbed' Rumours - Ananova

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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Former Mexican Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal dies at age 59 - Hartford Courant

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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Racial Term Causes Mistrial In S. Fla. Smoking Case - NBC 6

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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US Supreme Court takes up tobacco case for third time - Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON - Mayola Williams has been fighting cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris for nine years to collect $79.5 million in punitive damages on behalf of her late husband. In fact, the case has been in litigation so long that the award – with ...

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Armstrong will let Contador lead - Brisbane Times

TENERIFE, Canary Islands - Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is happy to let Alberto Contador be Astana's team leader. Armstrong, who is returning to cycling after a three-year retirement, said on Thursday at the team's training camp ...

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Few Ontario women with invasive ovarian cancer referred for genetic ... - Genetic Engineering News

(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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European Origin May Up Latinas' Breast Cancer Risk - Post Chronicle

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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Gene packaging tells story of cancer development - Genetic Engineering News

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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Protein That Determines Cell Polarity Prevents Breast Cancer, Study ... - Science Daily

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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Gene found to protect against lung cancer - United Press International

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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