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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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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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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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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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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Roper St. Francis Healthcare plans to break ground next year on a three-story cancer-treatment center at the Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital campus in West Ashley. The 76,000-square-foot Outpatient Cancer Center on Henry Tecklenburg Drive will ...
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