Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: ABC News via Yahoo! News, Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:01 AM PDT Website Crowdsources Cure for Cancer http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/website-crowdsources-cure-cancer-170123719--abc-news-health.html  Acting on the idea that millions of heads are better than one, a British research firm is crowdsourcing cancer, and has just invited everyone on the Internet who has perhaps five extra minutes to spare to help it cure the potentially deadly disease. Cancer Research UK ... Reuters via Yahoo! News, Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:14 AM PDT Biogen third-quarter profit rises, as does 2012 forecast http://news.yahoo.com/biogen-third-quarter-profit-rises-does-2012-forecast-123809895.html (Reuters) - Biogen Idec Inc reported much higher-than-expected third-quarter profit on Thursday on increased sales of its drugs for multiple sclerosis and cancer, and the U.S. biotechnology company raised its full-year earnings forecast. The results were also helped by lower-than-expected costs, analysts said. "They put up a nice solid quarter," said RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Yee ... Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:09 AM PDT Study: Aspirin may help treat some colon cancers http://news.yahoo.com/study-aspirin-may-help-treat-colon-cancers-211611023.html Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role in the disease. AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:29 AM PDT Aspirin helps fight some colorectal cancers: US study http://uk.news.yahoo.com/aspirin-helps-fight-colorectal-cancers-us-study-092930078.html Aspirin can help prolong the life of patients suffering from colorectal cancer tumours with a specific genetic mutation, according to a new study released Thursday. ANI via Yahoo! India News, Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:35 AM PDT Chewing paan can cause oral cancer http://in.news.yahoo.com/chewing-paan-cause-oral-cancer-083517432.html Washington, October 25 (ANI): Chewing betel quid or paan exposes half a billion people to substances that act as direct carcinogens in the mouth, scientists have revealed. Reuters via Yahoo! News, Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:21 PM PDT Study: are cancer patients' hopes for chemo too high? http://news.yahoo.com/study-cancer-patients-hopes-chemo-too-high-022102496.html (Reuters) - At least two thirds of people with advanced cancer believed the chemotherapy they were receiving might cure them, even though the treatment was only being given to buy some time or make them comfortable, according to a U.S. survey. Researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that 69 percent of patients who were terminally ill with lung cancer, and 81 percent with ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:48 PM PDT Oops: Harvard affiliate apologizes for promotion of "weak" study http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/oops-harvard-affiliate-apologizes-promotion-weak-study-004856366--sector.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Harvard-affiliated hospital is backing away from its decision earlier this week to promote a paper linking the artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer, now saying the evidence was "weak." Brigham and Women's Hospital said in an e-mail to reporters that data in the paper, which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "is weak, and that Brigham and ... The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:17 PM PDT Study: Aspirin may treat certain types of colon cancer; a gene-targeted drug for just pennies? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/study-aspirin-may-treat-certain-types-colon-cancer-211738150.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role in the disease. Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:14 PM PDT Study: Cancer patients overestimate value of chemo http://news.yahoo.com/study-cancer-patients-overestimate-value-chemo-211451867.html Most patients getting chemotherapy for incurable lung or colon cancers mistakenly believe that the treatment can cure them rather than just buy them some more time or ease their symptoms, a major study suggests. Researchers say doctors either are not being honest enough with patients or people are in denial that they have a terminal disease. Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:07 PM PDT Are cancer patients' hopes for chemo too high? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cancer-patients-hopes-chemo-too-high-210716403.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At least two thirds of people with advanced cancer in a new survey believed the chemotherapy they're receiving might cure them, even though the treatment is only being given to buy some time or make them comfortable. "Their expectations are way out of line with reality," Dr. Deborah Schrag of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston told Reuters Health. ... See more health stories that match your keyword at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-health&c=&p=cancer+%2bcat%3ahealth&ei=utf-8 Visit Yahoo! Health: http://health.yahoo.com/ You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. 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