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| Immune System Changes May Drive Aggressiveness of Recurrent Tumors, Penn Researchers Report Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:54 AM PST PHILADELPHIA â€" Nearly half of the 700,000 cancer patients who undergo surgical removal of a primary tumor each year suffer a recurrence of their disease at some point, and many of those patients will eventually die from their disease. Healthy food not so healthy Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:54 AM PST Even healthy food like fruit, vegetables, meat and fish might be putting children’s health at risk. These food items also contain toxins like mercury, pesticides and acrylamide that can, over a long time, make children vulnerable to cancer and affect their nervous and reproductive systems. This is the finding of a study on effects of 11 such food-borne toxins on people of different age groups in ... Stealth's Hall is getting back to normal Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:51 AM PST For most of the past year, Washington Stealth head coach Chris Hall was focused on beating cancer. Now, given a clean bill of health, his big concern is turning around a team that slumped badly in his absence. Lexington police help make Virginia boy’s Christmas wish come true Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:43 AM PST Five members of the Lexington Police Department were part of a convoy of 258 police officers to visit a 6-year-old Virginia boy who is battling a rare cancer. Pennsylvania doc leads way in cancer surgery Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:36 AM PST (Special to the NNPA to the Philadelphia Tribune) â€" As the director of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery program at Tho mas Jefferson University Hospi tal, Dr. Nathaniel Evans III specializes in treating lung cancer patients. New Technique Catalogs Lymphoma-Linked Genetic Variations Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:28 AM PST As anyone familiar with the X-Men knows, mutants can be either very good or very bad -- or somewhere in between. The same appears true within cancer cells, which may harbor hundreds of mutations that set them apart from other cells in the body; the scientific challenge has been to figure out which mutations are culprits and which are innocent bystanders. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins ... Penn Team Developing New Class of Malaria Drugs Using Essential Calcium Enzyme Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:24 AM PST PHILADELPHIA â€" Calpain, a calcium-regulated enzyme, is essential to a host of cellular processes, but can cause severe problems in its overactivated state. It has been implicated as a factor in muscular dystrophy, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and cancer. Madison restaurant owner Marsh Shapiro dies Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:19 AM PST Madison TV personality and restaurant owner Marsh Shapiro died Wednesday morning after a nearly two-year battle with brain cancer, according to a restaurant manager. Shapiro opened the Nitty Gritty at West Johnson and Frances Streets in 1968, which has become best known for celebrating birthdays. He sold the downtown location in 2010. Shapiro began his TV career as the host of a kids’ show on ... Monterey County urology patients urged to ask questions Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:19 AM PST Raymond Taber got the news in January 2010. The 77-year-old Salinas man went to Dr. Leonard Renfer, who diagnosed him with prostate cancer. Renfer referred him to two other Salinas doctors for radiation treatment, David Gallardo and Stephen A. Worsham Gazette.Net: Bladensburg High School dedicates classroom to former educator Wed, 26 Dec, 2012 09:13 AM PST Family and former students of Lynne Pack-Holland, a Bladensburg High School cosmetology teacher who died of cancer in 2010, remembered her as someone who had a strong impact on their lives. | |
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