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Filed under: News, Weird, Mantastic, Health Now that Susan Boyle has gone to rehab, we’ve been looking for a new hero. Jon Matthews, who is terminally ill with...
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In the 1960s, during the military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff, 61, participated in the armed struggle against the dictatorship, operating in clandestine and terrorist...
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Jimmy “V” Valvano, Kay Yow and now, Chuck Daly have become martyrs in a losing fight.
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CHICAGO _ An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, doctors reported Tuesday in a study that tested an entirely new...
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A drug already sold for other prostate problems significantly cut the chances of prostate cancer being found in men with an increased risk of the disease, doctors...
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An influential doctors group is backing off its call for annual tests after age 50 to screen for prostate cancer.
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Former UCLA and UAB basketball coach Gene Bartow has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
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Don Hewitt, the legendary mastermind of CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” is battling pancreatic cancer.
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Two big prostate cancer studies were intended to settle the question of whether screening for the disease really does save lives. Now the long-awaited results are in _...
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Don Imus says he’s battling stage two prostate cancer.
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Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it ended a successful trial of its cancer drug Sutent early after data showed the drug met its goal of slowing the progression of pancreatic...
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A former Biopure Corp. executive has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for pretending he had terminal cancer to dodge a lawsuit by federal securities...
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A former executive of Biopure Corp. is expected to plead guilty to an obstruction of justice charge for pretending he had terminal cancer to dodge a federal lawsuit...
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Doctors screening women for ovarian cancer were able to pick up the disease about two years earlier than normal, according to a British study published Wednesday.
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As many as two of every five men whose prostate cancer was caught through a PSA screening test have tumors too slow-growing to ever be a threat, says a new study that...
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Former Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a top aide said Tuesday.
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Scientists have shown the test works in picking up signs of prostate cancer and say it could potentially also be used for other cancers ranging from breast to lung.
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Lung cancer may now be detected early with a simple blood test, doing away with the need for invasive biopsies, according to new study by an Indian American.
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