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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a recent New York Times article that questions why currently available medications designed to treat and prevent some cancers are being ignored, ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit organization, is offering a roadmap to the evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer for free download.
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found that the majority of surgeons treating prostate cancer in the United States have extremely low annual caseloads, potentially leading to increased rates of both surgical complications and cancer recurrence.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I am pleased about Darcus Howe's recovery ( My battle with prostate cancer , G2, 17 November), and his highlighting the higher mortality rates for black men. I am a 56-year-old white man with advanced prostate cancer that was identified two months ago. I will, hopefully, find out in December whether I will be among the 30% of men at my stage of the disease who survive five years after diagnosis. The...
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PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Companies: Astrazeneca Plc BOSTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld an earlier District Court ruling yesterday, approving a settlement in the long-running Average Wholesale Price (AWP) pharmaceutical litigation against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: AZN - News ). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080317/AQM144LOGO ) The ruling affirms...
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John's World (Free subscription) | yesterday
No reality here... The uproar over mammogram guidelines is discouraging for anyone who thinks the cost over over-medicating and defensive medicine cannot continue. In the midst of the debate over health care reform , we have been handed the perfect example of why America will never get health care costs under control: The furious reaction to new guidelines that recommend most women should get mammograms...
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Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
US senator calls for return of Lockerbie bomber to jail A US senator has written to Gordon Brown, demanding the immediate return of the Lockerbie bomber to prison. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's early release from Greenock jail in Scotland on compassionate grounds was granted on the assumption that he had only three months to live because he was suffering from...
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The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech’s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010. (DNDN)
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Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lockerbie row reignited as Megrahi exceeds life expectancy when released Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, American families of victims question medical advice Ewen MacAskill in Washington, Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent, Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk | 20 November 2009 Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is taken from Greenock prison to Glasgow...
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Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | yesterday
"You'll see Obama with a mo. You'll see it. It's going to happen." Back in the southern-hemisphere summer of 2003, a gang of Antipodean gents came up with the idea of growing a moustache for a month. Six years on and nearly a quarter of a million men around the globe are cultivating face fur on their upper lips all in the name of charity - well, and because it's kind of fun too. To tell...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Japan, we eat soy all the time. For breakfast we have rice with natto and miso soup with tofu; for dinner we pop edamame into our mouths in between chopsticks-full of vegetables sauteed in soy sauce. I always assumed it was good for you, until I came to California and my health-conscious American friend told me that soy was actually really bad for you. So which is it? Natto spaghetti Ingredients:...
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | yesterday
N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 -- An independent study by the Institute of Medicine last month resulted in broadened health coverage by the Veterans Affairs Department for Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Research found that three illnesses – B cell leukemias, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease -- possibly are associated with Agent Orange exposure....
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will make a regulatory decision on the potential prostate cancer vaccine Provenge by May 1.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
SEATTLE -- Biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will make a regulatory decision on the potential prostate cancer vaccine Provenge by May 1.
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Brutal Women (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is anyone else really concerned that the latest "health screening reversals" have targeted women? See mammograms , and pelvic exams . I have yet to see the "let's stop screening men for prostate cancer" and "forget the colonoscopies" announcement.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is apparently still alive Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing have reignited a row over the medical advice that allowed him to be freed early from his 27-year sentence. Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds from prison...
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eprnetwork | 11/16/2009
LighterLife has produced a brand new calendar to help raise money for the Prostate Cancer Charity. The calendar features 12 men who have lost weight with LighterLife baring all for the cameras.
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farmivilleboy | 11/07/2009
With the New Orleans team struggling to this NBA season, the Hornets could not afford any more bad news. But a shocking revelation was made by the Hornets owner himself, George Shinn. In a recent interview, George Shinn revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Shinn says that his prostate cancer is still on an early age. With good health, and proper medical procedures, George Shinn looks...
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mamun2336 | 10/30/2009
LOS ANGELES — Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment, his manager said Thursday. The 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California, said Sam Maydew. Asked about Hopper's prognosis, Maydew said, "We're hoping for the best." He would not elaborate on the actor's...
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