Cancer Research
“Men ‘in denial’ over weight gain” (BBC/Cancer Research UK)
Around a quarter of British men are “in denial” about their waist measurement, a Cancer Research UK survey suggests. Official statistics show that 65% of adult men are overweight or obese, but the survey of over 2,000 men found only 40% thought they were in these groups. Most of the men questioned were unaware being [...]
Breast Cancer Research Semi-postal Stamps
Breast Cancer Research Semi-postal Stamps are subject to special limitations and conditions: a. Breast Cancer Research Semi-postal Stamps provide a means for customers to make contributions toward breast cancer research. Breast Cancer Research Semi-postal Stamps are offered for sale for a limited time as provided under 39 U.S.C. 414. b. The [...]
Armstrong Promotes Cancer Research
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas – With Lance Armstrong pushing for a record sixth consecutive Tour de France title this summer, his cancer research foundation is using the signature color of the world’s most grueling bicycle race for a new fund-raising campaign. The Lance Armstrong Foundation and Nike are promoting the sale of yellow wristbands engraved [...]
Cancer Medicines
Canadian Steroids
I have been diagnosed with crohns-colitis ans I am getting off the steroids. I have been on 20 mg Canadian steroids for the las year or so and on 175 mg Imuran for the last 5 months. My doctor intended for me to gradually lower the dose of steroids after being on Imuran so for the last 2 weeks I lowered [...]
Eating Lots Of Carbs May Raise Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds
High-carb diets may increase more than just waistlines. New research suggests they might raise the risk of breast cancer. Women in Mexico who ate a lot of carbohydrates were more than twice as likely to get breast cancer than those who ate less starch and sugar, scientists found. The study is hardly the last word [...]
NY Daily News: Imus Swears at Young Cancer Patient
“Anywhere else that happened in this kid’s life,” says Imus, “they’d send him to the infirmary for a couple of days. And I know you can’t blame parents of a kid with cancer for being cautious. But after our medical people checked him and said he was okay, he kept going. He told me later [...]
American Cancer Society a Danger to Science?
The credibility of the peer review process has come under vehement attack. Scientists who receive no-strings-attached financial support for their research from demonized industries – tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and food, among others – are no longer deemed trustworthy. Apparently, the rigors of the peer review process – even in the world’s best science and medical journals – in addition to [...]
Chemotherapy
The Ovarian Cancer Research And Information Amendments Of 2001
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to announce that I am today introducing the Ovarian Cancer and Research Amendments of 2001. I am proud to be joined by 56 original co-sponsors and would like to invite the rest of my colleagues to join me in support of the bill. Ovarian cancer is the most lethal cancer [...]
REVEALING MY SECRET RESEARCH
It is almost a year since I have come to this ng. You heard many times how I verify all I hear, read. Not long ago, there was a research done in Europe which said that the most single reason for cancer in human is lack of respect we experience in our lives. Looking at [...]
Cannabis Extract Shrinks Brain Tumors
Cannabis extracts may shrink brain tumours and other cancers by blocking the growth of the blood vessels which feed them, suggests a new study. An active component of the street drug has previously been shown to improve brain tumours in rats. But now Manuel Guzmán at Complutense University, Spain, and colleagues have demonstrated how the [...]
Marijuana May Stall Brain Tumor Growth
Researchers say the cannabinoids found in marijuana may aid in brain tumor treatment by targeting the genes needed for the tumors to sprout blood vessels and grow. Their study showed that cannabinoids inhibited genes needed for the production of vascular growth factor (VEGF) in laboratory mice with glioma brain tumors and two patients with late-stage [...]
