Asthma - Week-Long Symposium on Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments for Liver, Kidney, Bone and Lung, and Emerging Research

Week-Long Symposium on Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments for Liver, Kidney, Bone and Lung, and Emerging Research
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 28 4:30 AM
Clinicians and basic scientists from academia, private practice, government and industry come together today for a week-long multi-disciplinary symposium in interventional oncology, a rapidly growing area of medicine involving minimally invasive interventional radiology treatments for cancer.Save to My Web

Cancer Fails to Deter Many Smokers
Join Together Online - Nov 28 3:18 PM
Many cancer patients never quit smoking after being diagnosed, while others relapse after finishing treatment, USA Today reported Nov. 27.Save to My Web

Job exposure to pesticide may raise cancer risk
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 29 7:25 AM
Daily on-the-job exposure to the pesticide diazinon appears to increase the risk of lung cancer and possibly other cancers, according to new findings from the US government-sponsored Agricultural Health Study, a project begun in 1993 to investigate the health effects of pesticides on farm families in Iowa and North Carolina.Save to My Web

Advocate in fight to the death with lung cancer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Nov 29 8:13 AM
Ed Levitt is in the final stage of lung cancer, with tumors not only in a lung but also in his spine, ribs and jaw. He was told two years ago to plan his funeral instead of treatment.Save to My Web

New Field Of Optical Imaging For Prevention And Treatment of Breast Cancer
Photonics Online - Nov 29 5:52 AM
Berlin, Germany - Schering AG, Germany and Royal Philips Electronics announced the formation of an alliance to research, develop and commercialize medical equipment and associated contrast agents for optical imaging.Save to My Web

The scientific jury is still out on whether green tea fights cancer
NorthJersey.com - Nov 29 7:07 AM
Tea, to China's 18th-century Emperor Chien Lung, was more than a whistle-wetting pick-me-up: It was "that precious drink which drives away the five causes of sorrow."Save to My Web

Obituaries in the News
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Stan Berenstain, who with his wife created the popular children's books about a loving furry family called the Berenstain Bears, has died. He was 82.Save to My Web