Asthma - Bayer and partner launch Phase 3 trial for lung cancer treatment

Bayer and partner launch Phase 3 trial for lung cancer treatment
Mass High Tech - Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has begun a randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial with Calif.-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. studying a compound as a potential treatment of lung cancer. The study has the Nexavar (sorafenib

Sholeh Patrick
Coeur d'Alene Press - Baby boomers and their parents have a new test to take, and they'll want a low score. Researchers at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center who developed the 12-question test, which they recommend to be taken with and explained by a

Laurel Hester dies at 49 after battle with cancer
Asbury Park Press - Laurel Hester, a 49-year-old police officer who reluctantly became a well-known gay rights activist, succumbed to her lung cancer early this morning at her Point Pleasant home. Her name became synonymous with pleas by the gay and lesbian community's

Health & Fitness News Briefs
Bryan-College Station Eagle - A study published in late January by the Journal of the American Medical Association says foods and supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids do not protect against cancer, dashing some earlier hints that they might. The analysis, of 38 studies

New Data On Health: Studies in Confusion
Washington Post - For women confused by the latest flurry of health advice about low-fat diets, calcium, Vitamin D and hormones, there is a good reason: The findings illustrate how unexpected pitfalls during a major scientific study can yield valuable data but few

Price Of Genentech's Avastin To Treat Breast Cancer Could Discourage
Medical News Today - Doctors are warning that the potential $100,000 annual price for use of Genentech 's Avastin, a colon cancer drug, to treat breast or lung cancer could discourage patients from seeking the treatment, the New York Times reports. According to the Times

Records offer rare look at space medical secrets
MSNBC - U.S. entrepreneur Gregory Olsen flew aboard the international space station last October. In a pioneering gesture of outer space openness, millionaire space traveler Gregory Olsen has officially released his entire space-related medical records for

Figherfighter auction nets over $10,000
Potomac News - Nearly 100 people attended the firefighter auction Friday evening to raise money for the family of Johnny Thomas, a Prince William County firefighter who died of lung cancer in January. Heated bidding at Brittany's Restaurant and Sports Bar in Lake

AEterna Drug Study Enrollment Halted
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - AEterna Zentaris Inc. said Friday that the National Cancer Institute stopped enrolling patients into a clinical trial for the Canadian biopharmaceutical company's lung cancer treatment Neovastat to check on how the drug is working

Regenerative medicine could cure most diseases by 2020
Better Humans - A recent government report declared the next evolution of healthcare to be regenerative medicine. This announcement has prompted officials to create the Federal Initiative for Regenerative Medicine (FIRM) with an aggressive

Chest health - Access to Care Affects Black Lung Cancer Patients' Survival

Access to Care Affects Black Lung Cancer Patients' Survival
HealthCentral.com - Feb 4, 2006 Less access to care may explain why black American lung cancer patients have lower survival rates than non-blacks, says a study in the Journal of Clinical

Long-Term Survivors Hold Clues to Beating Lung Cancer
Forbes - Jan 23, 2006 23 (HealthDay News) -- A tiny fraction of patients with incurable lung cancer survived five or more years past diagnosis after receiving low-dose radiation

Past HRT use may lower odds of surviving lung cancer
Reuters - Jan 26, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who develop lung cancer appear to have lower survival rates if they have a history of using hormone replacement therapy (HRT

Face of 'Cousin Willie' popcorn dies from lung cancer
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Feb 14, 2006 - Wilfred Edward Sieg, Sr., whose likeness graced thousands of boxes of his family's "Cousin Willie's Popcorn," died this month from lung cancer. He was 74.

Laurie Fenton, President of the Lung Cancer Alliance Responds to
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Feb 10, 2006 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Lung Cancer Alliance: We are disappointed that the American Cancer Society (ACS) would paint such a

Lung cancer favorites black smokers: study
Xinhua, China - Jan 26, 2006 BEIJING, Jan. 27(Xinhuanet) -- For smokers, race may play a role in their likelihood of developing lung cancer. Blacks smokers are

Smokers sue Philip Morris, demand lung cancer screening
Newsday, NY - Jan 19, 2006 Instead, they want the tobacco giant to pay for annual high-tech screenings they say would catch lung cancer in its early stages.

New lung cancer treatment to be tested at St Luke s
Ireland Online, Ireland - Jan 28, 2006 A new treatment for lung cancer will be tested on Irish patients for the first time at St. Luke's hospital in Dublin today. The

Chest health - Heart seminar Saturday at Horizon

Heart seminar Saturday at Horizon
Dickson Herald, TN - Feb 17, 2006 I had chest pains and went to the doctor and found out I had Eating right along with simply walking everyday can change a person s health, Bryant said.

Working out during commercials good way for couch potatoes to
Canada.com, Canada - 4 hours ago Dr. David Etlin, medical director of the pain management program at the Health Recovery Clinic in The goal is to be able to bring your chest to your knees and

FEATURE: And the beat goes on . . .and on and on
Hawke's Bay Today, New Zealand - Feb 17, 2006 noise that causes vibrations that you can feel through your feet and chest. the noise/vibration situation really starts to damage their health, the community

Stamford man faces 10 years in jail for shaking baby
Stamford Advocate, CT - 13 hours ago he had tripped on the stairs and pressed the baby into his chest to protect her Newkirk told police he took the baby to Tully Health Center on May 7 because she

Testicular Cancer May Raise Risk of Heart Attack
Cancerpage.com, GA - Feb 16, 2006 NEW YORK FEB 15, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Survivors of testicular cancer have Radiation to the chest, where testicular cancer often spreads, was associated with

Lung cancer - Saturday, Feb 18, 2006

Saturday, Feb 18, 2006
Akron Beacon Journal - Feb 18 12:36 AM
Mold in buildings can compromise structures and make people sick. Often, that mold lurks in hidden places -- behind the walls, in the air conditioning system, on the underside of Grandma's old chest of drawers.Save to My Web

Chest health - Ill-Fitting Masks Hamper Child Asthma Care

Ill-Fitting Masks Hamper Child Asthma Care
Forbes - Feb 7, 2006 7 (HealthDay News) -- The face masks that some young children with asthma use to inhale their medicines just don't do the job, often because of poor fit and

Allergy vacs {lsquo}no help to asthma victims'
TMCnet - Feb 11, 2006 Manchester University tested five cleaners with high-efficiency particulate air filters - marketed as reducing dust mites which can cause asthma attacks and

Chest health - Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes

Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes
HealthCentral.com - Feb 14 11:13 PM
New research from Australia suggests that, compared with non-asthmatics, people with asthma have a nearly twofold risk for developing any of these chronic conditions. The risk is even higher for heart disease and stroke, they add.Save to My Web

Older asthmatics have increased cancer risk
News-Medical-Net - Feb 17 12:12 PM
New research shows that older adults with asthma are at an increased risk for developing cancer, and adults with asthma are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease and other chronic health conditions.Save to My Web

Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 2:02 PM
MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- If you have asthma, odds are that you'll develop at least one other chronic health condition, such as heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis or cancer.Save to My Web

Blister Puts Russian Skater Out of Games
The Enid News & Eagle - Feb 18 6:35 AM
Viktoria Volchkova of Russia dropped out of the Olympic figure skating field Saturday with a right arm injury that hospitalized her in Moscow. She will not be replaced in Turin, the Russian federation said.Save to My Web

10 great places with presidential seals of approval
USA Today - Feb 17 4:27 AM
Besides bargains at shopping sales, what does Presidents Day mean to you? If you've been to Mount Vernon near Washington, D.C., you know how "up close and personal" you can feel to our first president. Here are other locations across the nation that offer visitors similarly intimate experiences of past presidents.Save to My Web

Altana Gets European Approval to Expand Use of Alvesco Asthma Treatment to Adolescents
Money Sense - Feb 17 6:50 AM
Altana AG, a German specialty chemicals maker, said Friday that European regulators have broadened the intended use of its asthma treatment Alvesco to include patients as young as 12.Save to My Web

Extra!, February 18
Rocky Mountain News - Feb 18 12:14 AM
32 The number of weapons Denver police confiscated from a convicted felon.Save to My Web

Tun Ghafar Celebrates Birthday In Hospital
Bernama - Feb 18 2:30 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Former deputy prime minister Tun Ghafar Baba celebrated his 81st birthday Saturday in the hospital bed amidst encouraging signs of recovery.Save to My Web

Asthma - Critics Call Asbestos Trust Fund a Corporate Bailout

Critics Call Asbestos Trust Fund a Corporate Bailout
ABC News - WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2006 When Paul Zygielbaum's stomach first began to bulge, his doctor put him on a diet. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with a tumor that he began to think back to his years at a General Electric power plant in the 1970s

Face of 'Cousin Willie' Popcorn Dies From lung cancer
WISH-TV - A man whose likeness was on thousands of "Cousin Willie's popcorn" boxes has died. Wilfred Edward Sieg, Senior died earlier this month of lung cancer. He was 74. Sieg's bearded face, plaid shirt and cowboy hat first graced Ramsey boxes in the 1980s

Number of U.S. cancer deaths drops for first time since 1930
Arizona Daily Star - ATLANTA For the first time in more than 70 years, annual cancer deaths in the United States have fallen, a turning point in the war on cancer likely achieved by declines in smoking and better tumor detection and treatment. The number of cancer

Vaccines: Who needs them and when
Los Angeles Times - Vaccines also play a role in preventive health. A number of factors including age, lifestyle and previous illnesses can help healthy adults decide whether to get a specific shot. Here is some general advice. Tetanus-diphtheria vaccine

On Pins and Needles: Acupuncture for Arthritis Relief
ABC News - Select a Health Topic ADD & ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes

Her Body: Are You At Risk for Heart Disease?
MSNBC - Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans, but many women don't realize they're at risk until it's too late. Now several groups are hoping to change that. What Women Need to Know About Heart Disease How a near-death experience prompted

More medical news
University of Washington - Physical therapy students in "Kinesiology II" try to guess how old Brodie Pratt is by his movements while he plays with his grandmother. Vitamin A analog is a potential lung cancer preventative The compound, called bexarotene, doesn't cause the

Chest health - Lyden, UK's diving coach, battling stage four lung, brain cancer

Lyden, UK's diving coach, battling stage four lung, brain cancer
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Feb 9, 2006 Then for a doctor to come in and tell you that you've got stage four lung cancer it just didn't make sense.". That was more than three months ago.

Lung cancer patients 'deserve better treatment'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 7, 2006 Lung cancer charities are calling on the Government to provide better treatment to sufferers of the disease, who they say are not getting the care and

Marsden battling lung cancer
Globe and Mail, Canada - Feb 3, 2006 Marsden was admitted last week, complaining of back pain. X-rays revealed that he has lung cancer and that the cancer has spread to his bones.

Dogs can smell lung cancer, California study asserts
DetNews.com, MI - Jan 21, 2006 science. A foundation in California reports it has trained five dogs to detect lung cancer by sniffing the breath of cancer victims.

Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Feb 14, 2006 Superior vena cava (SVC) resection for lung cancer is technically feasible, with encouraging oncologic results when modern selection criteria are used.

Is Lung Cancer Becoming a Woman's Disease?
Consumer Affairs - Feb 3, 2006 By Henry J. Fishman, MD. Over the last 70 years, the death rate for lung cancer in women has gone up nearly 600 percent. In 1987, it

Cancer drug's new use at a price
International Herald Tribune, France - Feb 15, 2006 YORK Doctors are excited about the prospect of Avastin, a drug already widely used for colon cancer, as a crucial new treatment for breast and lung cancer, too

Smokers sue Philip Morris, demand lung cancer screening
Newsday, NY - Jan 19, 2006 Instead, they want the tobacco giant to pay for annual high-tech screenings they say would catch lung cancer in its early stages.

Asthma - Sleeping man stabbed by his wife, police say

Sleeping man stabbed by his wife, police say
The News Journal, DE - 4 hours ago "At the same time, she puts one knife in his neck and one in his chest," Oldham said. The woman was admitted to a mental health facility for an evaluation.

First lady brings campaign to Charlotte
News 14 Charlotte, NC - Feb 15, 2006 Women don't often experience severe chest pains and the other heart-attack all women to wear red dresses, the national symbol of women's good heart health.

Lung cancer - Attacking asthma at school

Attacking asthma at school
News 8 Austin - Feb 13 4:01 PM
Asthma is a chronic condition in which airflow in and out of the lungs may be blocked by muscle squeezing, swelling and excess mucus. Patients with asthma may respond to factors in the environment, called triggers, which do not affect non-asthmatics.Save to My Web

Study links asthma with bad behaviour
Sydney Morning Herald - Feb 17 2:28 PM
Pre-schoolers with persistent asthma symptoms may be more likely to get into fights and have more behaviour problems than children with less severe asthma, a study finds.Save to My Web

ABC Middle East Correspondent gets rare glimpse inside Israeli prison
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Feb 17 5:12 PM
HAMISH ROBERTSON: It's not often that Israel invites you into one of its maximum security jails, where the most dangerous Palestinian militants have been sent to serve out their time.Save to My Web

Smoke Free Arizona?
About.com - Feb 17 2:32 AM
I received the following email from Rosalie: Our family is new to the area and noticed Parson's family restaurant. We went inside and could NOT breath! An ALL smoking restaurant!!! I have asthma and I do not want my...Save to My Web

Power plants linked to illness
Gazette.Net - Feb 16 7:06 PM
Fine particle pollution from Maryland power plants is contributing to premature deaths, asthma attacks and other serious health problems according to a report released Wednesday by a nurses group.Save to My Web

[Campus] U researchers testing possible asthma treatments
The Minnesota Daily - Feb 16 12:55 AM
University researchers hope a nationwide study will bring relief to asthmatics. The pulmonary allergy and critical care division of the department of medicine is holding a study that tests the effects of a proton pump inhibitor, typically used to treat acid reflux disease, on people with asthmatic symptoms.Save to My Web

Chest health - Sam's the Man

Sam's the Man
Wall Street Journal - Crossover Appeal: Vice President Dick Cheney is one of America's most polarizing political figures but the man he accidentally shot, Harry Whittington, plainly is not. Mr. Whittington's gracious departure Friday from a Corpus Christi hospital

DMV Still Plans to Change New Inspection Policy
13 WHAM - (Rochester, NY) 2/2/06 -- The first responders on the scene at the Zacher home continued to give testimony in the David Zacher murder trial Thursday morning. On Wednesday, Karelin Zacher's mother, JoAnn Hallen, testified and described the

Hispanic health care workers saluted for helping evacuees
San Antonio Express News - The man stood in line for more than an hour, clutching a sheet of paper. When he finally reached the San Antonio clinician helping with triage for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, he handed over the document and unbuttoned his shirt. There, dangling from

Bridgeville woman, 35, faces attempted murder charges for allegedly
Delaware Online - A 35-year-old Bridgeville woman, who told police that voices told her to kill her husband, is facing attempted murder charges after she allegedly stabbed her husband while he slept. State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham said about 1:30 a.m. today

Women's Heart Health
WMBB TV - PANAMA CITY, FL - Heart disease, which was once considered a man's disease, is now the leading cause of death among women. But many women and their physicians still don't recognize the potential dangers of heart disease. One Panhandle woman says

On-air party: Local rock station KCAL buzzes in the mornings
San Bernardino County Sun - Disk Jockeys Tiffany and Jimbo of 96.7 KCAL Rocks laugh it up during a live feed from a parking lot during a Valentine's Day event. It's 8:45 on a Wednesday morning, and Tiffany hasn't passed gas yet. She's tried grunting, riding an imaginary

Lobos send Garcia out on a high note
Brownsville Herald - February 16, 2006 With only one school qualifying for the playoffs, the 2005-06 boys basketball season pretty much came to an end for most teams in the Brownsville metro area on Tuesday night. These teams, however, didn t leave without putting

Cheers greet Cheney at appearance in Wyo.
Lexington Herald-Leader - CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - His face marked with tiny birdshot wounds, the lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney while quail hunting left a hospital Friday, saying "accidents do and will happen" and apologizing for the trouble the incident had caused

Lung cancer - Bullets shatter teenager s dream

Bullets shatter teenager s dream
Calcutta Telegraph, India - Feb 15, 2006 by two bullets, which are still embedded in her spinal cord and chest. to know that Monica was lying injured at the Kakopathar primary health centre, Junali

Here, it s not just the snakes that bite
Newindpress, India - Feb 16, 2006 such as doctors, nurses or midwives must have a broader public health perspective. wardens from ex-servicemen s league received jabs in the chest in the melee

What is esophageal spasm?
IPP Media - Guardian, United Republic of Tanzania - Feb 16, 2006 If you have chest pain, you should be evaluated by a health professional as soon as possible to rule out or treat cardiac disease.

Getting to the heart of the matter
Glenwood Springs Post Independent, CO - 21 hours ago not just to the obvious differences between men and women, but also to their health. Rather than "the elephant on my chest" that men usually feel when they're

Heart attacks overlooked - UMC hosts Heart Health Awareness
KVBC, NV - Feb 14, 2006 are dismissed because of unusual warning signs, such as shoulder or back pain pain instead of chest pain. Tuesday UMC is hosting a Heart Health Awareness Day.

Mixed views over smoking ban vote
U.TV, UK - Feb 15, 2006 of presiding over a "shambles" as British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Health Secretary Patricia "I felt like a dinosaur with a very heavy chest cold by the

FEATURE: And the beat goes on . . .and on and on
Hawke's Bay Today, New Zealand - 11 hours ago noise that causes vibrations that you can feel through your feet and chest. the noise/vibration situation really starts to damage their health, the community

Know your heart
Indianapolis Star, United States - Feb 15, 2006 Symptoms can include chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, dizziness and a pre-participation physical, which may detect some heart-related health concerns

Asthma - Druce decision

Druce decision
WHP CBS21 - WHP CBS 21 is proud to air Educational and Informational programming for children. Our Children's Television Programming report is available for review during regular business hours 8:30AM to 5:00PM Monday thru Friday at our studio: 3300 North Sixth

Study links Mirant-owned power plants to deaths, asthma attacks
WALB 10 - BALTIMORE A report by the Maryland Nurses Association blames emissions from six power plants -- three of them owned by an Atlanta-based company -- for 700 premature deaths nationwide each year. The association announced the findings along with

Study Links Power Plants to Deaths, Asthma
ABC News - BALTIMORE Feb 15, 2006 (AP) Emissions from six Maryland power plants, three of them owned by an Atlanta-based company, are responsible each year for about 700 premature deaths nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland

Study Links Deaths to Md. Plants
Washington Post - Pollution from Maryland's six largest coal-burning power plants contribute to 700 deaths each year, including 100 deaths in Maryland, according to a Harvard University study released yesterday. The study was sponsored by the Maryland Nurses

Viewpoint: Reductions in Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asthma Mortality
Medscape News - In the United States, alarming increases in the asthma mortality rate occurred between 1977 and 1996, and prompted unprecedented efforts to increase asthma awareness and education among both the general public and the medical profession. Fortunately

COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Deming Headlight - The February meeting of the Vida Club will take place at noon Friday at the La Fonda Restaurant on the corner of Silver Avenue and Spruce Street. Newly-elected officers for 2006-07 will assume duties at that time. Friends of Rockhound State Park

Asthma Could Lead To More Serious Health Problems
KSDK - (NBC News) - Asthma could lead to much more serious diseases for older adults. A study out of Australia shows people over age 55 with asthma are at an increased risk for cancer and are also twice as likely to suffer from heart disease and other

Chest health - Kildow walks away from this fall; Kostelic's health could scuttle

Kildow walks away from this fall; Kostelic's health could scuttle
ESPN - 2 hours ago slopes as well as on? After each of her slalom runs, Kostelic bent over, chest heaving, and clutched her knees. Later she said she

Possible case of TB at McAllen school
KRGV, TX - 7 hours ago The county health department plans to send workers to the school to test for TB. Then chest x-rays may be performed, if necessary.

Playing Defense
Anchorage Press, AK - 18 hours ago and he worked weekends as a cashier at the National Institutes of Health cafeteria Butler put the check in his chest pocket and spent the rest of the afternoon

Take cardiac problems to heart -- learn the signs
Miami Herald, FL - Feb 16, 2006 You should give serious thought to your health if you have one or more of Most heart attacks begin slowly with mild pain or discomfort in the chest or stomach

Report is released on the medical mistakes in Minnesota hospitals
West Central Tribune, MN - Feb 15, 2006 Minnesota s Adverse Health Event Reporting Law, which went into effect in 2003 that were reported occurred during surgery involving the knees or the chest.

Chest health - Day-care assistant charged with molesting children

Day-care assistant charged with molesting children
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 7 hours ago of the of girls told her father that Vadney kissed her chest under her Greg Moore, spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said there have

Mac Fights Back
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 14 hours ago to attack a cancerous tumor the size of a softball in her chest cavity. according to Dr. Alan C. Homans, a pediatric oncologist at Fletcher Allen Health Care.

Anane returned$1,400 to chest
Daily Graphic, Ghana - 14 hours ago The Minister of Road Transport, Dr Richard Anane, returned to the state an amount of $1,400 out of an official expenditure allocation of $5,359 for a trip to

Mom gets parole for drunken Rt. 611 run
The Express Times, PA - 18 hours ago Frinzi refused to cooperate and kicked EMT Jeff Fehr in the chest and scratched Smith fined her $400, ordered a mental health and a drug and alcohol evaluation

MidState shows off its heart-health technology
Record-Journal, CT - Feb 15, 2006 was demonstrating techniques in medical care that encourage cardiovascular health. they re asked to record palpitations, dizziness, chest discomfort and

Medicare urged to make reforms in its RX benefit
Houston Chronicle, United States - Feb 15, 2006 Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said this week that about 3 percent for her medications and wound up in the emergency room with chest pain two

Asthma - Increased Cancer Risk For Older Asthmatics

Increased Cancer Risk For Older Asthmatics
Medical News Today - New research shows that older adults with asthma are at an increased risk for developing cancer, and adults with asthma are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease and other chronic health conditions. A study in the February issue of CHEST, the

Power Plant Pollution Related to Illness, Death
Axcess News - (AXcess News) Washington - Pollutants from six Maryland power plants contribute to hundreds of premature deaths and thousands of asthma attacks in several states, according to a report released Wednesday. The report details the health effects of

Study links Mirant-owned power plants to deaths, asthma attacks
WALB 10 - BALTIMORE A report by the Maryland Nurses Association blames emissions from six power plants -- three of them owned by an Atlanta-based company -- for 700 premature deaths nationwide each year. The association announced the findings along with

Lung cancer - Program shines spotlight on women's risk of heart disease

Program shines spotlight on women's risk of heart disease
Miami Herald, FL - Feb 16, 2006 t do that we're setting ourselves up for some serious health problems Unlike men, in whom heart disease usually manifests itself as sharp chest pains, sweating

Playing Defense
Anchorage Press, AK - 12 hours ago and he worked weekends as a cashier at the National Institutes of Health cafeteria Butler put the check in his chest pocket and spent the rest of the afternoon

Lung cancer - Is Lung Cancer Becoming a Woman's Disease?

Is Lung Cancer Becoming a Woman's Disease?
Consumer Affairs - Feb 3, 2006 By Henry J. Fishman, MD. Over the last 70 years, the death rate for lung cancer in women has gone up nearly 600 percent. In 1987, it

Blacks have lower lung cancer survival
United Press International - Feb 4, 2006 4 (UPI) -- The lower survival rates of US blacks with lung cancer may be explained by access to care, suggests a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Update 7: Blacks Are More Likely to Get Lung Cancer
Forbes - Jan 26, 2006 Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the

Asthma - Heart Transplant Pioneer Dies Of Lung Cancer

Heart Transplant Pioneer Dies Of Lung Cancer
CBS 4 Miami - Feb 13 9:18 AM
Dr. Norman Shumway, the first surgeon to perform a successful heart transplant operation in the United States, died Friday of lung cancer, a Stanford University spokeswoman said. He was 83.Save to My Web

UPMC to help minorities get cancer care
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 16 9:13 PM
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has created a $750,000 fund to help minority patients get cancer care, a response in part to a federal finding that African Americans were underrepresented in clinical trials at the UPMC Cancer Center.Save to My Web

Bayer, Onyx on Phase 3 Lung Cancer Trial
RedNova - Feb 16 2:28 PM
Bayer and Onyx said Thursday they have begun a phase 3 study of Nexavar for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Save to My Web

Antioxidant Supplements Don't Protect Against Prostate Cancer
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 1:03 PM
TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A study of nearly 30,000 men finds that long-term use of popular antioxidant supplements does not protect most nonsmoking men from developing prostate cancer.Save to My Web

Cancer drug shows promise, big price tag
The State - Feb 15 4:43 AM
Doctors are excited about the prospect of Avastin, a drug already widely used for colon cancer, as a crucial new treatment for breast and lung cancer. But doctors are cringing at the price that Genentech plans to charge for it: about $100,000 a year for one patients treatment.Save to My Web

Therapy uses heat to treat cancer patients
Houston Chronicle - Feb 15 11:13 PM
Lying in the tent, waiting for the heat to come on, Janie Allison had the chilling thought that she was on display in a coffin. "That's what it feels like, at least until the sedative kicks in and it starts getting hot. Then I forget about everything," said Allison, 48, an employment recruiter for a stockbroker in Houston. Save to My Web

Cancer drug's new use at a price
International Herald Tribune - Feb 15 6:03 AM
Doctors are excited about the prospect of Avastin, a drug already widely used for colon cancer, as a crucial new treatment for breast and lung cancer, too. But doctors are cringing at the price the maker, Genentech, plans to charge for it: about $100,000 a year.Save to My Web

Cancer prevention vaccines on the horizon?
The Times of Northwest Indiana - Feb 14 10:59 PM
CANCER VACCINES: Indiana FDA rep says several virus-based vaccines stalled in pipeline.Save to My Web

Chest health - Painter envisions a jingoistic Jesus

Painter envisions a jingoistic Jesus
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 8 hours ago of Jesus garbed in red, white and blue with a bald eagle emblazoned on his chest. Unlucky in finding a promoter, Seward's health is starting to fail too.

In search of a human bird flu patient
Vanguard, Nigeria - 15 hours ago The biggest concern for human health, however, is the risk that the virus and influenza-like symptoms like diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain, and

Olympic league table chauvinism exacts a price beyond all reason
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 14 hours ago If the big and rich behave like chest-beating gorillas, someone will start Poorer athletes may need facilities that also contribute to the health of the young.

Heart seminar Saturday at Horizon
Dickson Herald, TN - 6 hours ago I had chest pains and went to the doctor and found out I had Eating right along with simply walking everyday can change a person s health, Bryant said.

Raising awareness of cardiovascular disease in women
WTNH, CT - 19 hours ago than men, through organizations such as Sister to sister and institutions such as Executive Health more females They are less likely to get chest pain and

Health Risks for Elders With Asthma?
WebMD - Feb 13, 2006 So says an Australian study published in Chest. The report doesn't blame asthma for those conditions. It also doesn't predict those health problems for

Sit, stay and listen to these pet first aid tips
Record-Journal, CT - 5 hours ago Brian Wnek, a registered sanitarian with the Department of Public Health, ran the course its right side and bend its arm to where its elbow touches its chest.

Governor announces re-election run, plans eight-city tour
The Southern, IL - 10 minutes ago not raising sales and income taxes, creating a program to guarantee health insurance to ad is being bankrolled by his $15 million campaign war chest, which far

Fragging Paul Hackett
FrontPage magazine.com, CA - 6 hours ago He advocates National Health Care (socialized medicine was a contested primary that would burn part of Brown s $2.37 million campaign war chest and risk

Health care system is crumbling for many
Workers World - Feb 14, 2006 And the warmakers are demanding another $120 billion for the war chest for the next two up with more and more schemes that put the burden for health care costs

Lung cancer - Seek immediate emergency medical care if you suspect youre having a heart attack

Seek immediate emergency medical care if you suspect youre having a heart attack
Gaffney Ledger - Feb 13 9:30 AM
ROCHESTER, Minn. If you experience chest pain that persists for more than 15 minutes or have any other reason to believe you may be having a heart attack, don%27t delay. Call for emergency help advises a recent issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.Save to My Web

Disabled child shot dead by Israeli troops
Ekklesia - Feb 17 1:10 AM
A mentally disabled Palestinian boy carrying a broken toy rifle has been shot dead by Israeli troops during an arrest operation in the northern West Bank town of Qabatia, near Jenin.Save to My Web

SMART MEDICINE
The Monterey County Herald - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
John Kelly slowly stepped onto the scale -- 175.2 pounds.Save to My Web

Blagojevich to kick off campaign with statewide tour
ABC 7 Chicago - Feb 16 3:16 PM
February 16, 2006 - One day after his budget address, Governor Rod Blagojevich is now focusing on his re-election campaign. His first campaign ad is on the air. The governor says he is ready to campaign, but he has no plans to debate Democratic challenger Edwin Eisendrath.Save to My Web

The Heart of Navy Medicine
DCMilitary.com - Feb 16 7:09 AM
February is a month for hearts -- it's not only the month for Valentine's Day, but it's also National Heart Month.Save to My Web

Snow Job
Colorado Springs Independent - Feb 16 9:53 AM
Heading through Blue Sky Basin at Vail Mountain on a recent powder day, the snow at the country's most popular ski resort seems fluffier and fresher than that on other mountains.Save to My Web

Chiropractor found not guilty of rape
The Daily World - Feb 16 11:38 AM
An Aberdeen chiropractor accused of raping a woman after offering to treat her back was found not guilty Wednesday in Grays Harbor Superior Court. This was his second trial. A jury had earlier found him guilty, but the verdict was thrown out.Save to My Web

Pambazuka News 242: Campaign Against Corruption in Kenya: A Convenient Smokescreen?
AllAfrica.com - Feb 16 12:24 PM
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Know risks of heart attack
The Lisle Sun - Feb 17 1:42 AM
According to the American Heart Association, 340,000 people a year die from heart attacks before they reach a hospital or while they're being treated in an emergency department. That equals two-thirds of all coronary deaths a year more than 930 per day.Save to My Web

Chest health - Doctors report inhaler shortage as propellant is being changed

Doctors report inhaler shortage as propellant is being changed
Arizona Daily Star - A nationwide shortage of inhalers used by many of the 10 million Americans with asthma is driving up prices and could force doctors to consider alternate treatments. "Already I can't get them," said Virgil Miller, of Denver's Capitol Heights

Asthma study finds that cockroaches are worse for asthma sufferers
NewsTarget - Results from a nationwide study on factors that affect asthma in inner-city children show that cockroach allergen appears to worsen asthma symptoms more than either dust mite or pet allergens. This research, funded by the National Institute of

High school spotlight: Blake Johnson
Sacramento Bee - Instead of the usual ringtone, the elegant chords of a violin - similar to the introduction of "Masterpiece Theatre" -serenade every caller to the cell phone of Blake Johnson. According to Johnson's friends, the classical score is a tongue-in-check

Doc On the Dial
630 WMAL - 630 WMAL Radio s Doc on the Dial is a one-minute feature hosted by nationally recognized physician Dr. Henry Fishman to provide 630 WMAL listeners with the important news on their health. "Doc on the Dial" segments include the latest news on

Power Plant Pollution Related to Illness, Death
Axcess News - (AXcess News) Washington - Pollutants from six Maryland power plants contribute to hundreds of premature deaths and thousands of asthma attacks in several states, according to a report released Wednesday. The report details the health effects of

Toxic risks remain in Louisiana
Disaster News Network - Residents returning to New Orleans and the Louisiana coastal areas are not being properly warned about post-hurricane environmental hazards, say community activists. Some agencies are contending that the bacteria will die off, but we're finding it

Taking Generic Form of Drug Boosts Regimen Adherence
Heart Info - TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who take generic prescription drugs are more likely to adhere to their doctor's prescribed therapy plan than patients who take brand-name drugs, a new study finds. The findings are another reason why

Nogo Protein May Attack Alzheimer's
Hartford Courant - A protein under investigation as a potential treatment for spinal cord injury may also be able to reduce the plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, Yale University researchers have found. Increasing the protein - a receptor called Nogo that is

Jurors to begin deciding derailment case damages
Bismarck Tribune - MINNEAPOLIS - A 2002 train derailment that spilled a cloud of anhydrous ammonia near Minot shouldn't be "a lottery ticket" for some people, a railroad attorney argued Friday. But attorneys for four plaintiffs suffering from dry eyes and respiratory

Asthma - Quarter of Cancer Patients Die Within Year of Diagnosis

Quarter of Cancer Patients Die Within Year of Diagnosis
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea - 18 hours ago breast, uterine, skin, ovarian and prostate cancer, the survival rate was 90 percent, but only half the patients with pancreas, liver and lung cancer lived for

Lung cancer - Smoke free by this summer

Smoke free by this summer
Manchester Online - Feb 15 4:49 AM
GREATER Manchester pubs and clubs could be largely smoke free by the summer - a year before the new smoking ban comes into force. Health chiefs have promised a "massive" campaign to encourage all premises in the area to bring in the ban early.Save to My Web

Villeverde: Proviano committed suicide
Times Leader - Feb 16 6:48 AM
FORMER BELMONT County Coroner Manuel Villeverde Wednesday defended his ruling that medical student Anthony Proviano had committeed suicide, rather than having been murdered.Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Austrian stamp celebrates Latvian conductor

Austrian stamp celebrates Latvian conductor
Baltic Times - Feb 16 5:03 AM
RIGA - Half a million stamps dedicated to renowned Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons have been issued in Austria, the daily Diena reported. The stamp commemorates the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras New Year concert, where it performed classical pieces under the leadership of Jansons.Save to My Web

Clinics spring up to bring relief to chronic hackers
NorthJersey.com - 23 minutes ago
His ordeal began 24 years ago with an upper respiratory infection. That was when George Gharabeigie began to cough. And cough and cough. "At first it was sporadic," says the Irvine, Calif., man, 59. "But then any time I ate ice cream or had a can of soda, I had uncontrollable coughing.Save to My Web

Snow Job
Colorado Springs Independent - Feb 16 9:53 AM
Heading through Blue Sky Basin at Vail Mountain on a recent powder day, the snow at the country's most popular ski resort seems fluffier and fresher than that on other mountains.Save to My Web

Hunting trip mishap flushes out questions
Salisbury Post - Feb 16 7:08 AM
The first Monday morning headline I saw related to Vice President Dick Cheney's weekend outing in Texas said, "Cheney shoots lawyer in hunting mishap."Save to My Web

Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes
MedicineNet.com - Feb 14 12:21 PM
Title: Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes Category: Health News Created: 2/14/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/14/2006 1:58:15 AMSave to My Web

Woman testifies against reputed MS-13 gangster
The Washington Examiner - Feb 16 1:32 AM
The woman who made a 911 call that may have saved a man's life took the stand Tuesday to testify against the reputed gangster accused of stabbing his rival.Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Lasting cough, breathlessness could indicate lung cancer

Lasting cough, breathlessness could indicate lung cancer
PakTribune.com, Pakistan - Jan 31, 2006 ISLAMABAD: The symptoms of lung cancer frequently go unrecognized in the early stages of the disease, experts say. Lung cancer typically

Laurie Fenton, President of the Lung Cancer Alliance Responds to
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Feb 10, 2006 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Lung Cancer Alliance: We are disappointed that the American Cancer Society (ACS) would paint such a

GSK drug approved in Europe for lung cancer
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 3, 2006 anticancer drug, Hycamtin, has been approved by European regulators for the treatment of patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer for whom re-treatment

Study: Smokers' Race, Ethnicity Affect Lung Cancer Rates
Voice of America - Jan 25, 2006 By David McAlary. When it comes to lung cancer rates among smokers, scientists say race and ethnicity matter. A new study reports

Chest health - Gas Stoves: Asthma Hazard?

Gas Stoves: Asthma Hazard?
ABC News - Feb 2, 2006 1 (HealthDay News) The nitrogen dioxide emitted by gas stoves and unvented heaters can be a health hazard to children with asthma, leading to increased

Scranton worst city for asthmatics, finds asthma support group
Earthtimes.org - Feb 9, 2006 Scranton in Pennsylvania is hell for asthmatics to be in, a study of the worst cities for asthma patients by Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has (AAFA

Critical Therapeutics Completes Dosing of First Patient in
Genetic Engineering News, NY - Feb 15, 2006 CRTX) today announced that it has enrolled and dosed the first patient in its Phase I/II clinical trial of intravenous (IV) zileuton in patients with asthma.

Asthma, diabetes drugs help Glaxo post profit
Philadelphia Business Journal, PA - Feb 8, 2006 CEO JP Garnier attributed the strong fourth-quarter finish to a 22 percent increase in sales of the pharmaceutical giant's Advair asthma drug and an 18 percent

Asthma drug drives sales lift Glaxo
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Feb 8, 2006 Strong sales of its Advair asthma medicine and other blockbusters lifted sales 8 percent to 21.66 billion pounds, producing earnings per share of 82.6 pence

Asthma - Editor`s Choice Special feature What is Bird Flu? How does it

Editor`s Choice Special feature What is Bird Flu? How does it
Accra Daily Mail, Ghana - Feb 15, 2006 workers at live poultry markets, cullers, veterinarians, and health staff caring Diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain, and bleeding from the nose

Here, it s not just the snakes that bite
Newindpress, India - 8 hours ago such as doctors, nurses or midwives must have a broader public health perspective. wardens from ex-servicemen s league received jabs in the chest in the melee

Chest health - Tumor size serves as a prognostic indicator for curability

Tumor size serves as a prognostic indicator for curability
News-Medical-Net - Feb 14 10:13 AM
Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early screening may be useful in detecting cancers that are still curable, according to a new article in the Archives of Internal Medicine.Save to My Web

Point Therapeutics initiates phase III lung cancer trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 10 5:57 PM
Point Therapeutics has enrolled the first patient in the companys second phase III clinical trial, which will evaluate its anticancer drug talabostat in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.Save to My Web

Health News | Home
EARTHtimes.org - Feb 14 2:18 PM
Scientists say by assessing lung-tumor size, it can be predicted as to how much a lung cancer can spread, a study by New York scientists says.Save to My Web

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics' CTCE-9908 in a preclinical study of human brain
FinanzNachrichten - Feb 16 6:25 AM
VANCOUVER, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (the Company) (OTCBB: CHKT; TSX: CTI), a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, today announced that it has executed a Material Transfer Agreement with the Dana- ( Nachrichten ) Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, Massachusetts.Save to My Web

Even asymptomatic former smokers should consider CT screening
News-Medical-Net - Feb 14 7:42 AM
Smokers and former smokers should be screened for lung cancer even if they don't have symptoms, according to a new study led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.Save to My Web

African-Americans Disproportionately Affected by Lung Disease; Lung Cancer Is Top 3 Killer
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
African-Americans are more likely to develop lung cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group according to updated American Lung Association Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communities Fact Sheets.Save to My Web

Bayer and Onyx Initiate Phase III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Studying Nexavar (sorafenib) Tablets in Combination
FinanzNachrichten - Feb 16 7:39 AM
WEST HAVEN, Conn., and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bayer ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initiation of a randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial studying Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and Save to My Web

Laurie Fenton, President of the Lung Cancer Alliance Responds to the Statement Issued Yesterday by the American Cancer
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 10 3:20 PM
The following is being issued by the Lung Cancer Alliance:Save to My Web

Chest health - A final blessing

A final blessing
St. Petersburg Times - Barry Bradley at his home in January. The inevitability of death provides him, and us, with insight into life. Of the thousands of stories I've written during my career, this is certainly the most difficult because I will have to dig deep to write it

Genentech to Charge $100K a Year for Cancer Drug
Smart Money - NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Genentech Inc. (DNA) plans to charge about $100,000 a year for its Avastin drug in the treatment of lung and breast cancer, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The drug is already widely used for colon cancer, but the higher

Total Smoking Ban is the only way to protect employees
RxPG - The United Kingdom should follow the lead of countries such as Bhutan, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, and Norway in legislating for a total ban on smoking in public places. By BMJ, Newly released documents reveal that, despite knowing that

Lasting cough, breathlessness could indicate lung cancer
RxPG - The disease usually begins at a younger age among people with a genetic disposition, according to Koehler. By IANS, The symptoms of lung cancer frequently go unrecognised in the early stages of the disease, experts say. Lung cancer typically makes

Study: Cutting fat didn't reduce cancer, heart risks
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Judy LaCour, 66, drinks some water with her meal. LaCour participated in a women's health initiative study on low-fat lifestyles and their effect on cancer and heart disease. She joined the study more than 10 years ago and was assigned to the low-fat

Colo. Landowners Win $554M in Nuclear Suit
KFMB - Two companies that ran the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant exposed neighbors to plutonium through their negligence, endangering people's health and contaminating their property, a federal jury concluded. The jury recommended Dow Chemical Co. and

Major Health Milestone: Number of US Cancer Deaths Drops
Daily News Central - For the first time since the government began keeping national death statistics in 1930, the number of cancer deaths in the United States has fallen as improvements in diagnosis, therapy and prevention have finally overtaken increases caused by aging

'Kite Runner' chosen as One Book for 2006
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - The Allegheny County Library Association has selected "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini as the book for its fourth One Book, One Community program. The novel, published in 2003, is a coming-of-age story set the 1960s and 1970s in Afghanistan. The

Westlund to run for governor as ind
News-Review - SALEM, Ore. (AP) State Sen. Ben Westlund said Tuesday he s bolting the Republican Party and entering the 2006 race for governor as an independent because the two-party system prevents solutions to the state s serious problems. Westlund is

More medical news
University of Washington - Physical therapy students in "Kinesiology II" try to guess how old Brodie Pratt is by his movements while he plays with his grandmother. Vitamin A analog is a potential lung cancer preventative The compound, called bexarotene, doesn't cause the

Asthma - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics' CTCE-9908 in a preclinical study of human brain

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics' CTCE-9908 in a preclinical study of human brain
FinanzNachrichten - 35 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (the Company) (OTCBB: CHKT; TSX: CTI), a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, today announced that it has executed a Material Transfer Agreement with the Dana- ( Nachrichten ) Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, Massachusetts.Save to My Web

Vitamin E, beta-carotene may protect smokers from prostate cancer
Nutraingredients.com - Feb 15 7:59 AM
2/15/2006 - Daily supplements of vitamin E and beta-carotene may reduce the risk of prostate cancer in smokers, but not non-smokers, reports a new study, adding more contradictory results to an already confused field.Save to My Web

Tumor size related to lung cancer spread
EurekAlert! - Feb 13 1:12 PM
Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early screening may be useful in detecting cancers that are still curable, according to a new article in the February 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Save to My Web

Growing Evidence Of Sex-based Differences In Lung Cancer Highlighted At Roundtable Meeting
Medical News Today - Feb 12 8:04 PM
Women's health and lung cancer advocacy groups, led by the Society for Women's Health Research, vowed today to make lung cancer education and advocacy, especially among women, a top priority for their organizations in 2006 and beyond. The roundtable meeting took place at the National Press Club, where health experts and advocacy leaders discussed sex-based research advances in lung cancer and the Save to My Web

Kicking off plans for relay
The Times of Northwest Indiana - Feb 14 10:58 PM
Calumet City's 7th Ward Alderman Cindi Pallick has witnessed first-hand how cancer can affect a family. Pallick's mother battled skin cancer and her father and brother-in-law both died of lung cancer.Save to My Web

PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HEALTH
Houston Chronicle - Feb 15 11:13 PM
Church to host free health fair A free health fair will held at Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church, 118 W. Gray, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25. Participants can receive screenings and information on asthma, dental care, breast cancer, diabetes, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, substance abuse, obesity, HIV and prenatal care, among others Save to My Web

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Offer Modest Bone Improvements, No Benefits for Colorectal Cancer
National Cancer Institute - 35 minutes ago
Calcium and vitamin D supplements in healthy, postmenopausal women provide a modest benefit in preserving bone mass and prevent hip fractures in certain groups, including older women, but do not prevent other types of fractures or colorectal cancer, according to the results of a major clinical trial, part of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). While generally well tolerated, the supplements were Save to My Web

Therapy uses heat to treat cancer patients
Houston Chronicle - Feb 15 11:13 PM
Lying in the tent, waiting for the heat to come on, Janie Allison had the chilling thought that she was on display in a coffin. "That's what it feels like, at least until the sedative kicks in and it starts getting hot. Then I forget about everything," said Allison, 48, an employment recruiter for a stockbroker in Houston. Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Critical Therapeutics Completes Dosing of First Patient in Clinical

Critical Therapeutics Completes Dosing of First Patient in Clinical
Genetic Engineering News - Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX) today announced that it has enrolled and dosed the first patient in its Phase I/II clinical trial of intravenous (IV) zileuton in patients with asthma. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-dose trial

Druce decision
WHP CBS21 - WHP CBS 21 is proud to air Educational and Informational programming for children. Our Children's Television Programming report is available for review during regular business hours 8:30AM to 5:00PM Monday thru Friday at our studio: 3300 North Sixth

Jurors award $1.86 million in derailment case
Independent Record - MINNEAPOLIS Canadian Pacific Railway must pay four people nearly $1.86 million for injuries they suffered as a result of a 2002 derailment near Minot, N.D., that spilled a cloud of anhydrous ammonia, a jury decided Wednesday. The railroad had

Asthma - First lady: Child asthma rate 'horrific'

First lady: Child asthma rate 'horrific'
Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - Feb 8, 2006 BEIRUT: Every two-and-a-half hours, a child with asthma is born in Lebanon "raising the percentage of Lebanese children with asthma to a horrific 13 percent

Cuba to Use Locally Made Asthma Vaccine
Peri dico 26, Cuba - Feb 10, 2006 CAMAGUEY. During 2005, Cuba completed the pharmacological register of the first three standardized therapeutic anti-asthma vaccines, which patients will

Women pregnant with girls experience more severe asthma symptoms
News-Medical.net, Australia - Feb 2, 2006 Women with asthma who are carrying a female fetus are more likely to experience worse asthma symptoms than asthmatic women carrying a male fetus, researchers

Asthma, diabetes drugs help Glaxo post profit
Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC - Feb 8, 2006 Executive Officer JP Garnier attributed the strong fourth-quarter finish to a 22 percent increase in sales of the pharmaceutical giant's Advair asthma drug and

Children with Asthma More Likely to Have Behavior Difficulties
University of Rochester Medical Center, United States - Feb 6, 2006 City children with asthma are more likely to have problems with behavior than children without the chronic respiratory problems, according to a University of

Asthma Linked to Other Health Woes
Ivanhoe, FL - Feb 13, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The older asthma patients get, the more likely they are to suffer from other About 830 people in the group were diagnosed with asthma.

Asthma - Therapy uses heat to treat cancer patients

Therapy uses heat to treat cancer patients
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Lying in the tent, waiting for the heat to come on, Janie Allison had the chilling thought that she was on display in a coffin. "That's what it feels like, at least until the sedative kicks in and it starts getting hot. Then I forget about everything," said Allison, 48, an employment recruiter for a stockbroker in Houston. Save to My Web

Smoke free by this summer
Manchester Online - Feb 15 4:49 AM
GREATER Manchester pubs and clubs could be largely smoke free by the summer - a year before the new smoking ban comes into force. Health chiefs have promised a "massive" campaign to encourage all premises in the area to bring in the ban early.Save to My Web

You can make time for exercise
The News & Observer - 28 minutes ago
We have some ideas to help you get your workout at home.Save to My Web

Let's get less physical
Los Angeles Times - Feb 15 12:48 AM
The yearly checkup is reassuring -- but unnecessary. To make it matter, doctors and patients must talk.Save to My Web

Advocates Call for Medicare Prescription Fixes
Los Angeles Times - 38 minutes ago
The agency says it's responding to concerns about overcharging and denial of coverage.Save to My Web

Chorus Rises for Cheney to Speak About Hunting Accident
Fox News - Feb 15 7:04 AM
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived at