Saturday, March 04, 2006

Asthma - Mother Nature's pharmacy


Mother Nature's pharmacy
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 7 hours ago of her work, a drug named Taxol was developed, and over one million people with breast, ovarian, head & neck and non-small-cell lung cancer have benefited.

Actor Don Knotts dead at age 81 from lung cancer
Reality TV World, MA - Feb 25, 2006 "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Three's Company" star Don Knotts has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles at age 81. Knotts -- best

Soda targeted in fight against obesity
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 hours ago Chapel Hill. Comparing soda and obesity to tobacco and lung cancer is a baseless crusade, industry spokesmen say. "I think that's

What Is Lung Cancer And Who Can Get It?
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 17, 2006 Abnormal cell growth in either one or both of the lungs is the simple answer to the question, What is lung cancer? In healthy individuals, the cells

Chromium industry withheld cancer study
Food Consumer, IL - Feb 27, 2006 OSHA) effect to set a strict standard for the occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium - a known carcinogen that raises lung cancer risk, suggests a report

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

Industry Withheld Data on Chromium-Related Lung Cancer Risks
WWAY NewsChannel 3, NC - Feb 23, 2006 The chromium industry withheld important data on the links between hexavalent chromium and lung cancer when it presented research to the US Occupational Safety

EU approves Glaxo drug Hycamtin for lung cancer
Reuters - Jan 31, 2006 The European Commission has given approval for GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Hycamtin drug to be used as a treatment for small cell lung cancer, Europe's biggest drug

Treatment Options For People With Lung Cancer
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 17, 2006 Several lung cancer treatments are currently available and the determination as to which one is prescribed depends on the lung cancer stage that has been

Columnist Pierot, 48, succumbs to cancer
The News-Press, FL - 22 hours ago And she never stopped fighting her illness, Willis said. Willis, who lived 11 years with lung cancer, has had no signs of it since 1999.

Lung cancer - Cult Following (CSI: Miami)


Cult Following (CSI: Miami)
The Trades, OR - 5 hours ago What appears to the public as the latest health craze being flocked to by a little uncomfortable about, she's soon found dead, shot through the chest with an

Pulse rate
Saga Health News, UK - 19 hours ago If during exercise you feel an irregular or rapid heartbeat, light-headedness, dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or if your pulse rate does

Trust, standards and healthcare quality: a case of babies and
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine - Feb 28, 2006 Box 1, a doctor may fail to respond to a patient's vague history of chest pain simply by the role of the State (in the guise of the National Health Service) as

Asthma - Clicked: Mind over time


Clicked: Mind over time
MSNBC - "We can't touch time, or smell it. Yet it is utterly inescapable. But, research shows, time is - at least partly - something we control in our heads ." Scroll down to the section called "Does time fly?" to read about an experiment in which it

State job numbers creates 'wow' factor
Arkansas News Bureau - Arkansas' record-low unemployment numbers for January brought some expressive reactions. "Wow, that is unbelievable," a top state official said when the subject of Tuesday's unemployment report came up. That was the general reaction of most people

Turkish Cypriot leader in good condition after heart surgery
Turkish Press - ISTANBUL - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat underwent a heart by-pass operation in an Istanbul hospital on Monday to replace a defective artery and was in good condition, a top Turkish Cypriot official said. "His doctors said that the

Lung cancer - Brown says his health will allow him to coach this season


Brown says his health will allow him to coach this season
San Jose Mercury News - NEW YORK - Larry Brown revealed that his ongoing medical problems are not debilitating enough to keep him from coaching the Knicks. A day after the New York Daily News reported that Brown had entered a Memphis hospital on Tuesday after complaining of

More Top Headlines
KOLD-TV - It's a crime you don't hear about very often a stolen plane. But a thief took a 1966 single-engine Cessna from the Marana Regional Airport on Tuesday and it's still missing. It's a crime you don't hear about very often a stolen plane. But a thief

Police Chief Denies He Withheld CPR From Gay Man
NBC San Diego - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- According to a federal lawsuit, it may not just have been a heart attack that killed a 43-year-old man in West Virginia last year. The suit alleges that the police chief in the small town of Welch stopped a would-be rescuer from

EVENT CALENDAR
San Jose Mercury News - Cross-Generational Square Dance. Families with children ages five and older and seniors welcome. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28. West Hope Presbyterian Church, 12850 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga. $3-$10. (408) 730-4684. Blood Drives. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. City of San Jose

Cold feet hit the streets
Green Bay Press-Gazette - Nevermind that warmer "walking weather" is still a few months away. Jim Kinate has heard the excuses. In fact, before he developed his 5-mile-a-night walking routine to help keep blood sugar levels down, Kinate was among those using the same tired

Knicks coach made trip to hospital with chest pains
WTHR - New York, March 3 - Knicks coach Larry Brown checked into a Memphis hospital complaining of chest pains earlier this week, but was released two hours later after being diagnosed with indigestion, according to published reports Friday. Brown, 65, was

Turkish Cypriot leader in good condition after heart surgery
Turkish Press - ISTANBUL - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat underwent a heart by-pass operation in an Istanbul hospital on Monday to replace a defective artery and was in good condition, a top Turkish Cypriot official said. "His doctors said that the

More of this story
Dowagiac News - Dr. Srinivasan Dhatree compares heart palpitations to that strange noise in your car that quits before a mechanic gets under the hood. Borgess-Lee Vice Chief of Staff Dr. Sri Dhatree at Rotary March 2 He looks at you like you're cuckoo, Dr

Lung cancer - With oncologist as president in Uruguay,


With oncologist as president in Uruguay,
Charleston Gazette - MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Uruguayans are saying "adios'' to tobacco smoke in the workplace, shopping malls and many other enclosed public spaces, thanks to a new law promoted by a local cancer specialist -- who also happens to be the nation's

Latest cancer fighter: CyberKnife
Lexington Herald-Leader - Some 240 separate intense beams of focused radiation targeted the cancer nestled next to Merle Clemons' spinal cord yesterday. The 78-year-old retired business and economics professor from Lexington spent an hour, motionless, as the latest in cancer

Chocolate is good for you
Washington Times - Leave it to the Dutch, known for their luscious candy, to demonstrate the benefits of chocolate. It might be good for you. Men who consumed the most cocoa had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from disease compared with those who did not eat cocoa

Inflammatory Biomarker Helps Identify Progressive Precancerous Lesions
Medical News Today - C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker for inflammation in the blood, can help to identify individuals whose abnormal precancerous lesions will advance closer to invasive lung cancer . The results appear in the first issue for March 2005 of the

Earlier push to find spreading cancer
MSNBC - Q & A Library WASHINGTON - No one ever checked whether Leslie Bather s breast cancer was spreading to her brain, until the day tumors caused three frightening seizures. MRI scans can help spot when cancer in another part of the body sends

Guantanamo II:
Slate - The New York Times leads with the military's quiet expansion of the detention center at Bagram, Afghanistan, where approximately 500 suspects are being held indefinitely and in poor conditions that seem to be worse than those in Guantanamo. The Los

Chest health - South Dakota OKs abortion ban


South Dakota OKs abortion ban
Daily Herald - The fetus can become a soul at the moment of conception, but if that conception is rape or incest or can harm or kill the mother, the mother has the moral, legal, and ethical right to abort the unborn child. The mother has the moral and ethical right

Clinical Trial Data Can Trouble Former Participants
KXAN - MONDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- For years, the conventional wisdom among those in the research community has been that patients involved in any clinical trial must be told of all the findings once the study ends and the data becomes available. In

Chest health - Allergy-inducing Protein Produced In The Lungs Can Prevent Or Induce Asthma, Depending Upon The Timing Of Allergen


Allergy-inducing Protein Produced In The Lungs Can Prevent Or Induce Asthma, Depending Upon The Timing Of Allergen
Medical News Today - Mar 03 9:02 PM
Asthma rates are rapidly increasing, particularly in children. Although asthma is mediated in part by activation of special immune cells called Th2 cells, the precise causes are unclear. Now, in a study appearing in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, J rg K hl and colleagues from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation report that a small allergy-inducing Save to My Web

Unlicensed drivers a growing concern for law enforcement
Tahoe Daily Tribune - Mar 03 6:12 AM
A few years ago, Sgt. Tom Mezzetta pulled over a vehicle whose owner was drunk in a passenger seat. The driver was worse and described by Mezzetta as "extremely drunk." Save to My Web

Lurie Terrace residents coping after fire
MLive.com - Mar 04 3:25 AM
Helen Foley was embarrassed to be sitting in the lobby of the Comfort Inn in her robe Friday afternoon. "I have a lovely blue satin robe I save for the hospital,'' said Foley, 89, who was waiting for her lunch courtesy of the Plymouth Road Big Boy restaurant. "I didn't think to grab it.Save to My Web

Peanut butter kiss didn't kill girl
Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 04 5:06 AM
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl with a peanut allergy did not die from kissing her boyfriend after he ate peanut butter but from another cause, a coroner has ruled. -Save to My Web

Smoking panel: Andy Hayes
BBC News - Mar 03 6:42 AM
Our panel discuss their feelings on Scotland's imminent smoking ban.Save to My Web

King Pharmaceuticals acquires exclusive rights to EpiPen(R) in Canada
[Press Release] CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 02 5:05 AM
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has acquired from Allerex Laboratory Ltd. the exclusive rights to market and sell EpiPen in Canada. EpiPen is an auto-injector that administers epinephrine, the definitive emergency treatment for severe anaphylaxis and severe asthma.Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Noni Juice Might Lower Smokers' Cholesterol


Noni Juice Might Lower Smokers' Cholesterol
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

Budget Cuts Take Aim at Medical Programs
San Francisco Gate - From screening newborns for hearing problems to efforts to fight heart disease and find causes of premature birth, some innovative medical programs demanded by families are on the government chopping block. President Bush's proposed budget for 2007

Columnist Pierot, 48, succumbs to cancer
News-Press - After writing a newspaper column for years about what it's like to live with cancer, Lisa Pierot lost her battle with the disease and died Thursday in her sleep at age 48. "You always think you're ready for this, but it's hard to lose someone so

Charlie Sexton
Austin Chronicle - Charlie Musselwhite, one of the top blues harp players of our time, rarely makes it this far south. On disc, Musselwhite has become an adventurer of late, exploring all sorts of roots music with a healthy helping of soul that ties it all back to the

In fight for life, insurer no help
San Francisco Gate - When Neal Almgren's glioblastoma -- the most aggressive of all brain tumors -- reappeared, he wanted his best shot at survival. If the Mill Valley man were to rely on approved therapies, he was told his chances of suppressing the tumor were less than

Biomarkers May Hone Anti-aging Therapies
Medical News Today - Lotions and potions that promise to remove wrinkles and other effects of aging crowd cosmetics aisle shelves, but do these treatments really work? Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified new molecular indicators -- or

Health News Headlines
WTNH.com - (Hartford-AP, Mar. 2, 2006 6:42 AM) _ Connecticut and Ohio share the top grades in providing mental health care. (Washington-AP, Mar. 1, 2006 10:53 AM) _ The nation's best-selling cancer drug has won federal approval as a treatment for rheumatoid

Trans Fat Labeling
WSLS - Select a Health Topic ADD/ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes Diet & Weight Loss Elder

Joint program helps cancer patients/3-4
Journal-News - HAMILTON The American Cancer Society and The Fort Hamilton Hospital are offering a new assistance program for cancer patients throughout the area. The Patient Navigator Program has been in place in other hospitals throughout the country since

Asthma - Winthrop Hospital Clinical Trials Center


Winthrop Hospital Clinical Trials Center
Garden City News - Mar 03 9:43 AM
Centrally located and easily accessible by mass transit, the Clinical Trials Center at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola offers patients the opportunity to participate in FDA-approved clinical trials. Through the Center%27s efforts, eligible participants have access to medications and treatmenSave to My Web

Health care projects get U.S. funding
The Arizona Republic - Mar 03 10:07 PM
A partnership that gathers information on how Arizonans get health care is getting money and recognition from the federal government. Save to My Web

Chest health - Lung Cancer Alliance Commends Smoke Free Vote in Great Britain


Lung Cancer Alliance Commends Smoke Free Vote in Great Britain
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Feb 22, 2006 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lung Cancer Alliance congratulated the British Prime Minister and the House of Parliament for their historic vote this month banning

Focus On The Corporation
Eat the State - 17 hours ago price charged for Avastin, a drug that has proved moderately effective against colon cancer and is about to be used against breast and lung cancer, seems hard

Teens cope with loss of mom
Cape Codder, MA - 13 hours ago 12, 2005 at age 42. She struggled with breast, liver and lung cancer before succumbing to the disease. Their grandfather died of lung cancer in 1997.

Smoking Reduction and Lung Cancer Risk
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Feb 28, 2006 and colleagues 1 report the results of a well-performed, large, observational study of the association between smoking reduction and the risk of lung cancer.

GSK's lung cancer drug Hycamtin gets European OK
Forbes - Feb 1, 2006 LONDON (AFX) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC's treatment for patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC) Hycamtin has received marketing approval from European

Chromium industry withheld cancer study
Food Consumer, IL - Feb 27, 2006 OSHA) effect to set a strict standard for the occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium - a known carcinogen that raises lung cancer risk, suggests a report

Asthma - Ex-Belgium boss Antheunis retires because of ill-health


Ex-Belgium boss Antheunis retires because of ill-health
Reuters.uk, UK - Feb 28, 2006 Antheunis has resigned as coach of Lokeren due to ill-health and is retiring from the game. Last week, Antheunis was admitted to hospital with chest pains and

NBA: Feb. 3, 2006 NBA: Feb. 3, 2006
SI.com - 14 hours ago Brown tries to bolt the Knicks this summer, it's expected health will be the Brown, 65, checked into a Memphis hospital Tuesday complaining of chest pains but

Heroes of the Revolution, Part II
Gold Seek - 6 hours ago have made a fairly decent-looking corpse, if you ignored the flabby chest and paunchy of the people who came to him rather than botching the good health of the

The latest hot trend: medical spas
Bradenton Herald, United States - Mar 2, 2006 procedures, Graham says, and seeking professional skin care is a health-related issue says she had brown freckles removed from her forehead and chest, but it's

Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) reduces angina
News-Medical.net, Australia - Mar 1, 2006 then, the procedure has widely been used for the treatment of chest pain and as at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and Abdallah

Man accused of terror spree intended to kill
Broadway 24, UK - 14 hours ago Dr Chesterman examined Dogan on July 21 at Broadmoor mental health hospital after North Middlesex hospital where he recovered from a stab wound to the chest.

End violence against nurses, says Minister
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Feb 28, 2006 But Health Minister Dr Brian Gibbons said, "All health professionals are dedicated and a nurse for 27 years and is currently a chronic chest diseases nurse

Lung cancer - His long rise to reach top


His long rise to reach top
New York Daily News - Mar 03 1:25 AM
For two decades, Brian McLaughlin has been climbing the twin ladders of labor relations and politics with nary a misstep.Save to My Web

Suit: W.Va. Police Chief Denied Gay Man CPR
ABC News - Mar 03 2:52 AM
Lawsuit Accuses W.Va. Police Chief of Denying CPR to Gay Man Suffering Heart AttackSave to My Web

Heroes of the Revolution, Part II
GoldSeek.com - Mar 03 1:02 PM
*** Why should we save for a rainy day? Asians save enough for all of us! They'll always be happy to lend us some... *** Oh, the wonders of capitalism never cease!...apparently, all we need is just a bit more central planning...Save to My Web

Study measures harm caused by marital arguments
Billings Gazette - Mar 03 8:35 AM
What if you actually could see the physical damage a bad marriage is wreaking? That is exactly what Janice Kiecolt-Glaser undertook to do. Kiecolt-Glaser, a professor at Ohio State University and director of the division of health psychology in the de ...Save to My Web

NBA: Feb. 3, 2006
Sports Illustrated - Mar 03 8:20 AM
Don't look now, but Orlando folks say the Magic is already stockpiling money to make a free-agent run at LeBron James in the summer of 2007. -- Cleveland Plain DealerSave to My Web

Friday, March 03, 2006

Chest health - Scientists hunt early signs of cancer to improve care


Scientists hunt early signs of cancer to improve care
Baltimore Sun - Pancreatic cancer is relentless: Nearly all of the 30,000 Americans diagnosed annually with the disease die within 12 months. The early symptoms, back pain and indigestion, are so vague that most patients have no idea that they have cancer. By the

Forum: Level playing field by fighting mental health stigma
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's State of the State speech touched briefly on a very important topic - mental health insurance coverage. She noted, "Mental health is physical health." However, too many people, and elected officials, mistakenly separate the

New Milford Hospital has new cancer technology
New Milford Spectrum - Until recently, computed tomography (CT) imaging was the gold standard for diagnosing and determining the stages of cancer. However, New Milford Hospital now has new technology PET/CT that hospital officials say arms local physicians with

Hoyem memorial arrangements announced
News-Press - A memorial service for Mike Hoyem, 51, who died of lung cancer Wednesday, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at his home, 3417 Via Torcida, Fort Myers. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be sent to the Patty Berg Cancer

The Four Major Cancer Markets, Which Include Colorectal, Prostate
Genetic Engineering News - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29800) has announced the addition of Cancer Therapeutics 2006: to their offering Together, the four major cancer markets, which include colorectal, prostate, lung and breast cancer were

Lung cancer - Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a


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.

EU approves Glaxo drug Hycamtin for lung cancer
Reuters - Jan 31, 2006 The European Commission has given approval for GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Hycamtin drug to be used as a treatment for small cell lung cancer, Europe's biggest drug

Area sees elevations in lung cancer rates
Houston Chronicle, United States - Feb 4, 2006 By CINDY HORSWELL. When 68-year-old Lucie Wood tells someone that she is battling lung cancer, she is irritated that most automatically assume she is a smoker.

Plea for rethink on lung cancer
ic Liverpool, UK - Feb 8, 2006 LUNG cancer patients battle inadequate care because of the stigma of the "smokers disease", Liverpool campaigners said last night.

Phase III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Studying Nexavar
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Feb 26, 2006 sorafenib) tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Study Finds Risk of Lung Cancer Greatest in Black Smokers
Voice of America - Feb 14, 2006 Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between race and rates of lung cancer among smokers. A new study

Lung Cancer Incidence in Smokers Varies Across Ethnic Groups
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Feb 2, 2006 of Hawaii have reported that African Americans and Native Hawaiians appear to be more susceptible to developing smoking induced lung cancer than whites

Asthma - Private lives


Private lives
Everett Herald - Let historians endlessly contemplate how President Kennedy handled the Cuban missile crisis. Olivia Kennett prefers watching his family videos. They caught her eye during her history class field trip to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and

Turkish Cypriot leader in good condition after heart surgery
Turkish Press - ISTANBUL - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat underwent a heart by-pass operation in an Istanbul hospital on Monday to replace a defective artery and was in good condition, a top Turkish Cypriot official said. "His doctors said that the

Restless patient
Boston Online - After three months in Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 12-year-old Rakan Hassan had gained one critical preteen skill -- popping wheelies in his wheelchair. It scared the hell out of his nurses and therapists, who feared he might fall over backward

Chest health - Medicare Says It Will Pay, but Patients Say 'No Thanks'


Medicare Says It Will Pay, but Patients Say 'No Thanks'
Tuscaloosa News - Medicare said yes, but many patients and their doctors ended up saying no. To test whether federal health spending actually helps patients, Medicare has been requiring more and more of the nation's retirees to participate in clinical trials to

Asthma - Asthma sufferers waiting to inhale


Asthma sufferers waiting to inhale
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Mar 02 11:23 PM
aron Neville's announcement that his asthma will prevent him from returning to New Orleans to perform at Jazzfest sent wheezes through the community of asthma sufferers here.Save to My Web

Childhood Depression Tied to Adult Asthma, Obesity
RedNova - Mar 01 8:13 AM
By Amy NortonNEW YORK -- Young adults wiSave to My Web

Lung cancer - The Four Major Cancer Markets, Which Include Colorectal, Prostate


The Four Major Cancer Markets, Which Include Colorectal, Prostate
Genetic Engineering News, NY - Mar 2, 2006 The market for the pharmaceutical treatment of lung cancer is still largely dominated by cytotoxics in 2005-2006, although targeted therapies are beginning to

What Are The Stages Of Lung Cancer?
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 17, 2006 by Gray Rollins. Once a diagnosis of lung cancer has been made, the doctor will attempt to determine the stage the lung cancer is at.

Lung cancer - Research findings signpost way to cancer drug targets


Research findings signpost way to cancer drug targets
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 28 6:26 PM
Researchers supported by a grant from the US National Cancer Institute have made findings that hold promise for identification of new drug targets to treat a group of highly lethal cancers known as hedgehog cancers.Save to My Web

Need to know sooner if cancer spreads
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Mar 01 7:05 AM
No one ever checked whether Leslie Bather's breast cancer was spreading to her brain, until the day tumors caused three frightening seizures. MRI scans can help spot when cancer in another part of the body sends seedlings into the brain, but few patients get routine checks.Save to My Web

Government lowers measure of acceptable exposure to cancer-causing metal
KTRE-TV East Texas - Feb 27 10:09 PM
WASHINGTON Critics say new government limits on workplace chromium exposure still leave thousands of metalworkers at some risk from lung cancer.Save to My Web

Lung Disease: Blood Protein Could Signal Risk
MedicineNet.com - Mar 02 12:22 PM
Title: Lung Disease: Blood Protein Could Signal Risk Category: Health News Created: 3/2/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/2/2006 1:58:06 AMSave to My Web

Phase III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Studying Nexavar (sorafenib) Tablets In Combination With Two
Medical News Today - Feb 26 1:02 PM
Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NYSE: BAY) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) today announced the initiation of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial studying Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)... click link for more Save to My Web

In brief
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Mar 01 1:08 AM
HUNTINGTON -- A Web site dedicated to raising funds for former Marshall basketball coach Rick Huckabay has been established. Huckabay is battling stage-four lung cancer at his home in Louisiana.Save to My Web

Fair Lawn homes to be vented
NorthJersey.com - 45 minutes ago
FAIR LAWN -- Environmental regulators have ordered air-venting systems installed in three homes on a street contaminated by pollutants from an old dry-cleaning business, officials said Thursday.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer
WKYT 27 - Kentucky - Mar 01 6:07 PM
He was given ten months to live...a nonsmoker diagnosed with lung cancer. Fifteen months from diagnosis he's still alive. The number one cause of lung cancer is smoking.Save to My Web

Industry Withheld Data on Chromium-Related Lung Cancer Risks
WKYT 27 - Kentucky - Mar 01 6:01 PM
The chromium industry withheld important data on the links between hexavalent chromium and lung cancer when it presented research to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) last year, concludes a study by researchers at George Washington University and consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.Save to My Web

The Four Major Cancer Markets, Which Include Colorectal, Prostate, Lung and Breast Cancer, Were Valued at Well over $16
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 02 7:33 AM
DUBLIN, Ireland----March 2, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Cancer Therapeutics 2006: to their offeringSave to My Web

Lung cancer - Forget the couch counseling moves online


Forget the couch counseling moves online
Myrtle Beach Online - There's a new wave of counseling about to hit the beach. It's purely high-tech, taking advantage of the Internet, instant messaging and e-mails. There's no office to go to and no couch to lay on, except your own, if you want to chill during your

Raising the Bar
Free Lance-Star - Carol Ann Connors and her Special Olympics teammates are training hard to prepare for a competition in Spotsylvania on March 11, and then the State Games, held in June. Allen Tyler practices the dead lift during a team practice at Sport & Health Club

Science Comes to the Masses (You Want Fries With That?)
New York Times - DENVER, Feb. 20 A scientist walks into a bar. More than 100 people are there, eager to hear all that she has to say and ask a lot of questions. No joke. That's what happens at the Wynkoop Brewing Company here every month when Caf Scientifique

Judge spreads awareness of heart disease
WALB 10 - Albany - An Albany Judge is urging all women to get an annual physical, after one saved her life. Probate Judge Nancy Stephenson thought she was a healthy, active woman. She had no warning signs her heart was failing, until she asked her doctors a

Puppy Death Probe Inconclusive Shelter Employee Cleared
Leesburg Today - Feb 16, 2006 -- An investigator assigned to determine the cause of death of a puppy rescued from the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina concluded that there is no medical evidence to substantiate any claims of mistreatment of the animal while in the

Playing Defense
Anchorage Press - In November 2004, Josef Boehm, owner of Alaska Industrial Hardware, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide crack cocaine to teenage girls in exchange for sexual favors. Testimony at Boehm's sentencing hearing revealed a seedy, drug-hazed world where

Asthma - On Pins and Needles: Acupuncture for Arthritis Relief


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

Pennies for Patients Link
WSLS - Select a Health Topic ADD/ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes Diet & Weight Loss Elder

Feds Get Corporate Donations for Research
San Francisco Gate - Government scientists are launching a major project to uncover elusive genetic variations that make people vulnerable to some of the most common diseases, and then determine what in the environment pollution, behavior, diet pushes those

Man charged in armed robbery escapes
Gainesville Sun - man charged in an armed robbery in Paxville has escaped as he was being taken to the Clarendon County Detention Center. Jason Roberts was on his way to jail Wednesday afternoon when he asked the deputy driving him to lower the window because he had

Expert: Asthma-drug warning being blown off
Arizona Daily Star - Applies to a class of drugs known as long-acting bronchodilators, specifically Serevent, Foradil and Advair. Warns "these medicines may increase the chance of severe asthma episodes, and death when those episodes occur." The FDA advises

Lung cancer - French anarchist Aubron dead


French anarchist Aubron dead
The Australian - Mar 01 1:00 PM
JOELLE Aubron, a leading member of the French left-wing anarchist group Action Directe which murdered the head of the Renault carmaker 20 years ago, died in Paris today of lung cancer, a support group said.Save to My Web

We're Worst for Cancer in Women
RedNova - Feb 28 1:31 PM
By DECLAN FERRY IRELAND'S cancer prevention services were slammed yesterday after a study found we have the worst levels of the disease in Europe.Save to My Web

Televangelist Zola Levitt diagnosed with lung cancer
WorldNetDaily - Feb 26 12:08 PM
Televangelist Zola Levitt , a Jewish Christian known for his tagline, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is not expected to live more than a year.Save to My Web

Ray Garrido loved travel, music
The Biloxi Sun Herald - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Ray Garrido had seen a lot of places despite declining health - Guam, California, Arizona and Gulfport among them - but on the cusp of a June cruise with his wife, he lost his life.Save to My Web

Officials estimate 16,000 new cases of cancer in 2006
Press-Citizen - Mar 02 1:20 AM
Iowa will see about 6,300 cancer deaths and 16,000 new cancer cases in 2006, according to the State Health Registrys annual report.Save to My Web

HEALTH CALENDAR
The Lisle Sun - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
ADHD seminar: Groundbreaking Treatments for ADD/ADHD: An Integrative Approach meets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster St., Park Ridge. Registration is $145 per couple.Save to My Web

Cigarette firm cleared in Boca woman's death
Sun-Sentinel - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
It took a Palm Beach County jury 90 minutes to decide Thursday that cigarette-maker Liggett wasn't responsible for the 2002 death of 72-year-old Boca Raton resident Leila Schwartz.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer Link
RedNova - Feb 28 11:44 PM
By Compiled by Yap Eng Jin A study carried out in China has concluded that prolonged exposure to petrol, vehicle exhaust and kitchen smoke, and an unhealthy diet could cause lung cancer.Save to My Web

New Clues to Lung Cancer Drug Resistance
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Feb 22 1:10 PM
TUESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have new insight into why some lung cancer patients stop responding to the drugs Tarceva (erlotinib) and Iressa (gefitinib).Save to My Web

Chromium risks may have been withheld
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
Worried about stricter regulations, the chromium industry withheld key data from the government involving the health risks of workers exposed to the carcinogenic metal, according to a study released Thursday.Save to My Web

Asthma - Medicare Says It Will Pay, but Patients Say 'No Thanks'


Medicare Says It Will Pay, but Patients Say 'No Thanks'
New York Times - Mar 02 9:23 PM
Medicare has agreed to pay for an operation for patients with advanced emphysema, but many patients and doctors lost their enthusiasm after seeing clinical trial results.Save to My Web

Scientists hunt early signs of cancer to improve care
Baltimore Sun - Feb 27 3:49 AM
'Biomarkers' offer hope of better detection and treatment Pancreatic cancer is relentless: Nearly all of the 30,000 Americans diagnosed annually with the disease die within 12 months. The early symptoms, back pain and indigestion, are so vague that most patients have no idea that they have cancer. By the time it's detected, the disease has usually spread to the point that it is untreatable. Save to My Web

Yale Cancer Center Launches Weekly Radio Program on WTIC-AM
[Press Release] Yale University - Mar 01 8:18 AM
New Haven, Conn. Yale Cancer Center (YCC) is broadcasting Healthline, a weekly radio program that airs from 8:30-9:00 a.m. every Sunday on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 AM.Save to My Web

MultiVu Video Feed: FDA Approves ERBITUX(R) (Cetuximab) for Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 01 6:51 PM
Last year alone, nearly 40,000 Americans were diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and 11,000 died from the disease.Save to My Web

How the New Machine Works
RedNova - Mar 02 5:15 PM
PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography, a scan that can show how body tissues are working and not just what they look like, for example the difference between scar tissue and active cancer tissue. It is primarily used in diagnosis of cancer.Save to My Web

TV's 'Barney Fife' dead at 81
The Charlotte Observer - Feb 27 10:42 PM
Don Knotts, whose 1960s portrayal of a bony, high-strung, bug-eyed North Carolina sheriff's deputy outshone even the star of "The Andy Griffith Show," died after a battle against lung cancer, it was announced Saturday. He was 81.Save to My Web

Televangelist Zola Levitt diagnosed with lung cancer
WorldNetDaily - Feb 26 12:08 PM
Televangelist Zola Levitt , a Jewish Christian known for his tagline, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is not expected to live more than a year.Save to My Web

Asthma - Childhood Depression Tied to Adult Asthma, Obesity


Childhood Depression Tied to Adult Asthma, Obesity
RedNova - Mar 01 8:13 AM
By Amy NortonNEW YORK -- Young adults wiSave to My Web

Puerto Rico Passes One of Nation's Strongest Smoke-Free Laws, Says Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 1:05 PM
A statement by Patricia Sosa, vice president for constituency relations, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, on the new smoke-free workplace law in Puerto RicoSave to My Web

Quick takes on health
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Mar 01 1:58 AM
Avoid foot, ankle problems when exercising SHHH group becomes Hearing Loss Association of America Ranking asthma risks by communitySave to My Web

Audience runs scared from this slow Walker performance
Cavalier Daily Online - Mar 02 3:05 AM
After two hours, I emerged from the theater disoriented, my heart pounding like I'd run a mile and wishing I could get a full body massage -- watching Running Scared was just as taxing on my senses as strenuous physical activity.Save to My Web

Good health gets a boost from vaccines
Bradenton Herald - Mar 02 12:19 AM
Vaccines play an important role in preventive health. Age, lifestyle and previous illnesses can help healthy adults decide whether to get a specific shot. Here is some general advice.Save to My Web

Bird flu: Your questions answered
BBC News - Mar 01 6:29 AM
Experts answer your questions on bird flu and the UK.Save to My Web

Home Improvement Expert to Help Allergic Asthma Sufferers Reduce Allergens at Home
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 28 5:00 AM
Andrew Dan-Jumbo, home improvement expert on TLC's While You Were Out, launched a campaign today with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to help people rid their homes of common allergens that can trigger asthma attacks.Save to My Web

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Asthma - Asthma study finds that cockroaches are worse for asthma sufferers


Asthma study finds that cockroaches are worse for asthma sufferers
Newstarget.com, Taiwan - Feb 15, 2006 A three-year study of asthma factors led by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas found that cockroach allergens

Monoclonal Antibodies in Asthma: The choice between life and
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 17, 2006 Although only 5% of asthma suffers have severe asthma, these patients account for a disproportionately high percentage of healthcare spending, as asthma

Kids with bad asthma prone to bad behavior
MSNBC - Feb 17, 2006 Preschoolers with persistent asthma symptoms may be more likely to get into fights with their peers or otherwise have more behavior problems than children with

Doctors share experiences in asthma diagnosis and treatment
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Feb 26, 2006 VietNamNet - Some 200 doctors from central hospitals and Dr. Claude Lenfant, Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), have gathered in

Car park risk to asthma sufferers
Cranbourne News, Australia - Mar 1, 2006 A HAMPTON Park preschool where asthma sufferers are inhaling dust from an unsealed car park has been added to Casey Council s priority list.

St. Louis area tough on asthma sufferers
Edwardsville Intelligencer, IL - Feb 20, 2006 The Asthma and Allergy Foundation has named St. Louis as No. 9 amongst its top 100 worst cities for asthma. The study was released

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Fight Problem Asthma
Forbes - Feb 16, 2006 a well-known rheumatoid arthritis drug to reduce high levels of an inflammatory protein could be a new means of fighting severe asthma, British researchers

Lung cancer - Surgeon Kept Heart Transplant Field Alive


Surgeon Kept Heart Transplant Field Alive
Los Angeles Times - Dr. Norman Shumway, the Stanford surgeon recognized as the father of heart transplant surgery, died Friday morning at his home in Palo Alto of complications from cancer, the Stanford University School of Medicine announced. He died one day after his

Heart Health
MSNBC - Taking prescription beta blocker or statin drugs may boost the chances of having only mild chest pain instead of a heart attack as the first symptom of heart disease, researchers reported. FULL STORY

Abortion Rights: Judicial crusades
Seattle Post Intelligencer - As many abortions as the woman wants. Discounts for frequent visitors. Morning after pills in large bowls at the reception desk. Dont want one, dont have one. want to stop one, offer to adopt it and pay them some cash for it. No matter how you cutit

Filming was both a reunion and farewell
San Antonio Express News - DALLAS British actress Natasha Richardson portrays a countess without a country in "The White Countess." The offbeat period piece, which co-stars Ralph Fiennes, was a homecoming of sorts for Richardson. It also turned out to be the final project

Asthma - US television actor Don Knotts dies


US television actor Don Knotts dies
Political Gateway - LOS ANGELES, Feb 25, 2006 (AFP) - US actor Don Knotts, famous for his portrayal of the bumbling, jittery deputy on the television comedy series "The Andy Griffith Show," has died at the age of 81, news reports said Saturday. Knotts died late Friday

Cancer In Iowa Report
KWWL - Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Iowa behind heart attacks. Today the State Health Registry released its annual "Cancer In Iowa" report in Iowa City. Right now the number of cases of cancer are up but there's also a higher survival rate

Mortality Quiz
KESQ News - Some researchers think so and they've come up with twelve risk factors for people fifty and older that could determine their chances of dying within four years. The quiz assigns points for risk factors, so the goal is a low score. Zero to five points

Chocolate Lifesavers?:
Slate - (For the latest Human Nature columns on abortion, Olympic doping, and remote-controlled killing, click here .) Chocolate cut the risk of death by 50 percent in a Dutch study of old men. This is the biggest, longest study so far to confirm the

Sonus Pharmaceuticals to Present at Cowen & Co. 26th Annual Health
Genetic Engineering News - Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNUS) today announced that it will be presenting on Tuesday, March 7, 8:50 A.M. EST, at the Cowen & Co. Annual Health Care Conference, being held in Boston March 6-9. The Company's presentation will be broadcast

Former guerrilla leader formally nominated as Kosovo PM
Forbes - KOSOVO (AFX) - A former Kosovo guerrilla commander was formally nominated as prime minister for the UN-run province after Bajram Kosumi resigned from the post under pressure. 'The president made this nomination according to his constitutional

Asthma - David L. Archer Named CEO of Tenet's Memphis Market


David L. Archer Named CEO of Tenet's Memphis Market
dBusinessNews.com - Memphis: Back Yard Burgers Announces Plans to Separate Chairman and CEO Positions MEMPHIS -- The Board of Directors of Back Yard Burgers, Memphis: Sharp Welcomes Treasury Secretary Snow to Memphis Solar Factory MEMPHIS -- Weeks after the Bush

Caring for the wounds of war
Brookings Register - An old military adage says, Train as you'll fight. But how does that advice apply to the health care providers of America's military forces deployed to Iraq, where the trauma of war maims and kills? How does a provider train to repair a human

Asthma - Lung Cancer Drug Pipeline Update Lists All 243 Drugs for Lung


Lung Cancer Drug Pipeline Update Lists All 243 Drugs for Lung
PharmaLive.com (press release), PA - Feb 16, 2006 BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 16, 2006 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32989) has announced the addition of Lung Cancer Drug Pipeline

Officials estimate 16,000 new cases of cancer in 2006
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - 11 hours ago Breast cancer was the most prevalent form of cancer in women, followed by colon and rectum, and lung cancer. Prostate, lung, and

OSI Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Cowen & Co. Healthcare
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 1 hour ago OSI to obtain FDA approval and the only EGFR inhibitor to have demonstrated the ability to improve survival in both non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic

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.

Phase III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Studying Nexavar
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Feb 26, 2006 sorafenib) tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Xillix Announces Year End Financial Results for 2005-Provides
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - Feb 27, 2006 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval at the end of June for the lung cancer indication of Onco-LIFE was the most critical, allowing us to begin

How to Lower Everyone's Lung Cancer Risk
Kansas City infoZine, MO - Feb 25, 2006 About 174,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed in the US every year. The five-year survival rate is only 15 percent. Washington

OXiGENE Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Operational
Genetic Engineering News, NY - Mar 1, 2006 into later stage and randomized clinical trials in indications that now comprise our core program in oncology -- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and Platinum

Steps To Preventing Lung Cancer
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 17, 2006 by Gray Rollins. Did you realize that approximately 10% of lung cancer patients have never in their lives smoked cigarettes? When

Asthma - Asthma & Acid Reflux


Asthma & Acid Reflux
CBS 5 - Green Bay, WI - Feb 22, 2006 (WFRV) ATLANTA, GA It Turns Out A Lot Of Asthma Patients Have Acid Reflux.. Which Can Make Their Asthma Even Worse. Now.. Can Ease The Asthma.

Chest health - Blood Protein Could Signal Lung Disease Risk


Blood Protein Could Signal Lung Disease Risk
Heart Info - WEDNESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- C-reactive protein (CRP), a blood marker for inflammation typically used to identify cardiovascular risk, might also help spot people with abnormal precancerous lesions in the lung, Canadian researchers report

The Four Major Cancer Markets, Which Include Colorectal, Prostate
Genetic Engineering News - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29800) has announced the addition of Cancer Therapeutics 2006: to their offering Together, the four major cancer markets, which include colorectal, prostate, lung and breast cancer were

Public Smoking Ban Takes Effect in Uruguay
Salon - March 02,2006 | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Uruguayans are saying "adios" to tobacco smoke in the workplace, shopping malls and many other enclosed public spaces, thanks to a new law promoted by a local cancer specialist -- who also happens to be the

Luncheon to celebrate cancer survivors
Americus Times-Recorder - AMERICUS The annual Relay for Life Survivors Luncheon honors people in Sumter County who have survived cancer, according to Kay Hodge of the Relay for Life Committee. Entertainment, door prizes, speakers and surprises will be abound at the

Auster toys with romance
Tacoma News Tribune - Writer Paul Auster ventures into romantic comedy in his new book, The Brooklyn Follies, which was published in January. The author has already finished his 13th book, and it will debut in 2007. New York The air in the dark hallway has the

Asthma - US issues new rules to cut benzene spewed by cars


US issues new rules to cut benzene spewed by cars
ABC News - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed new rules that would cut cancer-causing benzene spewed by U.S. passenger vehicles nearly in half by 2030. The proposed revision to U.S. mobile source air toxic

Ancient Sinus Remedy Helps Clear Congestion
NBC5i.com - Sinus congestion sufferers will try anything to get relief including pills, sprays and shots, but some North Texans swear by a natural remedy that is thousands of years old. The neti pot treatment is born from yoga, and utilizes a mix of sea salt and

Atlantic Station expands offerings in 2006
Weekly - ATLANTA (Feb. 28, 2006) Atlantic Station, Atlanta's newest mixed-use community in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, announces a full lineup of events in early 2006, including concerts, retail and restaurant openings, festivals as well as

Burden of love
Kentucky Kernel - Jane Leach, 53, lifts her husband, Doug, 54, out of bed every morning by herself to put him in his chair. Doug is bed-ridden because of Pick's disease. Media Credit: Tricia Spaulding Doug looks up at Jane while she gets him ready for bed. Doug and

Senate passes school air quality measure
WBAY Green Bay - MADISON, Wis. The state Senate has passed a bill that requires air quality to be monitored at schools around Wisconsin. A task force would oversee new school building construction while fixing problems at existing schools. Jeanne and Dick Black of

Chest health - Pagara hospitalised after asthma attack


Pagara hospitalised after asthma attack
Daily Times, Pakistan - Feb 19, 2006 League-Functional (PML-F) and spiritual leader of the Hur Jamaat, was hospitalised on Saturday night when his condition turned serious after an asthma attack.

Some asthma face masks don't work well for kids
Reuters.uk, UK - Feb 28, 2006 YORK (Reuters Health) - Face masks, used in combination with pressurized inhalers and holding chambers, are supposed to make it easier to treat asthma in young

Study links asthma with bad behaviour
The Age, Australia - Feb 17, 2006 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

Tracking Down the Asthma-Air Pollution Link
International News Service, Australia - Feb 28, 2006 When it comes to the connection between asthma and air pollution, researchers know it's there, but have only begun to figure out how it works.

Inspired by asthma, entrepreneur goes green with non-toxic
Daily Press, VA - Feb 19, 2006 Jon Roberts endured severe asthma attacks and a nettlesome cough until he identified the ailments' triggers. Among the symptoms reported is asthma.

New program educates kids about asthma
NorthernLife.ca, Canada - Feb 16, 2006 When teacher Erica Carlson asked two dozen students from her Grade 4-5 gym class how many suffered from asthma, only one little boy raised his hand.

Doctors share experiences in asthma diagnosis and treatment
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Feb 26, 2006 VietNamNet - Some 200 doctors from central hospitals and Dr. Claude Lenfant, Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), have gathered in

Obesity May Affect Response To Asthma Medications
Science Daily (press release) - Feb 23, 2006 As the nation's collective waistline has swelled in recent decades, rates of asthma diagnoses also have accelerated. Indeed, much

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Fight Problem Asthma
Forbes - Feb 16, 2006 a well-known rheumatoid arthritis drug to reduce high levels of an inflammatory protein could be a new means of fighting severe asthma, British researchers

Asthma - Weight Loss and Your Body Type


Weight Loss and Your Body Type
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 26, 2006 D: Large chest with definite waist and hip. Missie is the owner of natural health website http://www.indigoworld.com.au Because she has a Japanese back ground

Media Clippings
Jewish Exponent, PA - 9 hours ago The reason cannot only be that, when our health improves, we must be relieved in the living room, gingerly holding her injured knee in front of her chest.".

New cardiovascular technology gets to heart of disease
Savannah Morning News, GA - Feb 27, 2006 classic symptoms hit: pain or pressure in the chest, profuse sweating Joseph's/Candler and Memorial Health University Medical Center - provides less invasive

Chest health - Wednesday, March 1, 2006


Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The Nassau Guardian - Mar 01 9:39 AM
The models of Fashion Movement Inc, founded by local fashion designer Nastaea Sealy, were the center of attention at a local fashion show fundraiser for the The Bahamas Heart Association recently.Save to My Web

Employers fuming over smoke breaks
Boston Herald - Feb 28 9:33 PM
Heart surgery patients who suck down a pack of Marlboros while their chest is being sewn back together don't faze me. The real mystery about Tobaccoland is how cigarettes cultivate the unlikeliest...Save to My Web

Plan to fight bird flu on way
Gulf Daily News - Mar 01 3:55 PM
Contingency plans to fight a potential bird flu outbreak in Bahrain will be highlighted at an open meeting on Saturday at 10am.Save to My Web

Women and Heart Disease: It's all about education and empowerment
Southern Illinoisan - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
For almost 10 years, Eva Lou Kee, a retired bank teller from Marion, didn't feel quite right. She went to several doctors complaining about her problem. Nobody could put a finger on what her condition was. The diagnoses ranged from midlife crisis, to arthritis, to even just too much stress.Save to My Web

Families of SMA and Cambria Biosciences Partner to Find New Treatment Avenues for SMA
RedNova - Mar 01 8:14 AM
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy today announced the funding of an industrial research program at Cambria Biosciences LLC to identify novel therapeutic targets for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).Save to My Web

Asthma - Pesticide sends 8 to hospital


Pesticide sends 8 to hospital
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - 18 hours ago to the Attorney General's Office and the departments of Agriculture and Health. the air, water or food may cause difficulty breathing, chest tightness, vomiting

Many smoke around kids despite risks
Irish Health, Ireland - Feb 28, 2006 smoke can increase the likelihood of coughing, wheezing or chest infections in are still at risk", commented Norma Cronin, the ICS's health promotion manager

Haunted Places in Ohio
Only Idol, MS - 2 hours ago on you, or they d smother you, they d press down on your chest. Ironton - River Valley Health System - The third and fourth floors of the old county

Attack puts heart health into the spotlight
nwitimes.com, IN - Feb 27, 2006 heart attack. The institute says that, as with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Lung cancer - UI Researchers To Study New Outpatient Procedure For Asthma


UI Researchers To Study New Outpatient Procedure For Asthma
Genetic Engineering News - Joel Kline, M.D., and Geoffrey McLennan, M.D., Ph.D., at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics today announced the start of their participation as principal investigators in an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore a new

EU food chemical study could tighten regulations
LabTechnologist.com - 28/