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NEWS ABOUT: bone cancer

bone cancer stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Ed McMahon has been hospitalized for almost a month with pneumonia, and was recently diagnosed with bone cancer, Entertainment Tonight reports. McMahon’s wife, Pam, has been with the sickly former Tonight Show sidekick, and her “deep faith is helping her through this difficult time,” a source said.... More »

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television • bone cancer • pneumonia • hospitalization • Ed McMahon

Bone Drug Reduces Breast Cancer Relapse

Women on Zometa had 35% less chance of having tumor again

May 31, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A drug designed to protect cancer patients' bones also renders breast cancer relapses less likely, a new study says. Funded in part by the drug's maker, Novartis, researchers found that even two injections of Zometa a year cut tumor recurrence by 35% in more than 1,800 pre-menopausal women. More »

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breast cancer • bone cancer • off label drug use • osteoporosis • Novartis AG • scientific study • Zometa

Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

Designer was first woman to found Fortune 500  company

Jun 28, 07 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles aimed at career women revolutionized everyday fashion sense in America and brought feminine new looks to the workplace, is dead at 78. She was the first woman founder of a Fortune 500 company. Claiborne died Tuesday in New York, after a lengthy battle with bone... More »

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fashion • women • bone cancer • design • obituary • Liz Claiborne • Ellen Tracy • Dana Buchman • Juicy • Fortune 500 • clothes • fashion designer

Largest Oil Spill in US Seeps Under Brooklyn

Exxon owns up to a century of leaks and dumping over 55 acres

Jun 4, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Underneath the ground of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a dark blob of gasoline, solvents, and associated poisons that composes the biggest oil spill in US history.  It's accumulated from a century's worth of smaller leaks and waste dumping, reports New York magazine, and ExxonMobil has quietly accepted the blame, but... More »

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cancer • environment • oil • real estate • environmentalism • New York • waste • oil spill • Brooklyn • Newtown Creek • hydrocarbon • ExxonMobil • Greenpoint • bone cancer • chemicals • solvents

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