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Drug Combos Hailed as Vast Breast Cancer Breakthrough

Drug Combos Hailed as Big Breast Cancer Breakthrough

Dec 8, 2011 6:04 AM CST

Drug Combos Hailed as Big Breast Cancer Breakthrough

New drug combos delay tumor growth in advanced cases

(Newser) - Two new studies mark what could be the biggest breakthrough in treating breast cancer in more than a decade, researchers say. Both involve combining drug therapies that attack tumors in different ways, significantly delaying the time until women with advanced breast cancer became sicker, the AP reports. One treatment held...

Cancer vs. Terrorists: 46% Say Scrap X-Ray Scanners

Dec 7, 2011 6:45 PM CST

Cancer vs. Terrorists: 46% Say Scrap X-Ray Scanners

Nearly half in poll say small risk of disease isn't worth it: ProPublica

(Newser) - Almost half of Americans are against the use of X-ray body scanners in airports—even if they would detect terrorists with explosives—because of the low cancer risk they might pose, according to a poll conducted for ProPublica . The TSA aims to make the body scanners a common sight at...

Rice Could
Expose You
to Arsenic

study says

Dec 6, 2011 2:14 PM CST

Rice Could Expose You to Arsenic

Although not in levels higher than EPA standards: study

(Newser) - Rice: It seems so innocent, but a new study finds that eating it can expose you to arsenic. Chronic high exposure to the chemical has been linked to cancers and other health problems, but scientists are also growing concerned about low-dose exposures. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable because links have...

Consumer Reports Warns That Fruit Juices Have Too-High Levels of Arsenic

Consumer Reports Warns
of Arsenic in Fruit Juices

Nov 30, 2011 6:20 PM CST

Consumer Reports Warns of Arsenic in Fruit Juices

It wants FDA to tighten standards

(Newser) - Apple juice and grape juice have levels of arsenic that could raise kids' risk of cancer, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports . The study of 88 samples of fruit juice bought in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut found that 10% had arsenic levels that exceeded standards set for...

Cancer:
Is It Time to
Ditch the Word?

Nov 22, 2011 11:27 AM CST

Cancer: Is It Time to Ditch the Word?

Increasingly, researchers suggest the definition has changed

(Newser) - Stage 0 breast cancer: Despite the zero, it sounds scary, and would have many patients anticipating surgery—even though it may not technically be cancer. Stage 0 breast cancer, also known as ductal carcinoma in situ, is defined as abnormal cells clustered inside the breast's milk ducts. It is...

Evelyn Lauder,
Creator of
Pink Ribbon,
Dead at 75

OBITUARY

Nov 13, 2011 9:42 AM CST

Evelyn Lauder, Creator of Pink Ribbon, Dead at 75

Cosmetics exec championed breast health before it was cool

(Newser) - Evelyn Lauder, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics tycoon Estée Lauder who made the pink ribbon ubiquitous with breast cancer awareness, died yesterday of complications of ovarian cancer, reports People . She was 75. Lauder was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989, and three years later joined with a friend to design...

Andy Williams Cancer: 'Moon River' Singer Says He Has Bladder Cancer

'Moon River'
Crooner
Andy Williams
Has Cancer

Nov 6, 2011 6:04 AM CST

'Moon River' Crooner Andy Williams Has Cancer

'No longer a death sentence,' says 83-year-old

(Newser) - Singer Andy Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show last night that he has bladder cancer. The 83-year-old Williams appeared early in the show at the Moon River Theatre and vowed to return next year to celebrate his 75th year in show business. "I'm going to do...

Just a Few Drinks a Day Can Boost Your Cancer Risk

studies say

Nov 1, 2011 12:40 PM CDT

Just a Few Drinks a Day Can Boost Your Cancer Risk

Body of evidence is large, and keeps growing

(Newser) - There’s a constant battle between studies showing that alcohol can be good for you (it might prevent sunburn !) and those that find it’s almost definitely bad for you (it ages you more quickly !)—but you should probably just ignore the headlines that make booze “seem...

Jobs' Doctor: Late Surgery Wasn't Stupid

Nov 1, 2011 11:52 AM CDT

Jobs' Doctor: Late Surgery Wasn't Stupid

...though Dean Ornish did advise him to have it immediately

(Newser) - There’s been a lot of Monday-morning quarterbacking over Steve Jobs’ seemingly less-than-genius decision to put off cancer surgery and try a vegan diet and various alternative medicines instead. By the time Jobs finally had the surgery, the cancer had spread to his liver, and he told his biographer he...

Cellphones Don't Cause Cancer, Huge Study Finds

Oct 21, 2011 9:44 AM CDT

Cellphones Don't Cause Cancer, Huge Study Finds

Biggest study of its kind can't find a link

(Newser) - If you've been living with the nagging fear that your beloved cellphone is probably giving you a brain tumor, you can relax now; a new Danish study published yesterday has concluded that there's no link between cellphones and cancer. The study is the largest ever conducted on the...

50/50:
Half Funny,
Half Touching

movie reviews

Sep 30, 2011 12:30 PM CDT

50/50: Half Funny, Half Touching

Seth Rogen movie manages to be both funny and poignant

(Newser) - With a current 92% rating at Rotten Tomatoes , 50/50 gets praise for its blend of comedy and drama about a young man diagnosed with cancer.

In Salon , Mary Elizabeth Williams calls the movie “poignant, funny and profane”: It “understands the woozy terror of a life or death crisis,

...

Researchers Fight Cancer With Bacteria Found in Soil

Sep 6, 2011 4:36 AM CDT

Researchers Fight Cancer With Bacteria Found in Soil

C. sporogenes can activate drugs in cancer, leave body unharmed

(Newser) - A bacterium found in soil could be a useful tool in fighting many types of cancer, reports the BBC . The Clostridium sporogenes bacterium, a relative to botulism and tetanus, produces spores that only grow when there is no oxygen. The human body is full of oxygen, but solid cancer tumors,...

Zimbabwe's
Mugabe Has
Prostate Cancer

WIKILEAKS REVEAL

Sep 5, 2011 7:29 AM CDT

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Has Prostate Cancer

2008 diplomatic cable said president could die in '3 to 5 years'

(Newser) - WikiLeaks' latest spill is a 2008 US diplomatic cable that says Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that's spread and "will cause his death in three to five years," Reuters reports. The 87-year-old longtime Zimbabwe leader was apparently advised at the time to resign the presidency; Mugabe last...

Chavez Stays in Venezuela for 3rd Round of Chemo

Aug 28, 2011 5:36 AM CDT

Chavez Stays in Venezuela for 3rd Round of Chemo

Could be a sign the social leader is improving

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez will undergo a third round of chemotherapy for his cancer today, this time in Venezuela instead of Cuba, reports Reuters . The 57-year-old socialist leader went to Cuba in June to have a baseball-sized tumor removed and returned there twice for chemotherapy, but his opting to stay at home...

Lockerbie Bomber Kept Alive by Pricey Wonder Drug

Aug 19, 2011 8:09 AM CDT

Lockerbie Bomber Kept Alive by Pricey Wonder Drug

Hormone-based cancer drug ironically developed in UK

(Newser) - How is Abdel Basset al-Megrahi still breathing? UK doctors gave the convicted Lockerbie bomber just three months to live when he was released two years ago, but Libyan doctors have kept him alive with a brand-new hormone-based cancer drug called Abiraterone , a medic in Tripoli tells the Daily Telegraph . Abiraterone...

'Holy Grail' of Cancer Treatment May Have Arrived

Doctors excited about 'huge' new clinical trial

(Newser) - Dramatic results from a new cancer treatment trial are being called "a huge accomplishment—huge," and could mean a breakthrough in treating a common type of leukemia and potentially a range of other cancers. University of Pennsylvania scientists basically turned patients' T cells into leukemia-killing machines by modifying...

Waking Up to a
Cigarette Raises
Cancer Risk

study says

Aug 8, 2011 1:43 PM CDT

Waking Up to a Cigarette Raises Cancer Risk

So try to hold off for at least an hour

(Newser) - You probably already know that smoking is bad for you, but a new study shows that smoking first thing in the morning is apparently even worse. Among the 7,610 smokers studied—62% of whom had lung cancer—those who lit up within 30 minutes of waking were 79% more...

Stewart: Who Cares If
9/11 Caused the Cancer?

Jul 29, 2011 8:18 AM CDT

Stewart: Who Cares If 9/11 Caused the Cancer?

Umm, so the law covers carpal tunnel syndrome ... but not cancer?

(Newser) - Jon Stewart hasn’t been shy about advocating for the 9/11 first responders health care law . So you can imagine he was just a bit peeved when he discovered that it doesn’t cover cancer . In a Daily Show segment last night entitled "I Thought We Already Took Care...

No Benefits for 9/11 Responders With Cancer

Jul 27, 2011 6:17 AM CDT

No Benefits for 9/11 Responders With Cancer

Not enough evidence links WTC toxins to cancer, review decides

(Newser) - There isn't enough evidence linking working at Ground Zero to cancer to justify compensating 9/11 responders for cancer treatments, a federal review has concluded. The benefits-providing Zadroga Act that was signed into law earlier this year requires periodic reviews of any evidence of cancer, the New York Times reports....

Chavez Back
in Venezuela
After Chemo

Jul 24, 2011 8:54 AM CDT

Chavez Back in Venezuela After Chemo

Leader ready to 'continue the battle'

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is back on Venezuelan soil after undergoing a week of chemotherapy in Cuba, reports the AP, trumpeting on national television that "This body of mine, of a cadet and a soldier, held up." The 56-year-old Venezuelan president landed last night to a red-carpet welcome, telling watchers...