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Topic Australia: Big Rise In Lung Cancer

By admin2 | November 13, 2008

MedicalFigures show that lung cancer has increased as a result of past smoking rates. Despite smoking rates falling to record lows, private health insurance claims for lung cancer have soared 21 per cent for women and 24 per cent for men in five years.Health insurance giant MBF said the rise in lung cancer claims from 2002-06 was a deadly legacy of an era of few restrictions on sales of cigarettes and where they were smoked.
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Update Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes For Breast Cancer Survivors (healthday)

By admin2 | November 12, 2008

MedicalHealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer survivorswho suffer from hot flashes can reduce these attacks significantly withhypnosis, a new study finds.
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Current Meditation A Quick Fix For Stress (healthday)

By admin2 | November 11, 2008

MedicalMeditating for just 20 minutes a day for five days helped to increase energy and decrease anxiety and stress, as measured by levels of stress hormones, a small study found.
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Important Chemo Break Benefits Some Men With Prostate Cancer (healthday)

By admin2 | November 11, 2008

Doctor Taking A Patients PulseHealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) — Some men with advancedprostate cancer can safely take a break from chemotherapy, says a study byresearchers at the Oregon Health & Science University CancerInstitute.
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Subject Novarx Initiates Pivotal Phase Iii Clinical Trial In Lung Cancer Patients

By admin2 | November 11, 2008

MedicalNovaRx Corporation announced that the company initiated its pivotal Phase III clinical trial of Lucanix(R) (belagenpumatucel-L) in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The first patient enrolled in the study was treated by Dr. Lyudmila Bazhenova the trial’s principal investigator at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
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Join The Fight Against Cancer More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed At Specialty Centers (healthday)

By admin2 | November 11, 2008

MedicalHealthDay - TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — Patients with stomach orpancreatic cancer may have more lymph nodes examined for the spread ofcancer if they're treated at designated comprehensive cancer centers or athospitals that do a high number of cancer surgeries, says a U.S.study.
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Updated Bevacizumab Can Be Used To Detect/diagnose Tumours In Animal Models Using Pet/ct Imaging: Results Better Than Current ‘gold Standard’ Method

By admin2 | November 10, 2008

MedicalScientists have developed a new imaging agent that can be used in scanning for tumours, and which gives a much clearer and more precise image than existing methods.
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Update Behavioral Counseling Reduces Some Health Risks Among Low-income Black Pregnant Women, Study Says

By admin2 | November 10, 2008

MedicalParticipation in a few sessions of behavioral counseling on smoking cessation and other health issues significantly reduced the number of low-income black women who ended their pregnancies with health risk factors, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology,
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Your Comments? Optimism, Mastery Help Cancer Patients Cope (reuters)

By admin2 | November 10, 2008

MedicalReuters - Cancer patients who are optimistic are better able manage the severity of their pain, while those with a strong sense of mastery (control over their environment) can control their fatigue more effectively while also keeping pain severity in check, new research shows.
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