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HIV Treatment Boosts Lung Cancer Survival in People With HIV

More Treatment News HIV-positive people with lung cancer have increased survival if they are receiving antiretroviral treatment along with cancer treatment, according to a study published online in the journal ...

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, HIV/AIDS, Sarcoma, Smoking

Fri Jan 30, 2009
MediLexicon

ASCO Highlights Cancer Prevention Initiatives In Advance Of National Cancer Prevention Month

National Cancer Prevention Month kicks off February 1, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology is highlighting the oncologist's role in cancer prevention and in assessing a person's risk of getting cancer ...

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Smoking, Health, South Bend Metro

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Former Ala. Gov. Guy Hunt dies in Birmingham at 75

Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Guy Hunt, has died in a Birmingham hospital.

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Yorkshire Evening Post

Insurance firm apologises for payout refusal to dying man

A MORTGAGE insurance company has apologised after it was named an shamed in Parliament for refusing to pay out to a West Yorkshire man who was dying of cancer.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Health

WLOX

MS Senate votes for cig tax of 49 cents a pack

The last time Mississippi increased its cigarette tax, Ronald Reagan was president, "Rambo" was on the big screen and Madonna topped the charts with "Like a Virgin." An effort to increase the excise tax gained ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Madonna, Haley Barbour, US Governors, Health, Gulfport, MS, Smoking, Medicine

Thu Jan 29, 2009
Asheville Citizen-Times

House leader seeks more NC smoking restrictions

Health advocates and lawmakers revived their push Thursday to expand state smoking bans to restaurants and bars, public places and indoor work sites, arguing the health consequences and costs of secondhand ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

HendersonvilleNews.com

Cancer survivor seeks more NC smoking restrictions

Published: Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. A North Carolina House leader says a smoking ban in restaurants, public places and indoor work sites ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

Wed Jan 28, 2009
Telegraph.co.uk

John Updike author and Pulitzer prize winner dies from lung cancer

John Updike, the Pulitzer prize-winning author and revered chronicler of small-town American life, has died of lung cancer, aged 76.

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Related Topix: Health, High School Basketball, Massachusetts High School Basketball News

Tue Jan 27, 2009
Medical News Today

Varian Medical Systems And BrainLAB To Showcase Novalis Tx(TM)...

Main Category: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Also Included In: Lung Cancer ; Conferences Article Date: 27 Jan 2009 - 1:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article A new non-invasive surgical ...

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Related Topix: Varian Medical Systems, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Cancer, Health, Startups, Printers, Thoracic Surgery

News Observer

Breast cancer lethal, but more treatable

The high-profile death Saturday of Kay Yow, longtime women's basketball coach at N.C. State University, serves as a reminder that breast cancer remains a killer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Chapel Hill, NC

Mon Jan 26, 2009
KWTX

Merle Haggard Pens A Song About Obama

Merle Haggard is recovering from lung cancer surgery and feeling patriotic. He has written a new song inspired by President Barack Obama, called "Hopes Are High." He wrote it two days before Obama's ...

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Related Topix: Health, Entertainment

Sun Jan 25, 2009
NPR

Quitting Smoking Before Age 50 Cuts Risk Of Death

* Intermittent smokers - those who smoke, but not every day - are on the rise. One of four smokers in the U.S. is an intermittent smoker and that proportion has grown by 40 percent in a five-year period, ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Charitable Organizations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Southern California

Sat Jan 24, 2009
Medical News Today

Winners Of The 2009 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Awards

Main Category: Ovarian Cancer Also Included In: Lung Cancer ; Transplants / Organ Donations ; Genetics Article Date: 24 Jan 2009 - 0:00 PST The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has announced that three ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Ovarian Cancer, Seattle Metro, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Thu Jan 22, 2009
WFTV Orlando

Keeping Heart Failure Patients Alive

BACKGROUND: An estimated five million people across the nation are suffering from congestive heart failure, according to the American Heart Association.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Smoking

WISN.com

Study: Ky. Has Highest Smoking Death Rate

Kentucky and West Virginia -- where people traditionally smoke the most -- have the highest death rates from smoking, a new federal study has found.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

Asbury Park Press Online

Ex-Devils coach Burns fighting cancer again

Former NHL coach Pat Burns is facing a third fight with cancer. The 56-year-old Burns told Montreal La Presse he has lung cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Liver Cancer

ContactMusic.com

Merle Haggard - Haggard Planning a Return After Cancer Surgery

Country music legend MERLE HAGGARD is hoping to return to the recording studio after undergoing lung cancer surgery at the end of 2008.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed Jan 21, 2009
Science Daily

Smoking Linked To Most Male Cancer Deaths

The epidemiological analysis linked smoking to more than 70 percent of the cancer death burden among Massachusetts men in 2003.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, UC Davis

MediLexicon

Program To Identify Likely Victims Of Radon-Related Lung Cancer;...

For 22 years, the public has paid little attention to EPA radon warnings. There are more American families at risk of dangerous radon exposure today than when the Agency's radon program began in 1986.

Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Illinois, Home Listing, Home, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Smoking

Tue Jan 20, 2009
CBC News

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Survival disparities between white and black patients with early-stage lung cancer disappear when black patients receive optimal therapy, according to a U.S. study that included nearly 18,000 patients.

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