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Sears on my mind
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 21:52 - http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/I see in today's paper that Sears lost money in the third quarter:Sears Holdings Corp. swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss on falling sales and margins, notably at namesake domestic stores, as the...
Provenge Activists Fail To Get FDA Documents
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 15:03 - http://www.pharmalot.com/A federal court judge has denied a bid to force the FDA to immediately make available documents involved in the controversy over the Provenge prostate-cancer vaccine. A group of cancer patients and...
Five Steps To Saving Lives And Improving Men's Experience Of Prostate Cancer By 2020
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 13:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/The Prostate Cancer Charity is launching a new strategy 'Transforming The Future For Prostate Cancer' - which it believes could reduce mortality rates by 30 per cent. The strategy, which will be...
After Cancer, the Echo of Desire
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 12:00 - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/Changes in a man's sex life are often the most difficult part of coping with prostate cancer.
Buck study: Chemotherapy may promote development of cancer later in life
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 09:18 - http://www.marinij.com/The same chemotherapy that cures a patient's prostate cancer may increase that patient's chances of developing cancer later in life in tissue adjacent to the original cancer, new research by the...
The Open Laboratory 2008 - all the submissions fit to print [A Blog Around The Clock]
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 06:40 - http://www.scienceblogs.com/It's midnight! So, the submission form is now closed. ''Over the past year we have collected hundreds of excellent entries for the anthology - thanks to all who made the submissions. ''Jennifer...
Broccoli compound targets key enzyme in late-stage cancer
Published on Tuesday 02 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.eurekalert.org/Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables have long been known to have anti-cancer benefits, and UC Berkeley researchers have now found out why. One well-known anti-cancer chemical in broccoli,...
Prostate cancer radiotherapy safe for HIV patients
Published on Monday 01 December 2008 - 21:11 - http://www.reuters.com/NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of small study suggest that radiotherapy can be safely used to treat prostate cancer in HIV-infected men. Treatment appears to have no long-term effect on...
Prostate cancer promotes growth of new nerves
Published on Monday 01 December 2008 - 13:18 - http://www.newstrackindia.com/Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): In a new study, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have found that prostate cancer promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their...
Pulmonary Scarring on Chest X-Ray Is Associated with Lung Cancer Incidence
Published on Monday 01 December 2008 - 12:05 - http://rss.cancerconsultants.com/Researchers affiliated with the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial have reported that pulmonary scarring is associated with the development of ipsilateral lung...
