Health News: [cancer]: How Height Is Connected to Cancer

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   How Height Is Connected to Cancer Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:55 AM PDT Jealous of your long-legged peers? Turns out they may not have won the gene pool after all. New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found a surprising correlation between height and cancer risk among postmenopausal women; the taller the woman, the great... Continue reading Research and Markets: Global Molecular Diagnostics Market Report: 2013 Edition Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:54 AM PDT DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xtvgc9/global_molecular) has announced the addition of the "Global Molecular Diagnostics Market Report: 2013 Edition" report to their offering. The molecular diagnostics procedures for infectious diseases including HPV, ... Continue reading Taller People Have Higher Cancer Risk Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:53 AM PDT Researchers link height to health issues Continue reading Takeda unbinds Phase 3 study of orteronel in patients with mCRPC that progressed post-chemotherapy Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:49 AM PDT Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") announced today that it has unblinded the ELM-PC 5 Phase 3 study (C21005) of orteronel plus prednisone compared to placebo plus prednisone in patients with metastatic, castration- resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that had progressed during or following ... Continue reading Use of HPV anti-cancer vaccine stalled in 2012 Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:29 AM PDT A vaccine that protects women against cervical cancer has proven a tougher sell than health workers had hoped, with vaccination rates stalling from 2011 to 2012. Continue reading ROBBINSVILLE: Cancer takes the life of Melissa Ferrono Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:21 AM PDT ROBBINSVILLE — Melissa Ferrono,19, a 2012 graduate of Robbinsville High School who was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma two years ago, has passed away. Continue reading Report: Teen HPV vaccination rate still lagging Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:20 AM PDT Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine _ a rate that's changed little in three years. "We're dropping the ball," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is a huge disappointment." Continue reading Several factors led to death of Accrington woman, 80 Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:17 AM PDT AN 80-year-old woman who had chemotherapy for terminal lung cancer was ruled to have died due to a combination of factors, a coroner found. Continue reading Foreign Affairs Ministers meets Alive cyclists Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:09 AM PDT On Monday 22 July 2013, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, George Vella, together with H.E Mrs Vanessa Frazier, the Ambassador of Malta to the Kingdom of Belgium, had the honour to greet a group of 38 cyclists participating in the Alive Charity Foundation's ALIVE 2013 Cycling Challenge for Cancer Continue reading Simpsons producer to donate fortune Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 02:08 AM PDT Sam Simon will give his fortune to animal and homeless charities after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Continue reading

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