Johnson & Johnson sued over mouthwash cancer fears
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:33 PM PDT
Listerine maker is alleged by Oral Cancer Prevention International to have blocked sales of disease detection kit A company that makes an oral cancer detection kit has launched a $60m lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming that the multinational prevented its product from being sold to protect its own Listerine mouthwash, which, along with other mouth rinses, has been linked to mouth cancer ... |
Cosmetologists help female cancer patients
The Topeka Capital-Journal Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:17 PM PDT
One of Linda Rickel’s customers approached her a few years ago and asked if the cosmetologist could help her find a wig because she recently had been diagnosed with cancer. Around that time, Rickel received a letter in the mail from the American Cancer Society regarding the Look Good ... Feel Better program. Cosmetologists were needed to help facilitate Look Good ... Feed Better, a 12-step ... |
Samira Hassassian obituary
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:11 PM PDT
My friend Samira Hassassian, who has died of cancer aged 57, worked tirelessly for the rights of the Palestinian people and supported several charities connected with the art world, in particular the El-Shashat charity devoted to promoting Palestinian films. She shared these passions with her husband, Manuel Hassassian, who became the Palestinian ambassador to the UK in 2005. Samira was not a ... |
Late NDP leader garnered respect
Langley AdvanceNews Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:10 PM PDT
In the wake of NDP leader Jack Layton's death from cancer at the age of 61, Langley party members and politicians pondered his legacy Monday. "It's a sad day, I think, for Canada," said Piotr Majkowski, who ran as the Langley NDP candidate in this spring's election. |
Cowboy Up
The Wahpeton Daily News Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:00 PM PDT
Corrine Lidenberg rides for three men who meant so much to her, Walter Brandt, Bill Smith and Royce H. Sr. All three died from cancer and left behind a woman who still grieves for their loss. |
JMC professor Whitmore passes away after bout with cancer
Kentwired.com Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT
Dr. Evonne “Von†Whitmore, associate professor for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), passed away Thursday, Aug. 25 after a battle with ovarian cancer. Whitmore was a JMC faculty member for 21 years and specialized in electronic media and broadcast news. She was part of study abroad programs in Paris and Geneva and spent some of 2009 in Egypt. Whitmore served several terms as ... |
Compelled to help
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT
Tom Allen understands parents' shock over a child's cancer. His daughter, Kyra, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was not yet 2. |
UH researchers make major cancer discovery
Hawaii News Now Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:58 AM PDT
Hawaii scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer â€" mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. |
FDA Approves Abbott's Companion Dx for Pfizer's NSCLC Drug
GenomeWeb News Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:40 AM PDT
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) â€"The US Food and Drug Administration late on Friday approved Abbott's companion diagnostic to detect rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene in non-small cell lung cancer, the second time in two weeks that the agency gave the OK to a test for use with a therapeutic drug. |
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