Hospital opens personalized medicine institute for cancer and other diseases
MedCity News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:58 PM PST
The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine are opening an institute dedicated to personalized medicine in which clinicians tailor individualized therapies according to patients’ genomic makeups, particularly for oncology patients, to produce better outcomes. The institute, scheduled to open in June, will collaborate with other departments and institutes at ... |
Colorectal-cancer cases on the rise
AsiaOne Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:50 PM PST
Nine in 10 diagnosed with the cancer of the large intestine between 2006 and 2010 were aged 50 and above. -myp |
Canadian Rocker Dee Cernile Loses Cancer Battle
Contactmusic Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:41 PM PST
Rocker Dee Cernile has died after losing a battle with lung cancer He was 46 The Sven Gali guitarist passed away on Saturday 25Feb12 A tribute on his Facebook com page reads After such a courageous journey two days ago Dee told us that he had... |
Va. Senate kills bill repealing vaccine mandate
Eastern Shore News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:39 PM PST
RICHMOND â€" Legislation repealing a requirement that girls receive a vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing virus was killed for this year when the Senate voted 22-17 Monday to send the bill back to committee and carry it over to 2013. |
Panhandle push for colon cancer awareness
KFDA-TV Amarillo Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:36 PM PST
Around 150,000 Americans were diagnosed with colon cancer last year. This year, in the Texas panhandle, around 1,500 patients are expected to be diagnosed with it. |
USAF vet fights to save service dog
ABC Action News Tampa Bay Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:24 PM PST
An Air Force veteran's therapy and service dog, Zeus, faces life-threatening bone cancer in his jaw. The surgery and rehab will cost about $3,000. |
A giant 'little step' in cancer treatment opening up new therapeutic horizons
Science Daily Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:23 PM PST
A new study heralds a new horizon in the fight against cancer, opening up a parallel dimension to existing treatment options. The data demonstrate that by combining two drugs that had already been used on a patient in the past but had stopped working, they boost each other’s efficacy and at the same time manage to break down the patient’s resistance to each of them individually, presenting a ... |
Returning the favor
The Temple News Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:20 PM PST
An owner of Maxi’s began her battle against cancer, with student support. Awareness of a disease that is estimated to affect more than 220,000 additional women in the U.S. within the year hit home in November 2011 when Temple’s very own “Maxi’s Mommy†was diagnosed with breast cancer. On Friday, Feb. 24, Novelli’s “Maxi’s family,†[...] |
Swift asks student with cancer to awards show
CNN Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:13 PM PST
Expressing apologies that she can't accompany him to prom on his birthday, country music beauty Taylor Swift on Friday asked an 18-year-old student with cancer to be her date to the Academy of Country Music Awards in April. |
Scripps Study Finds Higher Death Risk With Sleeping Pills
PR Newswire Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:12 PM PST
SAN DIEGO, Feb 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â People are relying on sleeping pills more than ever to get a good night's rest, but a new study by Scripps Clinic researchers links the medications to a 4.6 times higher risk of death and a significant increase in cancer cases among regular... |
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