Interim President George M. Philip was joined by E. Stewart Jones and several other donors to announce $166,000 in gifts to support cancer research at the University at Albany-SUNY, bringing total support to $1.07 million on the strength of more than 1,000 individual donors. The gifts include $150,000 from Jones to support the Cancer Research Endowment, $10,000 from The Community Foundation for the Capital Region's Bender Scientific Fund, as well as $1,000 gifts from the Rensselaer County Chambe
Media Advisory: May 19 Briefing on Asbestos Legislature - Forbes Media Advisory: May 19 Briefing on Asbestos Legislature - Forbes SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ ? Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and the staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee organized a briefing for key staff members of the House, on the critical need for legislation to ban asbestos. WHEN NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 44th annual meeting of - EurekAlert The following news tips are
Seeing as I?ve begun to bite the hand that feeds me, I might as well do the job properly and gnaw the fucker right off. I work for Corgan Research, one of the country?s oldest MR firms. It sucks and is run by a complete maniac called Barry Corgan - big C, little organ, or so we suspect. Barry inherited the company from the founder, his father, so he?s always been rich and has never had to relate to people. He dresses like Gregory Peck in The Boys From Brazil, only shorter and without the
An interesting study released by scientists with UCLA?s Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Urology suggests that a diet high in polyunsaturated fat could speed up prostate cancer in men. The studies (conducted with mice) show that cutting fat intake to 12 percent (a low-fat diet) could possibly slow down the growth of precancerous cells. Furthermore, the group of mice that were fed a low-fat diet presented a much less occurrence of prostate cancer. A low-fat, high-fiber diet combined
Dr Norris Alderson, Associate Commissioner for Science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has informed: ?In evaluating the safety of food contact articles or their constituents, such as BPA, FDA?s safety assessment relies on evaluating probable consumer exposure as a result of the proposed use and other authorized uses, and ensuring that the probable consumer exposures are supported by the available toxicological information. With regard to consumer exposure, FDA found that the small am
MI6 FIASCO IN RUSSIA3 May 2008 Epstein posits that Litvinenko was poisoned by accident the post mortem, he says, would have determined whether he ingested the polonium210 or inhaled it. Part of his thesis is that the isotope had been smuggled to London not to spooks and nukes : litvinenkoPolonium210 is of great interest to the UNs nuclear proliferation watchdogs because it is a critical component in earlystage nuclear bombs. Both America and Russia used it as part of the trigger in their earl
Alright, so let?s take a break from political news for once and talk about some other current events. With the lift of the ban on gay marriage in CA, Ellen DeGeneres has officially announced that she and Portia de Rossi are going to get married! Awesome! Congrats to them! In South Carolina EIGHT middle schoolers were expelled [...]
Mass of cancer research put online Marketplace Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:33 For the first time, cancer doctors and researchers have put the abstracts of their cancer studies online in advance of their major annual meeting later this month. And you can bet Wall Street has been poring over the reports. Janet Babin has the story.
Mammogram, not biopsy, for breast lesions SEATTLE (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a woman with benign-looking breast lesions should not get not a biopsy but a follow-up mammogram. In a study published in American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers said six-month short-interval follow-up diagnostic mammogram had an 83 percent sensitivity rating -- meaning a relatively high proportion of true cancers were being identified, with a low proportion of cases mistakenly deemed benign. "Because th
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery and open surgery for colon cancer produce similar outcomes, according to researchers who reviewed findings from 12 international studies involving over 3,300 patients. read more
By Amanda Gardner EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of 15 genes may help determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will experience a recurrence and, therefore, benefit the most from chemotherapy, a new study shows. read more
Names in the news - Baltimore Sun Names in the news - Baltimore Sun Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein has received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Snowmass Institute. Rosenshein is the medical director of the Weinberg Center for Women's Health & Medicine and director of the Gynecologic Oncology Center New Drug Combination Brings One-Two Punch Against Acute Leukemia - Phramalive.com CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 16, 2008 Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Ce
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) said in a statement it ?will discontinue development work of the MAPLE reactors located at its Chalk River Laboratories, effective immediately,? citing soaring project costs and delays. ?Our board of directors and senior management have concluded that it is no lon
Beat the Burn Filed under: Herbal Health ? Tags: Cancer Research UK, sun burn, sun damage ? Jane @ 2:22 pm Ah, the sun is shining, and like a swarm of locusts we all head out to the park, the beach, the fun fair ? anywhere where was can soak up those all too rare and precious sun rays! We get that giddy in the heat and sun that we forget our factor 30 and before you know it we?ve acquired that classy lobster red glow. Ouch! Sunburn is one of those things best avoided. Cancer Research UK p
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Partnerships between major academic cancer centers and community hospitals are a quick and effective way to spread cancer treatment advances, say researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. read more
By Amanda Gardner EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with a specific subset of the disease don't need to receive chemotherapy. In fact, not only does chemotherapy not benefit this group of patients, it may actually harm them, a new study found. read more
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) A treatment that uses natural killer (NK) immune system cells from umbilical cord blood effectively destroys human leukemia cells in mice, researchers say. read more
I have been asked to travel all the way to Droitwich Spa Art Society to do my Painting My Way Demonstration. Its quite a distance from us , but we will make a day of it and travel there in the morning have a look round Droitwich and have the demo in the evening. Its a large group of over 6o members, it will make a change to have 2 hours to do the demo in--usually at the WI's I only have around an hour to do the 2 paintings! Usually I get asked many more questions when I'm at the art society/cl
By Amanda Gardner EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who had cancer as children or teens are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease, a new study found. read more
The ?Sisterhood? of Breast CancerMay 16th, 2008 by Maria Gifford Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter Wednesday, May. 14, 2008; 3:00 AM Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved. TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) ? New research has found both bad news and good news on breast cancer risk. The bad news is a risk factor you can?t change: Women whose sisters were diagnosed with breast cancer face an increased risk of breast
