A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking breast cancer in a scam that netted thousands of dollars worth of sick leave donated by her City Hall co-workers and money from a church and other charities.
Breast cancer - Cancer - Breast - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:37:11 GMT]
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CBS says it will be the first time an anchor has had a colonoscopy live on network television and Katie Couric plans to be with Smith as he prepares for the procedure.


Harry Smith - Early Show - Katie Couric - Television - Television network
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:09:09 GMT]
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A study suggests that an experimental drug may modestly extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments.
Cancer - Health - Prostate cancer - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary
[Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:47:59 GMT]
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The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday.
American Cancer Society - Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:54:35 GMT]
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New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good.


American Cancer Society - Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:36:30 GMT]
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It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate ? a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request.
Morphine - Death - Pain - End-of-Life - Cancer
[Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:37:36 GMT]
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Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for uninsured women in their 40s, a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women released on Monday found.
Breast cancer - Mammography - Cancer - Health - Breast
[Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:10:06 GMT]
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A personalized blood test can tell whether a patient's cancer has spread or come back, offering a better way to see if treatments are working, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.


Cancer - Blood test - Health - United States - Conditions and Diseases
[Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:17:14 GMT]
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An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review, an Associated Press review has found.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune - Marine - Associated Press - Water - United States
[Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:35:37 GMT]
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The Gardasil vaccine protected most young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer, according to new studies released Wednesday by its maker, Merck & Co.
Gardasil - Merck & Co - Cervical cancer - Cancer - Health
[Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:07:00 GMT]
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Breast cancer survivors who take aspirin regularly may be less likely to die or have their cancer return, new research shows. Those in a large study who took aspirin had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer and a 50 percent lower risk of cancer's spread.

Breast cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Breast
[Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:11:41 GMT]
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Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer ? colorectal cancer ? miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon screening as widespread as tests for breast and prostate cancer.
Cancer - Colorectal cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Screening
[Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:39:30 GMT]
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[Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:39:30 GMT]
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Expensive extra scans using MRI on breast cancer patients make no difference to the number of patients who have a repeat operation, scientists said on Friday, raising questions about whether the scans are worth it.
Cancer - Oncology - Magnetic resonance imaging - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:53:53 GMT]
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Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients.
Cancer - Lung cancer - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:56:30 GMT]
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The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.
Antidepressant - Paroxetine - Health - Breast cancer - Conditions and Diseases
[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:36:46 GMT]
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People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

Cancer - Pancreatic cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Gastrointestinal
[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:13:00 GMT]
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What size bra do you wear? How's your sense of smell? Can you still fit into your college jeans? The answers to these questions ? plus other weird body clues ? may be a surprising predictor of potential future health problems.

Health - Shopping - Health care - United States - Health insurance
[Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:43 GMT]
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