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Archive for November, 2006

G-P-S to Find Lung Cancer

superdimension.jpgTechnology Used In The Auto Industry.. Has Now Put Medical Experts In The Driver’s Seat.

There’s A New Navigational System.. That Could Lead To Earlier Lung Cancer Detection.

 

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British anti-smoking guru dies at 72 of lung cancer

Allen Carr.jpg Allen Carr, the British anti-smoking guru who helped millions of smokers to kick the habit has died from lung cancer, aged 72, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. Carr, who is from London, was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer this summer. He died at his home near Malaga, southern Spain.

 

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DaimlerChrysler ordered to pay brake repairman $20 million in asbestos verdict

lungs1.jpgDaimlerChrysler Corp. must pay $20 million to a retired police officer and brake repairman whose right lung was removed because of cancer caused by asbestos, a jury ruled.

 

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Cancer drug maker adds $8.5 million to funding pool

aplimed.jpgAmpliMed Corp. Tuesday announced an additional private placement of $8.5 million as it works on the development of anticancer drugs.

 

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Big Tobacco Downplays Smoking-Cancer Link When Sued

skeleton.jpgCigarette makers may publicly admit that their products cause cancer, but when sued by sick smokers, they deny or minimize the link, according to a new analysis of lawsuits.

 

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Reduce potentially harmful indoor air pollution

indoor.jpgAs the winter chill sets in, Americans are settling into their warm, cozy homes. But those houses may be filled with more than holiday joy this season. They also may hold polluted air.

Indoor air pollution is one of the top five most urgent environmental risks to public health, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And that risk can rise in winter, as people shut tight the windows and doors and unwittingly trap unhealthy air inside.

 

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Smokers, it’s not enough to just cut back

a_brown_smoke_061128_vsmall.jpgSmokers eager to cut the risk of dying early from tobacco-related illnesses must quit completely, researchers said on Tuesday, because cutting down — even by half — is not enough.

 

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Pioneering News Editor, Gerald Boyd, Dies

gerald_boyd_news.jpg Gerald Boyd, the first black metropolitan editor and managing editor of the New York Times, who made headlines for his 2003 resignation stemming from the Jayson Blair scandal, died yesterday in his Harlem home after battling lung cancer. He was 56.

 

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Halving your smoking quota won’t help you live longer

smoking lc.jpgIf you thought that cutting your daily cigarette quota by half would be beneficial to your health, well than you better think again, for a new study has found that doing so makes no difference at all. The study, which appears in Tobacco Control, found that though reducing consumption may have a place as a temporary measure in smoking cessation, the only way to live a healthy life, is to kick the butt altogether.

 

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NJ Trails Nation in Cancer Survival Rate

imagesCACHTZML.jpgMore New Jerseyans are surviving cancer, but the state survival rate still trails the national rate, according to a state report issued Tuesday.

 

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