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Archive for June, 2008

‘Smokers and passive: smokers equally at risk’

20080630_e03.jpgSmokers and passive smokers have an equal chance of contracting fatal diseases caused by smoking, claimed Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) President Dr Masood Sheikh.

He told Daily Times on Sunday that, “There is no difference between smoking and passive smoking. A smoker is at risk. However, a non-smoker who inhales the smoke exhaled by a smoker is at equal risk. This poses a serious issue.”

 

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Joseph B. Bolen, Ph.D. from Millennium to Conference Chair Cancer Sessions at IBC’s Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics Conference

 

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Richmond police lose K-9 partner to cancer

 

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Promising Cancer Drug Developed From Accidental Fungus

 

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Guests gel for Ammi Scott’s cancer fight

 

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Battle against cancer turns spouse into makeshift author

 

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Lung Cancer: Drive It Off the Earth

 

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Why some non-smokers have lung cancer risk

 

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Senators Chuck Hagel and Dianne Feinstein Make Lung Cancer Matter

 

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New clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer

 

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