Lung Cancer News

Not blowing smoke - Dallas Morning Views BlogI commend the Dallas City Council for considering a smoking ban in Dallas. I was living in Boston in May 2003 when a statewide smoking ban was passed in spite of similarly vocal soothsayers who believed (wrongly) that it would mark the end of the bar […]

Prayer vigil Wednesday for 89 OHS valedictorian - Oneida DispatchONEIDA As an Oneida High School graduate battles lung cancer, local friends and family members are planning a prayer vigil Wednesday at her alma mater, not just to support her, but to spread awareness about a disease that is […]

Understanding Lung Cancer - CBS42.com(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Although it s the deadliest cancer, not all smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors are one step closer to understanding why some patients develop lung cancer while others do not. More than 50 percent of
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Drug can replace chemo for lung cancer patients - San Francisco GateFriday, November 21, 2008 An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy. “This will provide us with another drug in our armory,” said Dr
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Snus product causing a fuss among health groups - The State JournalCharleston — While the Annual Great American Smoke Out traditionally focuses on cigarette use the American Cancer Society is also warning about the dangers of smokeless tobacco. A new product called Snus is being marketed in West Virginia by at
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Survivor urges early lung cancer screening - KGOREDWOOD CITY, CA (KGO) — You may be surprised to know that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. People do not like to talk about it because there is a stigma associated with
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Dad cured of deadly cancer - News.com.auLOOKING the picture of health, Stephen Bolon has good reason to hug his wife and daughters: he is the first person in Australia to be cured of the cancer mesothelioma. The breakthrough in treatment of the asbestos-linked cancer, which has always been
Veterans Day Highlights Mesothelioma Risk […]

Henry Loomis, Voice of America Director Who Resisted White House - Bloggernews.netRead 15 times. FreeMediaOnline.org and Free Media Online Blog November 11, 2008, San Francisco Henry Loomis, who died Nov. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., at age 89, was director of the […]

Smokers banned from fostering - ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A council has become the first in London to rule that smokers will no longer be able to foster children. Redbridge Council’s cabinet agreed Tuesday night to a ban on placing children with foster carers who smoke unless there are
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Non-smoking cancer patients may have a genetic link to cancer. - Spokane Spokesman-Review HealthFor men and women who do not smoke, the risk of getting lung cancer may be heavily influenced by their family history of the disease. Researchers from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center looked at the incidence of lung cancer […]