Broccoli, cabbage help prevent cancer
Honolulu Advertiser - Q. I’ve heard that foods like broccoli and cabbage may help prevent cancer. Is this true? A. As you were told as a kid, eating all your vegetables is good for you. Broccoli and cabbage, which are members of the cruciferous family of vegetables, are
Hysterectomy - Risks and Complications
Eyewitness News - Abdominal Aneurism Achilled Tendon Tear ACL Tear Acne ADHD Allergies AIDS Alzheimers Disease Amniocentesis Angioplasty Ankylosing Spondylitis Anthrax Appendicitis Assisted Delivery Asthma Astigmatism Atrial Fibrillation Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
We’re No. 1 in smog
Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield is the nation’s smog king. It’s a title typically held by Southern California, but according to a report released today by the American Lung Association, Bakersfield now reigns. Graphics: Bakersfield is second to Los Angeles-Long Beach
Hicks, WakeMed role model
Raleigh News & Observer - Marilyn Hicks, a doctor who spent two decades mending the region’s patients in WakeMed Raleigh Campus’ emergency room, died Tuesday after a swift battle with lung cancer. She was 58. Hicks’ legacy is both bricks and mortar and the intangibles of a
Lung cancer claims Marsden
Calgary Sun - A colourful character who enjoyed a laugh, a drink, a flutter at the casino, friends and family, Marsden is perhaps best known for his play-by-play coverage of the CFL telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked as host of the 1972 Canada-Soviet
Monopolistic drug prices must be halted
Pantagraph - On Feb. 3, Joyce Elkins of Georgetown, Texas, obtained a prescription for her cancer-treatment ointment from her local pharmacy. It cost $77.50 for a two-week supply. On Feb 17, Joyce went back to the pharmacy for a refill on her cancer-treatment
Trip to Katrina-ravaged Mississippi leaves church group with lasting
Journal Times - Like everyone else the members of First Presbyterian Church have heard of the hardships that the survivors of Hurricane Katrina continue to face. And like everyone they’re concerned - concerned enough - that 11 church members recently went to Biloxi
Alfacell Provides Update on ONCONASE Phase IIIb Confirmatory
Genetic Engineering News - BLOOMFIELD, N.J., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL) today announced that the 210 events (deaths) has been reached in its confirmatory Phase IIIb registration trial evaluating ONCONASE(R) (ranpirnase), the Company