Death Risk Lower at Hospitals That Perform Many Surgeries
Donga.com - of Medicine, Ulsan University) and Yang Seung-wook (Clinic of Medical Management, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) analyzed the number of surgeries for esophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer
Cancer patient wins $1M lottery
Boston Online - NAPLES, N.Y. — Five weeks after Wayne Schenk was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, he hit a $1 million state lottery jackpot on a $5 scratch-off ticket. With doctors giving him little more than a year to live, the former Marine has no need for
Volunteers sought for study of green tea
AZCentral.com - They damage proteins, fats and DNA, which can add up to lung cancer and other serious diseases. Some of the damage goes away after a smoker gives up cigarettes. But other damage, called oxidative stress, is permanent. Researchers theorize that the anti
M. Lamar Muse; key innovator of Southwest Airlines
Boston Globe - LOS ANGELES — M. Lamar Muse, the maverick executive whose innovations at Southwest Airlines Co. in the 1970s helped revolutionize the airline industry, died of lung cancer Feb. 5 at a Dallas retirement home. He was 86. During a turbulent 37-year
Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood Dead
Playfuls - U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood, a Republican who represented east Georgia for 12 years, died at his Augusta home Tuesday of lung cancer at age 65. Norwood was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 1998 and underwent a lung transplant in October
Lawmakers to reintroduce bill on doctor-aided suicide
San Francisco Gate - 02-12) 04:00 PST Sacramento — Two state lawmakers will reintroduce a bill this week that would make physician-assisted Men’s perspiration boosts sexual arousal in women Researchers surprised to find no link between marijuana, lung cancer Study
Georgia Congressman Charlie Norwood Dies After Long Battle With Cancer
FOX News - WASHINGTON Rep. Charlie Norwood died at his Georgia home on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65. Norwood left Washington last week to receive hospice care at home in Georgia, forgoing further treatment for lung cancer that had
Many lung cancer cases in nonsmokers: study
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of women who develop lung cancer have never smoked, U.S. researchers found in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame. A survey of a million people in the United States and Sweden shows that just