EU tackles national governments over air pollution
Reuters UK - It said in a statement that 70 percent of towns and cities with a population of 250,000 or more in the EU had reported exceeding limits on the particles, which are blamed for causing asthma, heart problems and lung cancer. “Member states must align
Peace of Mind
Egypt Today - IN A RECENT study conducted by the University of California that measured the pain experienced by patients suffering from lung cancer, AIDS and depression, researchers found that patients with depression registered the highest levels of pain
State ranks 40th in women’s health Smoking, cancer rates lower grade
FortWayne.com - But Indiana fared worse still for higher smoking and lung cancer rates and lower Pap smear and mammogram screening rates, among other measures. The fourth triennial report employed benchmarks based mostly on U.S. Department of Health and Human
Cancer drugs boost Roche’s 3Q sales, outlook for 2007
Newsday - The drug has been approved by EU authorities to treat advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common form of the disease that kills over 3,000 people per day worldwide. Roche said sales of Avastin increased 41 percent worldwide during the first
Former NSW premier frontrunner to head anti-drug sports body
Australian Broadcasting Corp. - TONY EASTLEY: Six years ago, John Fahey was told he had a twenty-five per cent chance of living, after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. But life has turned around for the former premier of New South Wales who’s emerged as the front-runner to head
Family, friends battle for loved ones with cancer
Winston-Salem Journal - After he learned in June that he had lung cancer, after about four months of being treated for bronchitis, that energy faded fast. Burchett, who was also a division manager at Ready Mixed Concrete Co. in Winston-Salem, still tried to continue his
Satirist Alan Coren dies aged 69
Evening Standard - In July this year he was diagnosed as suffering from lung cancer. Victoria said: “It was all very gentle and peaceful. It is exactly how we would have wanted it to be - we just would have wanted it to be 30 years from now. We are all heartbroken