HIV infection raises lung cancer risk: study
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Independent of cigarette smoking, infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is associated with an elevated risk for developing lung cancer, a study shows. Dr. Gregory D. Kirk from the Bloomberg School of Public
George Melly, jazz singer, art critic and author, dies aged 80
Belfast Telegraph - The jazz singer, art critic and author George Melly died at his London home yesterday. Melly, 80, had been suffering from lung cancer for the past two years, but refused treatment so that he could continue performing. It was a decision fitting to a
Jazz great George Melly dies at 80
Guardian Unlimited - Jazz singer and author George Melly has died at his London home aged 80. Melly had been suffering from lung cancer but had refused all treatment and carried on delighting his fans on stage. He also developed dementia. His wife Diana Melly told the
Skin Rash Actually Signifies Better Outcomes for Pancreatic and Lung
WebWire - PHILADELPHIA - The appearance of a rash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) is strongly associated with longer survival, according to researchers from the drug s developer, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This is not the first time that
Maxygen begins mid-stage breast cancer drug trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review - of MAXY-G34 and the mobilization of CD34+ stem cells. Neutropenia is a severe decrease in neutrophil cell counts in the blood, and is a common side effect of chemotherapeutic treatments for many forms of cancer, including breast cancer, lung cancer
Animals have history of making people happy
Carroll County Times - During past decades, Delta Society, based in Bellevue, Wash., has helped fund multiple studies that eventually linked animal therapy to rising recovery rates in people with Alzheimer’s disease, lung cancer and breast cancer. Delta Society now has 10