05.31.08

Study: Bone drug helps fight breast cancer

Posted in Health_Fitness at 3:54 pm by ceo

A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 percent, European researchers said on Saturday,

Subject of ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ dies at 30

Posted in Health_Fitness at 12:22 am by ceo

The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" has died at his home in Virginia.

05.30.08

Settlement approved in tainted pet food case

Posted in Health_Fitness at 11:13 pm by ceo

A judge granted initial approval Friday to a settlement in which companies that manufactured or sold contaminated pet food would compensate pet owners for all costs related to the death or illness of their dogs and cats.

Trying to get rid of chubby cells? Fat chance

Posted in Health_Fitness at 7:04 pm by ceo

You're stuck with the number of fat cells you have acquired by about age 20, a new study finds.

Lung cancer patients fight stigma

Posted in Health_Fitness at 5:07 pm by ceo

Lung cancer often comes with a stigma other cancers don't. Patients, advocates and specialists are meeting in Chicago to try to dispel some of that shame.

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