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Reaching out

Drug target to stop cancer spread

Ever since the concept of modern medicine appeared, scientists and doctors have worked hand in hand trying to find the answer to the most troubling medical problems. It is a known fact that a large percent of the population is affected in equal terms by cardiovascular disease and cancer. At the same time, there are a lot of illnesses that have serious long-term effects and there are many ongoing studies in order to obtain results.

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Caffeine appears to lower a woman's chances of developing ovarian cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, while smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol do not. The benefit for caffeine drinkers also seemed strongest for women who ...

Forbes - DENVER, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- eBags.com is a leader among online retailers as it embraces the power of Web 2.0 technology to raise awareness and enable customers to help fight breast cancer. eBags launched an original breast cancer awareness ...

Forbes - MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly 50 years St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been dedicated to finding cures and saving children with pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. Throughout the week of October ...

Forbes - PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, poor, uninsured women in Pennsylvania will no longer have life-saving services because state funding for the Cervical Cancer Prevention Project has ended. "Poor women are going to get cancer and ...

Guardian Unlimited - He is in the classic footballer's 4x4, complete with tinted windows and a blonde in the passenger seat, but this is no shopping expedition or ordinary day out. He is on his way to the headquarters of the Roy Castle lung cancer foundation and he is in ...

Patriot Ledger - Kimmell was diagnosed with cancer, the congregation rallied, cooking meals and running errands for him and taking care of church paper work. ‘‘My congregation was my pastor,’’ he told The Patriot Ledger that year. ‘‘I really felt held up ...

Detroit Free Press - Pearl Deaniello of Pittsburgh decided to celebrate her 15th year as a breast cancer survivor by coming back for the 30th Free Press Marathon. Deaniello last competed in 1981 as a race walker, finishing in 4:31:13. "I was living in Toledo, Ohio, back ...