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7/5/2006 11:19:00 AM | Picoplatin given orphan-drug status 
=(0) A new drug being studied for cancer treatment has been given "orphan drug" status in order to promote its development. The drug, picoplatin, is intended for the treatment of small cell lung cancer, in patients who have formed a resistance to platinum. Platinum therapy for cancer works by disrupting the tumor's DNA, but may be toxic and p...
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7/4/2006 8:07:00 AM | Increased Awareness of Alemtuzumab-Related Infections Urged =(0) A new study warns doctors that a drug currently used to treat certain types of leukemia and other blood disorders may be associated with more infectious side effects than previously thought. The drug, Campath (alemtuzumab), was associated with a variety of complications such as herpes infection, toxoplasmosis, progressive multifocal leukoencep...
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6/29/2006 4:09:00 AM | Diseases caused by pollution cost state =(0) A Minnesota advocacy group reports that the State loses well over a billion dollars a year by having to fund medical and social programs to deal with an increase in childhood diseases caused by toxic pollution. Eliminating problems such as lead paint in old homes and soil, mercury in fish and toxic chemicals just about everywhere, would pay fo...
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6/28/2006 3:11:00 AM | New Research Findings Published In National Academy Of Sciences ... =(0) Researchers are examining the process by which asbestos causes cancer to form in the lungs: it seems that when asbestos is inhaled, it causes the release of a chemical in the body that protects damaged lung cells from dying; however, these cells are suspected of eventually forming into cancer. Understanding the process, which involves the immu...
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6/27/2006 8:21:00 PM | Study Cites 'Indisputable' Evidence Against Secondhand Smoke =(0) The US Surgeon General confirmed what was long suspected: secondhand smoke is dangerous, leading to about 50,000 deaths a year in the US. Smoking can cause or aggravate diseases such as lung cancer, breast cancer, childhood cancers, asthma and heart disease. It has also been associated with sudden infant death syndrome. The Surgeon Genera...
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6/27/2006 5:31:00 PM | Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice =(0) A drug derived from the milk thistle plant has proven effective in treating lung cancer in mice. The drug, Silibinin, is already in clinical trials in humans for prostate cancer. Researchers used the pure chemical, not dietary supplements of milk thistle which are available in health food stores. The research continues....
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6/27/2006 2:14:00 PM | Sutent Offers Hope For People With Kidney Cancer =(0) Sutent, a new drug approved for treating kidney cancer, has shown encouraging results so far. The drug works by blocking blood flow to the tumor, so is effective for large as well as small cancers. Studies are still ongoing....
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6/27/2006 10:28:00 AM | Genentech Stops Avastin Pancreatic Cancer Trial As Results Fail To ... =(0) Drugmaker Genentech has stopped an experimental trial of the cancer drug Avastin for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. An independent monitoring board confirmed that the results were not going to meet the goals. Avastin is approved for treatment of several cancers including colorectal cancer, certain lung cancers and breast cancer. ...
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6/27/2006 8:23:00 AM | UK's NICE Rejects Lilly's Alimta in Mesothelioma =(0) The British National Health Service's cost-control unit, "NICE", will discontinue funding a mesothelioma drug, pemetrexed (Alimta) in England and Wales. The drug's maker, Eli Lilly, contends that the drug is an effective therapy for a difficult-to-treat cancer caused almost completely by workplace exposure to asbestos. It will appeal the decis...
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6/27/2006 1:13:00 AM | ExxonMobil ordered to pay $5 million to widow =(0) The widow of a contract worker who died of mesothelioma was granted $5 million from ExxonMobil by a Louisiana jury. James Terrance chipped asbestos paint from pipes at an ExxonMobil plant in the 1960s, and later died of the asbestos-related cancer. His widow claims that ExxonMobil took greater precautions with the health of its employees than ...
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6/26/2006 9:08:00 PM | Chest X-rays ‘could increase cancer risk for some’ women =(0) Women with certain gene mutations that are linked to breast cancer are at higher risk of developing it if they have routine chest X-rays. This finding does not apply (so far) to mammogram X-rays, but general chest (heart and lung) views. For women in this group who had X-rays before age 20, their risk of developing breast cancer by age 40...
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6/26/2006 3:18:00 PM | Antioxidant supplementation not associated with decreased risk of ... =(0) A new study suggests that overall, taking antioxidant supplements does not lower the risk of prostate cancer, except possibly for smokers or those with insufficient dietary intake of beta-carotene. Antioxidants such as Vitamins C and E, and carotenoids, are thought to reduce free radicals in the body, thus preventing cell damage. Researc...
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6/26/2006 10:07:00 AM | No compensation for wife mesothelioma victims as asbestos ... =(0) Courts in Britain are ruling that a company's asbestos liability does not extend to family members of employees. Cases decided this way have set a precedent, with many others declining to follow through because costs of litigation are too high. Many wives and family members of men who worked with asbestos in the 1950s and 1960s became ill...
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6/26/2006 8:51:00 AM | PBA To Start Its Own WTC Medical Registry To Track 9/11 Illnesses =(0) The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a police union in New York, has begun its own online registry in order to keep a record of illnesses that develop in its members who were exposed to Ground Zero after the attacks of 9/11. Diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, and heart attacks may be entered by the membership. Meetings are also being ...
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6/25/2006 8:15:00 PM | Asbestos society warns against Wittenoom visits =(0) A town in Australia is being shut down by the government because of asbestos contamination. Residents of the town, in northwest Australia, are said to be endangering the public by trying to lure tourists there. According to the Asbestos Diseases Society in Australia, there is still a dangerous situation there, as people who went to work o...
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6/25/2006 8:05:00 PM | Cigarette smoking may undermine benefits of potent antiretroviral ... =(0) A new study of HIV-positive women finds that those who smoke cigarettes are more likely to have their disease progress to AIDS or to die. This, despite treatment with powerful HIV drugs known as antiretroviral therapy. A previous study of HIV-positive men found the same. The smoking women were more likely to come down with pneumonia and t...
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6/24/2006 8:40:00 PM | 'Smoking gun' in asbestos case =(0) General Motors, beseiged with class action lawsuits claiming damage from asbestos used in car parts such as brake linings, is trying to get an insurance company to pay up on the claims. It is suing Royal & Sun Alliance, in both the US and UK, for coverage relating to policies between 1954 and 1972. In a pre-trial hearing, GM claimed it ha...
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6/22/2006 2:48:00 AM | WORKERS BATTLE FOR 9/11 SUIT =(0) The City of New York is trying to get a judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against it by Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers. The 8000 workers claim the city did not protect them from the health consequences of inhaling toxic air after the 9/11 attacks. Since then nearly 300 workers have contracted cancer and 33 have died. Howeve...
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6/21/2006 9:12:00 PM | Legal system shake-up on hold =(0) Scotland is planning to introduce a law next fall that will change the way asbestos victims there are compensated. Currently, mesothelioma sufferers must choose between immediate compensation, or have a larger payout go to their families after their death. The new bill proposes that the maximum payout be available to the victim while he i...
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6/21/2006 6:40:00 PM | Cancer Drug Some Help for Scleroderma =(0) Cytoxan, a drug used to fight lung cancer, has been found to benefit patients with scleroderma as well. Scleroderma is an immune system disorder in which connective tissue is targeted, leading to scar tissue potentially throughout the body. One area of particular danger is the lungs. There is no cure but studies have found Cytoxan may slo...
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