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To live or die - computer will decide |
 ...rs along with the information on the treatment option.
The prior population-based treatment indicator was created by Wendler group after analyzing the statistic results of the survey conducted on cancer patients. They disclosed that patients are likely to choose a treatment saving their life even if it would be 1 percent chance and their mental state won't suffer much. Otherwise, life-saving treatment is unlikely to b... |
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USA Workers Allowed to Use Marijuana? |
 ...a still face the risk of being arrested by federal officials. The law conflict leads to real confusion of people involved in the matter.
Marijuana is used by patients who suffer from AIDS or HIV, cancer, hepatitis C, glaucoma, Crohn's disease, and multiple sclerosis. Some doctors support medical marijuana to get relief from such symptoms as pain and depression, nausea from their chemotherapy, and loss of appetite. Yet... |
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Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk |
 ...sthma and other respiratory ailments.
The scientists determined that the use of ethanol reduces levels of two carcinogens found in atmosphere, while increases levels of other carcinogens. Thus, cancers caused by atmospheric carcinogens would remain at the same level as caused by pollution in case of petrol fumes.
Biofuels such as ethanol and diesel are mainly produced from corn, sugarcane and rapeseed. They prov... |
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Nano-nose to help identify illnesses |
| ...ere able to identify changes in serum. They do not want to stop here and they try to make this ability statistically stable. Later on Rotello plans to make the 'nano-nose' identify different kinds of cancer cells and other diseases.
Such a nose device, sniffing out illnesses is not a novelty in the world of science and technology, as there were devices developed capable of detecting small molecules; yet the Rotello's s... |
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Farmer Feeds Viagra to Oysters to Create the Ultimate Aphrodisiac |
 ...that feeding an oyster with Viagra firstly can create a powerful aphrodisiac and secondly it's a funny thing to do.
George May is a former marketing executive. After he was diagnosed with prostate cancer he lost his job (in which he was quite successful). It is worth mentioning that selling oysters in Australia requires strict regulations.
Pfizer, a pharmaceutical giant that produces Viagra, ordered the farmer to s... |
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Rare Cancer After Collapsing Twin Towers 9/11 Tragedy |
| ...The head of Medical Monitoring Program taking the responsibility of post-traumatic treatment of World Trade Center workers who were on September 11, noticed they had a rare and strange cancer form.
Dr. Robin Herbert the head of this program claimed that workers had a rare blood and lymphatic cancer. More than 20,000 people were examined after experts found there were many cases of multiple myeloma in young people that... |
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Genes Permanently Turned On by Smoking |
 ...n permanently some of the genes. A study, which was published in BMC Genomics, an on-line open-access journal, was able to explain why those people who used to smoke still have a higher risk for lung cancer development than those who never had the bad habit.
Wan L Lam and Stephen Lam, who work at the BC Cancer Agency, together with a team of Canadian researchers, examined the lungs of former smokers, those who still can... |
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The World Says Rest in Peace to Luciano Pavarotti |
 ...Modena is finalizing preparations for saying "fair well" to the world's most famous tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, who passed away Thursday early morning, on September the 6th, 2007, from pancreatic cancer on his 72nd year of life.
Courtesy of EPA
Thousands of people gathered on the central alley of Pavarotti's home town, where the ceremony started. Maestro was lying in a white coffin, dressed in a black tuxedo, ha... |
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The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away |
 ...ian genome by "knocking out" certain genes. The gene targeting technology has already produced over 500 mouse models of human disorders, such as cardiovascular, neuro-degenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer and many others.
Thus Mario R. Capecchi, from the University of Utah, Sir Martin J. Evans, from the Cardiff University in the UK, and Oliver Smithies, from the University of North Carolina, have been awarded the Nobe... |
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Little Girl Writes a Book to Give Others Hope |
 ...A little girl shared her thoughts and feelings after her father died of cancer in a book "My Daddy is Dying" that will be published this week in the UK.
In her book, Milly Bell, a 9-year-old girl tells a story of sad feelings expressed in drawings and puzzles that she created during the period when her father got ill with brain tumor until his death.
Milly was honored by the Duchess of Cornwall last December with W... |
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Blind Man Fights For His Children |
 ...man from South Africa who became a widow after his wife's death appealed to the highest court to disprove a decision that he is unable to take care of his children.
After the man's wife died from cancer, their 8-month-old baby and two stepchildren were taken by social workers to the relatives. The man was told that his blindness was one of the factors that influenced their decision to remove his children from home. Hi... |
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Scientists Find a Way to Make People Live for Hundreds of Years |
 ... that can live 10 times longer than normal.
Valter Longo, the leading researcher of the study removed two genes RAS2 and SCH9 within the yeast's genome, that is responsible for aging in yeast and cancer in humans and put the baker's yeast on a restricting diet that extended its lifespan enormously.
Longo claimed that in spite of the difference between humans and yeast cells, this method is applicable to the same br... |
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Nurse Had Stolen 244 Body Parts of the Corpses |
 ...d patients were transplanted tissue during surgeries supplied by impostor Biomedical Tissue Services.
It was also found that group of people forged death certificates to conceal such diseases as cancer or AIDS and corrected the age of the corpses to sell them.
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Unborn Twins Save Mother's Life |
 ...A woman suffering from cervical cancer gave birth to twins and they virtually rescued her from tumor in return.
Michelle Stepney, a 35 year-old woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer after she came to the hospital with suspected miscarriage. The constant kicks of the twins in the womb helped to reveal she had a tumor at an early stage. Doctors said that they had noticed a cancer and the woman was advised to termina... |
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Woman's Death Linked to Second-Hand Smoking |
 ... significant improvements in respiratory symptoms and lung function after smoking ban was introduced. Earlier, it was suggested that environmental tobacco smoke may cause coronary heart disease, lung cancer and premature death. The reported case highlights the danger of a second hand smoking to all employees.
Kenneth Rosenman, an MSU professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Med... |
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