Surge in Iranian female smokers
The smoking rate among Iranian women is about 4.5%, jumping from 1.5% in the past years, a member of the anti-drug committee at the Health Ministry said here on Monday.
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Bashing Via Blog: D.C. gay couple falls from No. 1 spot of Crate and Barrel wedding contest [...]
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Prevention: Older Women Are Not Likely to Benefit From Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Beverly Powell, young mother for whom 2008 benefits were held downtown, dies of cancer
Beverly Powell, the young, single mother whose friends threw Columbus fundraisers for her in 2008 as she was dying of cancer, finally succumbed to the disease Friday at Phenix City’s Canterbury Healthcare Facility.
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Prevention: Older Women Are Not Likely [...]
Veterans blame ills on burn-pit smoke from bases in Iraq, Afghanistan
Gillibrand pushes for cleaner air standards
DID YOU KNOW? You can now view Calendars of Events for today and upcoming weeks? A complete and up-to-date list of local events is now available on every section of PressRepublican.com.
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Veterans blame ills on burn-pit smoke from bases in Iraq, Afghanistan
Returning veterans blame range of [...]
Chapkin gets grant from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute
Cancer breakthrough
SCIENTISTS have created prostate cancer in the laboratory by genetically altering human stem cells.
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Chapkin gets grant from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute
Texas Robert Chapkin, Ph.D., a nutrition scientist for Texas AgriLife Research, has been granted almost $200,000 by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The award will be [...]
It’s all downhill from here
Keeping a healthy heart
While hearts are showing up everywhere with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, health officials are urging women to pay attention to their true tickers.
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It’s all downhill from here
The star is hurting, and there’s more snow in Manhattan than on some of the mountains here.
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Additional data from Phase III clinical trial of taliglucerase alfa in patients with Gaucher disease presented
Obese Children Twice as Likely to Die Young?
Title: Obese Children Twice as Likely to Die Young? Category: Health News Created: 2/11/2010 9:57:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/11/2010 9:57:22 AM
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Additional data from Phase III clinical trial of taliglucerase alfa in patients with Gaucher disease presented
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc., announced today that additional data from [...]
Some miscellaneous news and notes from the 2010 Olympic Games
Positive results from Shire’s velaglucerase alfa Phase III study for Type 1 Gaucher disease
Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today presented positive results from its first Phase III study (TKT 032) evaluating safety and efficacy of velaglucerase alfa, its investigational enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Type 1 Gaucher disease. The data were [...]
Middle East Cancer Patients Set to Benefit from Latest Research on Bone Health
Prostate cancer diagnosis raises risk of suicide
CHICAGO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer.
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Middle East Cancer Patients Set to Benefit from [...]
Diagnosis dilemma: Women’s heart symptoms differ from men
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He said that smoking causes cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, uterine, cervix, kidney, ureter, bladder and the colon.
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Diagnosis dilemma: Women’s heart symptoms differ from men
Susan Fessler was on the evening train headed to Crystal Lake when she experienced a “funny, sickening pain” in her jaw. Then more [...]