• Should Smoking in Cars with Kids be Illegal?

    Updated: 2010-11-30 15:07:00
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  • FDA Questions Dutasteride for Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-11-29 19:45:00
    WASHINGTON -- FDA reviewers are questioning the benefits of two 5-alpha reductase inhibitors -- dutasteride (Avodart) and finasteride (Proscar) -- to prevent prostate cancer, in advance of a vote expected later this week by outside advisers on whether to expand the indication for dutasteride.

  • Pensioners spot skin cancer symptoms too late

    Updated: 2010-11-29 16:33:00
    Failure to get moles and skin changes checked out by a doctor has contributed to a steep rise in deaths from malignant melanoma among pensioners, experts warned.

  • Study: Alpha-Carotene Found to be Good for Heart and Health

    Updated: 2010-11-29 16:11:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Nov 29 0 Study : Alpha-Carotene Found to be Good for Heart and Health by : cancercompass According to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine last week , alpha-carotene was found to be inversely associated with the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and . cancer Beta-carotene is familial to its alpha . counterpart Alpha-carotene has a lot of overlapping chemical properties with beta-carotene , as well as the same perceived mechanisms of

  • Passive smoking 'causes one in 100 deaths worldwide'

    Updated: 2010-11-29 00:07:00
    Around 603,000 people, including 165,000 children, die each year worldwide as a result of passive smoking, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists.

  • Powerful online cancer drug discovery database unveiled

    Updated: 2010-11-29 00:00:00
    A powerful new cancer drug discovery database has been launched to speed up the process of bringing drugs from 'bench to bedside'.

  • Medicare Finalizes New Rules to Require Equal Visitation Rights for all Hospital Patients

    Updated: 2010-11-28 00:08:00
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued new rules for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals that protect patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a same-sex domestic partner. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that “Basic human rights—such as your ability to choose [...]

  • Center for Health Media & Policy finds other losers in "The Biggest Loser"

    Updated: 2010-11-24 18:09:27
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Center for Health Media Policy finds other losers in The Biggest Loser By Gary Schwitzer on November 24, 2010 12:09 PM No Comments No TrackBacks See the Center for Health Media and Policy blog post about something that bugged them in last night's The Biggest Loser TV program . : Excerpt What no one missed this week was the constant and prominent placement for Ford and their Warriors in Pink promotion , benefiting Susan G . Komen , the breast cancer fundraising juggernaut . This included an infomercial within the show starring the host and two trainers urging viewers to complete monthly breast self-exams , a practice which results in more biopsies but no fewer cases of .

  • Congressman Harris Goes to Washington - and finds he has to wait on health benefits

    Updated: 2010-11-24 17:19:55
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Congressman Harris Goes to Washington and finds he has to wait on health benefits By Gary Schwitzer on November 24, 2010 11:19 AM No Comments No TrackBacks If you haven't heard the story of newly-elected Maryland Congressman Andy Harris who campaigned against the health care reform law complaining about why his own congressman's health benefits hadn't kicked in yet read Julie Rovner's post on the NPR Shots blog , and see the ad she embedded from the liberal group Americans United for . Change By the way , Harris is a physician . As noted , one observer said Harris wondered aloud what he would do without 28 days of health care . Dr . Congressman Harris , what should 17 of our

  • Deprived cancer patients face fatal health problems

    Updated: 2010-11-24 00:01:00
    Cancer patients from deprived backgrounds are more likely to develop life-threatening health problems, research published today (Wednesday) in the British Journal of Cancer* shows.

  • Bone Cancer Takes Away Young Violinist's Shoulder, He Continues Playing

    Updated: 2010-11-23 23:21:00
    , Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Nov 23 0 Bone Cancer Takes Away Young Violinist's Shoulder , He Continues Playing by : cancercompass When Joe Ginem was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma four years ago , the then 15-year-old couldn't even pick up a pencil . A talented violinist , the musician was unable to play the instrument he cared for so . deeply After undergoing successful surgery and chemotherapy , Ginem was asked to make a tough decision about his . recovery My surgeon gave me the option of being

  • More questions about peer review: preference for splashy findings

    Updated: 2010-11-23 20:27:46
    : Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org More questions about peer review : preference for splashy findings By Gary Schwitzer on November 23, 2010 2:27 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Publication bias in medical journals is a well-known phenomenon . The latest evidence is explained in Frederik Joelving's intriguing piece for Reuters Health , Journal experts prefer splashy' findings Excerpts : Given similar , fabricated reports that compared two treatments , reviewers from a pair of top-line orthopedic journals recommended publishing the fake results in 97 percent of cases when there was a difference between treatments , but only in 80 percent of cases when there was no . difference No-difference studies affect

  • On The Horizon- XL 184 Shows Remarkable and Surprising Results In A Small & Early Trial

    Updated: 2010-11-23 15:53:14
    Although some people have called it intriguing,  a new “On The Horizon” drug, LX184, is still very early in its testing.  What makes LX184 intriguing is the just released results from a conference in Berlin. In very early testing, 19 of 20 men in a phase I trial showed an improvement in their scans used to [...]

  • Calculate your BMI AOL Health

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  • Facebook Removes Breast Cancer Survivor's Scar Photos

    Updated: 2010-11-23 06:43:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Nov 23 0 Facebook Removes Breast Cancer Survivor's Scar Photos by : cancercompass Anna Antell modeled for a photography exhibition showcasing the effects of cancer . The breast cancer survivor had her black and white photo shown at the swanky Malmaison Hotel Oxford in the United Kingdom . She is shown , topless , exposing her mastectomy . scars Antell decided to post the exhibited photograph on her Facebook profile for friends and family to see . What she didn't expect

  • The First Annual Men’s Health Night – A Great Success

    Updated: 2010-11-22 21:52:48
    Last night was the first Men’s Health Night, it was a tremendous success.  Thousands of blue lights were lit from coast to coast (and in Tanzania) to remember the men no longer with us whom we loved and to honor those who are still here and are important. Go to www.menshealthnight.org to view [...]

  • LA Times Healthy Skeptic analyzes "health product" claims in SkyMall magazine

    Updated: 2010-11-22 16:18:02
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org LA Times Healthy Skeptic analyzes health product claims in SkyMall magazine By Gary Schwitzer on November 22, 2010 10:18 AM 1 Comment No TrackBacks We love the LA Times' Healthy Skeptic column . You've heard that before . I hate being on a flight when I've run out of reading material and resort to leafing through the highly-priced stuff in the SkyMall magazine . Now the Healthy Skeptic analyzes such SkyMall-listed products as The Baby Quasar The Aculife Therapist Deluxe and the Nano-UV Wand Excerpt : It's frighteningly easy to drop a couple of hundred dollars on a holiday present . If you're considering spending big money on a health-related gift , you'll want to make sure

  • Flight Attendant Removes Prosthetic Breast for TSA Screening

    Updated: 2010-11-22 06:35:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Nov 22 0 Flight Attendant Removes Prosthetic Breast for TSA Screening by : cancercompass Cathy Bossi is accustomed to airports , airplanes , and making sure passengers arrive to their destinations safely . A flight attendant for the last 32 years , this veteran frequent flier and breast cancer survivor refused to go through the full-body scanner at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport last week because she did not want to receive the additional radiation from the

  • Errors Common in Prostate CA Staging

    Updated: 2010-11-22 04:01:00
    Errors in clinical staging for localized prostate cancer appear to be common -- with widespread confusion about the use of findings on transrectal ultrasound and biopsy, according to an analysis of a large database.

  • TONIGHT IS MEN’S HEALTH NIGHT- LIGHT A BLUE BULB TO HONOR THE MEN WE LOVE

    Updated: 2010-11-21 06:34:21
    November 21 is the world’s first annual Men’s Health Night. We are asking every home to light a blue light to honor the men we love, those who are living and those who we wish were still with us. One blue light bulb, one night a year, one evening to show that we [...]

  • Tomorrow Is Men’s Health Night

    Updated: 2010-11-21 01:05:27
    Remember, tomorrow night is the first annual MEN’S HEALTH NIGHT. Light a blue bulb to honor a man in your life or to remember a man who had been important to you. Brooklyn Borough Hall (Brooklyn New York) will be lit blue in celebration. The Prostate Cancer Coalition of North Carolina has [...]

  • Sloan-Kettering MD warns: don't believe the hype about lung cancer screening

    Updated: 2010-11-19 20:36:05
    : Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Sloan-Kettering MD warns : don't believe the hype about lung cancer screening By Gary Schwitzer on November 19, 2010 2:36 PM 1 Comment No TrackBacks Catching up on some important reading . Before this week ends and before the piece is forgotten , I wanted to draw attention to Dr . Peter Bach's column in Slate , CT Scam : Don't believe the hype about lung-cancer . screenings He hits on evidence , on harms , on costs , and on marketing that has already exploded all over the country after the National Lung Screening Trial results were announced . Excerpts although I urge you to read the whole piece at the link above Cancer screening is fundamentally inefficient : Hundreds ,

  • Report shows some improvements in cancer care

    Updated: 2010-11-19 11:30:00
    There have been improvements in key areas of cancer care since the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy in 2007, according a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.

  • Annual screening for women with history of breast cancer 'may save lives', study suggests

    Updated: 2010-11-19 11:21:00
    Annual breast screening of women in their 40s who have a family history of breast cancer could save lives, UK scientists have found.

  • Finally, A New Phase III Clinical Trial to Open Evaluating TAK-700

    Updated: 2010-11-18 19:45:12
    Finally, some good news as Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company with its parent company Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have announced their intention to start a Phase III clinical trial of TAK-700 in the U.S. for men with advanced prostate cancer. TAK-700, which I have been writing about under the heading of “On the Horizon,” is [...]

  • Think Happy, Be Happy

    Updated: 2010-11-18 19:38:00
    , Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Nov 18 0 Think Happy , Be Happy by Dana Demas A new study finds that people who let their minds wander are happier if they think pleasant thoughts than if they think unpleasant . thoughts Perhaps it's true that if we hope for the best and stay positive , rdquo things do feel less overwhelming . However , this can be a difficult , almost unrealistic , expectation during cancer . Stresses come from every direction and cancer takes no prisoners whether relationships ,

  • Medicare Panel Gives Tentative Nod to Prostate CA Drug

    Updated: 2010-11-18 15:00:00
    BALTIMORE -- A Medicare advisory panel agreed Wednesday that there is good evidence that sipuleucel-T (Provenge) significantly improves survival in patients with minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

  • The "cancer screening engine" rolls on - for better or worse

    Updated: 2010-11-18 13:44:19
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org The cancer screening engine rolls on for better or worse By Gary Schwitzer on November 18, 2010 7:44 AM No Comments No TrackBacks Dr . Danielle Ofri , associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine , raises important questions in her Doctor's Voice column on a CNN blog She writes : the cancer-screening engine rolls on , oblivious to the fact that screening is a nuanced proposition that needs to be considered differently for different groups of . patients As much as I hate to think about it , there are likely profit motives mixed in . There are all sorts of commercial entities that stand to gain with an aggressive indiscriminate screening message .

  • Out On the Limb – Predicting the CME Decision on Provenge

    Updated: 2010-11-17 21:12:49
    Today, I spent most of the day listening to the CME (Medicare & Medicaid) hearing on Provenge. CME does not have to abide to the decisions of the advisory committee, so like we experienced with the FDA Advisory Committees we will have to wait and see what will eventually become the policy for reimbursement. [...]

  • British women face greater risk of cancer death than European counterparts

    Updated: 2010-11-17 17:47:00
    The UK has a higher death rate from cancer in women than many other European countries, new figures show.

  • A Skeptical Parent's Guide to Orthodonture

    Updated: 2010-11-17 17:03:44
    With all of journalism's fascination with new stuff in medicine, issues in dentistry often get overlooked. A story in the Wall Street Journal begins to address some of these issues. See the story, "The 8-Year-Old With a Perfect Smile: More Young Kids See Orthodontists, But Treatment Is No Guarantee of Teen Years Without Braces."

  • Pomegranate Juice, -What is the Deal with It for Men with Prostate Cancer?

    Updated: 2010-11-17 16:40:07
    Taking supplements can become confusing. First we hear that a product will help us, it will control our PSA or maybe even cure our cancer. Certain supplements come into vogue; you can’t beat the disease without taking them, almost take them or be square. Then we hear that the product does nothing. [...]

  • Botox, implants, lifts and smooths to keep the 'dream' alive

    Updated: 2010-11-17 14:16:30
    Blogger Liz Scherer gets worked up about a news story headlined, "White women's skin may show wrinkles sooner." Read her post. And then realize how broadly this news was disseminated. This is just the first of many pages of Google search results. Sheesh.

  • At least one reporter found time for some caution on Mayo's proton beam announcement

    Updated: 2010-11-16 20:42:33
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org At least one reporter found time for some caution on Mayo's proton beam announcement By Gary Schwitzer on November 16, 2010 2:42 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Minnesota and Arizona journalists are jumping all over a Mayo Clinic announcement that they'll begin offering a form of proton beam radiation therapy in Rochester and Scottsdale several years from now . But only one news organization that we've seen so far the St . Paul Pioneer Press injected any caution into their coverage . Reporter Chris Snowbeck , operating under the same time pressures as everyone else , at least included this But proton beam therapy has been controversial . Some have questioned whether the

  • Press Release – Prostate Cancer Roundtable Issues a ‘Red Alert’ – MEDCAC Meeting Tomorrow

    Updated: 2010-11-16 15:24:34
    WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Tomorrow is a landmark day for men with advanced prostate cancer and the millions of families and loved ones who are profoundly affected. Provenge, a new prostate cancer treatment option, will be considered by the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC). MEDCAC was established to provide independent [...]

  • BMI & Prostate Cancer Recurrence

    Updated: 2010-11-15 17:21:44
    There has been a lot of controversy over the association between obesity and the eventual biochemical failure of men treated for prostate cancer. Research performed at the Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio attempted to determined whether there is an association between body mass index and biochemical failure [...]

  • One in four cancers 'detected late'

    Updated: 2010-11-15 17:13:00
    A quarter of cancers in England are only discovered at a late stage when patients are admitted to hospital for emergency treatment, research from the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) suggests.

  • Pooled genome data reveals four new gene variants linked to bowel cancer

    Updated: 2010-11-15 16:30:00
    Cancer Research UK funded scientists have discovered four new genetic variants linked to bowel cancer by combining data from three major genome studies, reveals a study published in Nature Genetics today.

  • Deaths from cancer in children fall by almost 60 per cent since the '60s

    Updated: 2010-11-12 11:28:00
    THE RATE of children dying from cancer has fallen by almost 60 per cent over the last 40 years, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.

  • Mixed Review for Prostate Cancer Vaccine

    Updated: 2010-11-11 23:29:59
    WASHINGTON -- The prostate cancer immunotherapy sipuleucel-T (Provenge) has supporting data "consistent with longer overall survival," but the quality of the data leaves the conclusion less than rock solid, CMS study says.

  • Normal Genetics May Influence Cancer Growth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 13:48:36
    The genes we possess not only determine the color of our eyes and hair and how our bodies grow, they might also influence the changes that occur in tumors when we develop cancer. A study by scientists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) suggests that our normal genetic background - the genetic variations that we inherit - contributes to the kinds of DNA changes that occur in tumor cells as cancer develops........

  • Prostate Therapy Hikes Colon CA Risk

    Updated: 2010-11-11 04:00:48
    Patients on long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer had a 30% to 40% increased risk of colorectal cancer compared with patients who did not receive ADT, analysis of an NCI database showed.

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    . email newsletter blog wiki tell a friend about home log in Home Blog Subscribe Subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email . newsletter Blog Feed All Bills RSS Feed Cost Savings Feed New Laws Feed About RSS Feeds Site Search Recently Visited The Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007 The United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act of 2009 The Seniors Protection Act of 2010 The Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act The Americans Want to Work Act Subjects Click here to see bills organized by subject Budget Categories Click here to see bills organized by budget category Recent Blog Posts Earmarks Will Senate Republicans Swear Them Off or Not India WashingtonWatch.com Digest November 8, 2010 First Up : A Symbolic Cut in Pay Post-Election Spending Politics Following the

  • Cancer Research UK announce recipients of inaugural Prizes

    Updated: 2010-11-10 16:33:00
    The first ever Cancer Research UK prizes were presented this week at the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

  • New kidney cancer surgery technique could reduce organ damage

    Updated: 2010-11-10 00:02:00
    A new method of surgery for kidney cancer could help reduce organ damage, leading to more successful treatment of the disease, scientists have discovered.

  • HPV testing and vaccination could cut cervical screening to twice in a lifetime

    Updated: 2010-11-10 00:01:00
    Women who have had the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could need only two HPV screening tests for the rest of their lives according to new calculations being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

  • New Guide Can Predict Patients' Survival

    Updated: 2010-11-09 00:02:00
    A new way of predicting how long terminally ill cancer patients have to live, has been devised by Cancer Research UK-funded research.

  • Single gene target could boost bowel cancer survival by three months

    Updated: 2010-11-09 00:01:00
    Scientists have discovered a genetic region linked to survival in patients with advanced bowel cancer, according to a study being presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference today (Tuesday).

  • Recession saw fewer smokers quitting

    Updated: 2010-11-09 00:01:00
    Since the recession began the number of smokers quitting has fallen according to new research being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool today (Tuesday).

  • Spiral CT screening of heavy smokers could decrease lung cancer death rates

    Updated: 2010-11-08 13:46:00
    Heavy smokers who have lung cancer screening with low-dose 'spiral' chest CT scans appear to be less likely to die from the disease than those who are screened using single view chest x-rays, initial study results from the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) suggest.

  • Data suggests too few lung cancer patients getting surgery

    Updated: 2010-11-08 00:01:00
    Only half as many lung cancer patients in England are getting potentially lifesaving surgery compared to the best countries in the world, according to a new report by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN).

  • Test selects the 60 per cent of women with inherited ovarian cancer who could benefit from 'smart' drug

    Updated: 2010-11-08 00:01:00
    Scientists have developed a new test to select which patients with ovarian cancer will benefit from new drugs called PARP inhibitors, according to research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

  • Radiotherapy cuts deaths from high risk prostate cancer

    Updated: 2010-11-08 00:01:00
    MEN TREATED with radiotherapy as well as hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer were 43 per cent less likely to die from the disease, according to trial results presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool

  • UK's first dedicated prostate cancer virtual biobank launched

    Updated: 2010-11-07 00:01:00
    The first virtual biobank dedicated to prostate cancer research has been launched today by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI).

  • Number of cancer patients taking part in clinical studies quadruples in a decade

    Updated: 2010-11-07 00:01:00
    The number of cancer patients in the UK participating in clinical studies has soared in the last decade from one in 26, to around one in six patients diagnosed, according to new figures presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week (Tuesday).

  • New link between growth factors and early prostate cancer found

    Updated: 2010-11-06 00:01:00
    A new study presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference in Liverpool next week has found potential new biomarkers for very early prostate cancer in men with no symptoms of the disease.

  • ASTRO: Stamp Test Aids ED Assessment

    Updated: 2010-11-04 21:05:50
    SAN DIEGO -- A simple, inexpensive home test for erectile dysfunction showed good correlation with prostate cancer patients' and partners' subjective assessments of their sex life, according to results of a small clinical study reported here.

  • Hit to the Wallet Corrects ADT Use for Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-11-03 21:00:00
    Medicare accomplished what clinical guidelines and evidence-based medicine couldn't: it reduced unnecessary use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in prostate cancer.

  • Study sheds light on protein's ability to kill rogue cells

    Updated: 2010-11-03 13:27:00
    UK and Australian scientists have shown how an immune system protein called perforin kills rogue cells in the body by punching holes in them so that toxic enzymes can enter and destroy them.

  • HPV predicts survival in tonsil and tongue cancers

    Updated: 2010-11-03 00:01:00
    When the human papillomavirus (HPV) is found in cancer tumours of the tonsil and base of the tongue, patients are more likely to survive following treatment.

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