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1 hr ago | KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Young, non-smoking women being afflicted with lung cancer

Samantha Mixon looks and feels great, but she is fighting stage four lung cancer and all the assumptions that people make about her disease.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

3 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

NDP expands ban on sale of tobacco products

THE sale of tobacco products will be banned in health-care facilities and pharmacies, including drugstores and large retail outlets such as Safeway and Superstore, as of May 31 on World No Tobacco Day.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

4 hrs ago | Nurse.com

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Nursing, Health, Cancer

8 hrs ago | Independent.ie

Donal nominated for award as his inspiring message of hope lives on

INSPIRATIONAL teenager Donal Walsh has been nominated for a Rehab People of the Year Award - two weeks after his death.

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Related Topix: Health, Ireland, World News,

Thu May 23, 2013

Gizmag

Inhalable drug delivery provides new approach to lung cancer treatment

The Nanostructured Lipid Carrier that can be inhaled to deliver an anticancer drug directly to the lungs According to American Cancer Society estimates, lung cancer will account for 27 percent of all US cancer deaths in 2013, making it by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oregon State University, Gadgets

BioSpace

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces Plans for the Initiation of...

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces Plans for the Initiation of the Cedar&#0153 Clinical Trial Evaluating OGX-427 in Combination With Chemotherapy in Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Biotech, SONUS Pharmaceuticals, OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Paraplatin, Carboplatin (generic), Pancreatic Cancer

OregonLive.com

Tuality Healthcare announces lung cancer screening program

One of the great killers of our time could become more treatable, even curable, as a result of an innovative screening program that will begin in early June at Tuality Healthcare.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking

Fox News

Lung cancer screening: CT scans more effective than X-rays

Screening for lung cancer using low-dose computed tomography rather than chest X-rays may be a more effective way of detecting the disease, Medscape Today reported.

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Related Topix: Health, Lebanon, NH

Forbes.com

Altria Group: E-Cigarettes Or Die?

Electronic-cigarettes or E-Cigarettes, are battery-powered devices that heat liquid nicotine in a disposable cartridge and produce a vapor that's inhaled.

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, Smoking, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

Bend Bulletin

Staying fit cuts risk of cancer death in middle-aged men

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Oncology

MLive.com

CT scans for smokers offered for $99 in hopes of catching lung cancer early

A CT scan that screens for early signs of lung cancer is now available for heavy smokers at the bargain rate of $99. Saint Mary's Health Care this week introduced the program offering the low-dose lung CT in hopes of finding lung cancers at a stage early enough to cure.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health

MediLexicon

In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Racial Disparities Found In Surgical Management

The surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer in U.S. hospitals varies widely depending on the race of the patient, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Health, Creighton University, African-American

Boca News Now

Major Lung Cancer Advancement At Boca Regional

Boca Region Hospital continues to make news for its staff, facilities and equipment.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Boca Raton, FL

Wed May 22, 2013

Journal Watch

Early Experience in Screening for Lung Cancers with Low-Dose CT Detailed

Use of low-dose computed tomography to screen for lung cancer produces three times the rate of positive screens that chest x-ray does, while finding more early-stage tumors, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

WebMD

CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Confirms

WEDNESDAY, May 22 -- Physicians weighing the benefits and risks of CT scans for detecting lung cancer now have more information to help with the decision.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking

MyKawartha.com

Noble cleans up at Canada-Wide Science Fair

Lakefield student's success continues as he snags the top prize for his work to target cancer cells with nano-silver particles science fair Adam Noble-1.jpg. Grade 12 Lakefield District Secondary School student Adam Noble checks out cancer cells through a microscope.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, North America, Canada, World News, Cervical Cancer

People

Angelina Jolie Takes Action Vs. Cancer - How You Can Too

Recently, Angelina Jolie revealed that she "decided to be proactive" and underwent a preventive double mastectomy upon discovering she had the gene that would most likely cause her to develop breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Breast Cancer, Health, Smoking

Medical Daily

Twenty Six Genes Could Help Identify Aggressive Lung Cancer

Researchers found 26 genes that were expressed only in patients with aggressive forms of lung cancer, a potential means for earlier detection of the illness.

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Related Topix: Health

Connect Savannah

Best of Savannah: Arts & Culture 2013

JinHi Soucy Rand, the proprietress of Muse Arts Warehouse, guest-directed Bay Street Theatre's joyful production of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent last spring.

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Related Topix: Savannah, GA, Jonathan Larson, Theater, Arts, Health

International Business Times

American Cancer Society Turns 100, Cancer Incidents in U.S. Trending Downward

In a bit of good news today, the American Cancer Society reports that as of Wednesday, its 100th birthday, two out of three people who are diagnosed with cancer today will survive for at least five years, and cancer rates in the U.S. are down 20 percent overall since the 1990s.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Schizophrenia