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By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Although India produces more opium for the legal morphine industry than any other country, few Indians benefit.
September 11, 2007 Science Series
By BARNABY J. FEDER
Shares of Applied Digital Solutions and its publicly traded subsidiary, VeriChip, fell as investors reacted to a report over the weekend linking the tiny radio device to cancer.
September 11, 2007 Technology News
MORE ON CANCER AND: COMPUTER CHIPS, ANIMALS, DOGS, IDENTIFICATION DEVICES, IMPLANTS, RESEARCH, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET, APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, VERICHIP CORPORATION, VERICHIP
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Despite an aging population and where cancer is the leading cause of death, Japan has long eschewed use of narcotic pain killers. But that is beginning to change.
September 10, 2007 World News
By BROOKS BARNES
In its latest online push, Warner Brothers plans to introduce 24 Web productions in a range of formats including minimovies, games and episodic television shows.
September 10, 2007 Technology News
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Millions of people die in pain because they cannot get morphine, which is legal for medical use in most nations.
September 10, 2007 World News
MORE ON CANCER AND: SURVEYS AND SERIES, DRUGS (PHARMACEUTICALS), PAIN, THIRD WORLD AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, MORPHINE, DOCTORS, PAIN-RELIEVING DRUGS, HOSPICE CARE, SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD, UNITED NATIONS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, SIERRA LEONE, UGANDA, AFRICA
By ELIZABETH HAYT
These organizations accept donations of money or hair to provide wigs to needy women or children.
September 6, 2007 Style News
By KEVIN SACK
The American Cancer Society plans to devote its 2007 ad budget to the consequences of inadequate health coverage.
August 31, 2007 Front Page News
By NATASHA SINGER
Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have to wait substantially longer than those seeking Botox for wrinkles.
August 29, 2007 Health News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Gestational diabetes may be associated with a substantially increased risk for pancreatic cancer, a new study has found. As a pregnancy progresses, the action of insulin is blocked because of weight gain and the release of certain hormones. Most women can compensate with increased secretions of insulin, but in the United States about 7 percent become diabetic for the duration of the pregnancy. Gestational diabetes can endanger the fetus, and it increases the mother's risk for type 2 diabetes.
August 28, 2007 Science News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Colon cancer survivors with diets high in meat and refined grains triple their risk of recurrence or death compared with those who eat fruits, vegetables and fish, a new study reports. Researchers studied 1,009 patients who had surgery for stage 3 colon cancer -- their tumors had metastasized to regional lymph nodes. All the patients completed detailed food questionnaires.
August 28, 2007 Science News
By NATASHA SINGER
The Food and Drug Administration proposed sweeping new rules for sunscreens, intended to give consumers more detailed information.
August 24, 2007 Health News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Breast density and high levels of circulating sex hormones are independent risk factors for breast cancer in postmenopausal women, a new study finds.
August 21, 2007 Science News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
A new study has found that chewing tobacco may be almost as effective as cigarettes in delivering nicotine and carcinogens.
August 21, 2007 Science News
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Justin Hill did not see the turkey vultures circling low over the Colorado River, or hear the chugging of a train laboring up the river’s embankment.
August 19, 2007 Sports News
By JANE E. BRODY
For many people who survive a cancer diagnosis, and even for some who do not, the experience gives them a new perspective on life.
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