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By PAM BELLUCK
The demand for a free vaccine against cervical cancer has been so high that physicians can’t satisfy all the requests.
May 12, 2007 Front Page News
MORE ON CANCER AND: HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV), VENEREAL DISEASES, STATES (US), GARDASIL (DRUG), VACCINATION AND IMMUNIZATION, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, WOMEN, VIRUSES, LAW AND LEGISLATION, CERVIX, PERRY, RICK, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, VIRGINIA, TEXAS, NEW HAMPSHIRE
By LEE JENKINS; HOWARD BECK CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.
Utah point guard Derek Fisher put his daughter’s health before the playoffs Wednesday, missing most of the game. He then returned to seal the win for the Jazz.
May 11, 2007 Health News
By ANDREW POLLACK
Bowing to safety concerns, government medical advisers urged on Thursday that additional restrictions be put on the use of drugs that treat anemia in cancer patients.
May 11, 2007 Health News
By JANE E. BRODY
The PSA test is widely used to screen for prostate cancer, but it remains controversial.
May 8, 2007 Health News
By ALICE LESCH KELLY
Bad stuff happens to everyone, and sometimes the bad stuff is breast cancer.
May 8, 2007 Health News
By NATASHA SINGER
Bronzed skin is still the ideal, reinforced by self-tanning products. Do they also promote risky behavior under the sun?
May 3, 2007 Health News
By DENISE GRADY
Fewer than half the people who should be screened for colon cancer bother to do so.
May 1, 2007 Health News
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
On Monday, after a five-week absence, Tony Snow will return to work, while undergoing chemotherapy.
April 30, 2007 U.S. News
By JANE GROSS
Research is leading to new attitudes about the cognitive side effects of life-saving treatment.
April 29, 2007 Health News
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
A revolt by lawmakers has blocked Gov. Rick Perry's effort to make Texas the first state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. In a 135-to-2 vote that appeared veto-proof, the Texas House gave final passage on Wednesday to a Senate bill that bars the state from ordering the shots until at least 2011. Even many supporters of the governor resented Mr. Perry's proposal as an abuse of executive authority.
April 26, 2007 U.S. News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The study tracked women prospectively to see if those who reported having abortions were more likely to develop breast cancer in the future and found that they were not.
April 24, 2007 Health News
By GINA KOLATA
Breast cancer rates fell sharply in 2003, and the lower rate remained in 2004, researchers are reporting today. The finding, they say, fits with a hypothesis they advanced last December when they had data only from 2003. At that time, national data showed that breast cancer rates fell by nearly 15 percent in the 18 months from July 2002 through December 2003.
April 19, 2007 Health News
By ANDREW POLLACK
A series of setbacks at the pharmaceutical giant pose the greatest challenge to its previously charmed 27-year history.
April 17, 2007 Business News
MORE ON CANCER AND: HEART, FINANCES, ARANESP (DRUG), EPOGEN (DRUG), DRUGS (PHARMACEUTICALS), LABELING AND LABELS, CONSUMER PROTECTION, REGULATION AND DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRY, SALES, STOCKS AND BONDS, COMPANY REPORTS, ANEMIA, SHARER, KEVIN W, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AMGEN INC
By S.S. FAIR
The Samurai goes for the faux glow.
April 15, 2007 News
By BARRY SCHWARTZ
What T.G.I. Friday’s can tell us about mammograms.
April 12, 2007 Health Op-Ed
MORE ON CANCER AND: DIET AND NUTRITION, INSURANCE, MAMMOGRAPHY, RESTAURANTS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGERS, BREAST, WOMEN, RESEARCH, TESTS AND TESTING, SOCIOLOGY, TGI FRIDAY'S
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