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By ERIC NAGOURNEY
More than five years after Medicare began paying for screenings for colon cancer, many people are still not being tested, a new study suggests.
February 20, 2007 Health News
By CLAIRE DEDERER
An ad for a cancer vaccine finds a way to sell itself to teenagers and their parents.
February 18, 2007 Arts News
By STEPHANIE SAUL and ANDREW POLLACK; RALPH BLUMENTHAL CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FROM HOUSTON.
At about $400 the vaccine is costly, and many say the rush toward mandatory inoculation could prove counterproductive.
February 17, 2007 Front Page News
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By DEBORAH SOLOMON
The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration talks about the agency’s recent failures and scandals, his new drug-safety initiative and ending cancer deaths in the next decade.
February 11, 2007 Health Interview
By MICHELLE YORK
Wayne A. Schenk, diagnosed with cancer, won a $1 million jackpot just a month later and hopes to spend his winnings on medical care.
February 11, 2007 New York and Region News
By FELICITY BARRINGER
The decision to reduce the toxic hydrocarbon gases in gasoline was greeted with praise from environmental groups usually critical of the Bush administration.
February 10, 2007 U.S. News
By ANDREW POLLACK
The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient.
February 7, 2007 Health News
By JENNY ALLEN
I would not have joined a hiking club for my own pleasure. Hiking and I had a history: every summer my ex-marine father took my siblings and me on steep hikes to the top of a Vermont mountain. They sang “From the Halls of Montezuma.” I sang along fakely. How had I landed among these outdoorsy people?.
February 4, 2007 Magazine News
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
The requirement was praised by health advocates but caught many by surprise in a largely conservative state where sexual politics is often a battleground.
February 3, 2007 Health News
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By AMANDA SCHAFFER
Cancer is less common in adolescents and young adults than in older people. But in some ways it is more alarming.
January 30, 2007 Health News
By DAVID TULLER
The new vaccine against human papillomavirus, which became available last summer, could potentially prevent thousands of cases of cervical cancer. But doctors hope the vaccine will be able to prevent a less well-known, but potentially fatal, disease in gay men, anal cancer. The same strains of HPV cause both cancers. Although anal cancer can affect anyone, it is most common among men with histories of receptive anal intercourse -- an annual rate of about 35 cases per 100,000, and perhaps twice t...
January 30, 2007 Health News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
A new study suggests that having many siblings may increase the risk for certain stomach cancers.
January 30, 2007 Health News
By ANDREW POLLACK
The biotechnology company said its anemia drug Aranesp increased the risk of death when used to treat certain cancer patients.
January 26, 2007 Health News
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
A new study argues that it would be worth the cost to begin a broad screening program for early signs of melanoma.
January 23, 2007 Health News
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
A new study finds that chemotherapy doses are insufficient for women with less education or income.
January 23, 2007 Health News
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