Despite enormous progress in reducing smoking, tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and imposes a terrible toll on families, businesses and government. Tobacco kills more than 480,000 people annually – more than…
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Cancer “vaccine” eliminates tumors in mice
Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial. Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice…
Illegal to smoke with children in the car?
This State Could Soon Make It Illegal For You To Smoke With Children In The Car What do you think of the proposed law? A bill that would ban smokers from lighting up in the car if there’s a minor…
Flu Epidemic Apparently Peaking, Likely to Continue
America’s serious influenza outbreak has touched every state in the continental United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there’s widespread flu activity from this season’s outbreak in all of the continental U.S. – something that hasn’t happened…
27 year-old dying woman’s heartbreaking letter goes viral
A heartbreaking letter written by a dying young woman is going viral after she passed away last week. On the 4th of January, Holly Butcher lost her battle with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects mostly young…
Girl Battling Cancer Narrowly Escapes Vegas Shooting
What happened Sunday night in Las Vegas was beyond horrific. It’s the kind of catastrophe that causes one to question bringing children into this crazy world. The only tiny glimmer of hope from this situation are the personal stories of…
Cancer Awareness: Mesothelioma gets its day in the spotlight
September 26th – Mesothelioma Awareness Day Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that is only caused by exposure to asbestos. There are between 2,400 and 2,800 people diagnosed with mesothelioma in the United States each year. Most mesothelioma patients…
Signs Of Ovarian Cancer EVERY Woman Should Know About
You may have heard ovarian cancer referred to as a “silent killer” before, and there’s a good reason for it—the disease doesn’t have as many obvious indicators as, say, breast or skin cancer. But that doesn’t mean women don’t experience…
Woman awarded $417 million in cancer suit
A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly…
7 Skin Cancer Symptoms You Can’t See
Most of the time—99 out of 100 cases—skin cancer is clearly visible on the outside of the body (though realizing that a funky mole, rash, blemish or lesion is malignant isn’t always so easy). Yet there are exceptions to every…