Topic: American Cancer Society
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-29 19:54:33
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it, a new study finds.</p><p>Researchers found that among more than 2,100 U.S. women age 70 and older, 18 percent ...
Natural Health | 2010-01-17 04:00:08
<div><p>I never thought I’d get cancer. I ran six miles a day, and did mini-triathlons and in-line skating; I ate a sensible Mediterranean diet. I managed to take care of myself even while working 80 hours a week and traveling the globe as a successful meeting planner. I thought I was in perfect ...
AP News | 2009-12-23 13:43:26
<div id="subtitle">American Cancer Society lawsuit seeks to void law allowing smoking at Nevada conventions</div><div><p>The American Cancer Society in Nevada has filed suit against the state, health officials and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, seeking to invalidate a recently enacted state law allowing smoking at ...
AP News | 2009-12-12 18:47:58
<div id="subtitle">Poor turned away from some free cancer screening centers as economy forces comebacks</div><div><p>As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according ...
