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Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: smoking / Quit Smoking Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 More than half of all people with chronic pain are smokers, and research at suggests that cigarette smoking ...

A Minneapolis hospital is playing a key role in the development of a new cancer vaccine. The concept is to give the immune system a super-boost, then unleash it on some of the toughest cancers.

A patients advocacy group on the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon says a Newfoundland health agency did a poor job informing eight women on the islands about breast cancer testing mistakes.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Depression Also Included In: cancer / Oncology ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT An article published in The Lancet finds that cancer patients ...

A new treatment programme for cancer patients with clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet. cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers patients one-to-one sessions with specially trained cancer nurses to help them manage their depression more effectively.

Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D. AP The work of researchers trying to improve breast cancer screening ...

Researchers at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA have solved the structure of a class of proteins known as sodium glucose co-transporters (SGLTs), which pump glucose into cells. These transport proteins are used in the treatment of chronic diarrhea via oral rehydration therapy, saving the lives of millions of children each year. The solution of the SGLT structure will accelerate development of new drugs designed to treat patients with diabetes and cancer.

Breast reconstruction after cancer surgery can have lasting benefits for women's psychological well-being and body image, a new study suggests.

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) Researchers showed that KAI-1 can differentiate chromophobe renal cancers from oncocytoma. Papillary renal cancer with clear cell components is worse than pure papillary tumors. There was a general trend toward watching small renal masses rather than surgery. Small renal tumors that are destined to be metastatic have a growth rate of 0.74cm/year compared to 0.