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A cancer cocktail's edge
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEven if a vaccine produces an appropriate cancer-attacking immune response, it still may not be enough to achieve clinical benefit, especially in patients with very advanced disease. This could be because the ability of large tumors to suppress the...Tags: Lymphoma, Immune System, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer
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Coming soon in the medical arsenal against cancer: vaccines
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's a deceptively simple idea: What if doctors could recruit the body's own immune system to fight cancer? The complexities of the immune system have kept this from becoming reality, until now. Three cancer vaccines -- for prostate cancer, melanoma and...Tags: Leukemia, Immune System, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Donald Morton
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FDA approves first oral drug to slow multiple sclerosis progression
A failed anti-rejection drug got a new purpose and a new lease on commercial life Wednesday as the Food and Drug Administration approved the medication fingolimod -- to be marketed as Gilenya -- to slow the progression of disability in multiple...Tags: Novartis AG, Immune System, Chiropractors, Diseases and Illnesses, Internists
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Study: CT Scans Will Cause Cancer Deaths
Widespread overuse of CT scans and variations in radiation doses caused by different machines -- operated by technicians following an array of procedures -- are subjecting patients to high radiation doses that will ultimately lead to tens of thousands...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), University of California, San Francisco Bay Area, Cancer, Los Angeles
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Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
In 1984, Japan began screening the urine of 6-month-old infants for neuroblastoma, the most common type of solid tumor in young children. The test was simple and could show signs of cancer long before clinical...Tags: University of California, Health Organizations, Drugs and Medicines, Prostate, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Cell phones' cancer link unclear
St. Petersburg TimesU.S. cell phone use has quadrupled in the past decade to about 280 million customers. Meanwhile, brain cancer remains as rare as ever. A city the size of St. Petersburg can expect only about 20 new cases a year. Nevertheless, nagging worries that cell...Tags: Saint Petersberg (Russia), Real Estate Agents, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Health Organizations
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Pregnant breast cancer patients more likely to survive
Pregnant breast cancer patients more likely to surviveThere may be few pregnancy nightmares worse than finding a lump in one’s breast, given the dueling fears that if it’s cancer, treatment could harm the developing fetus, while delay and pregnancy hormones could fuel a tumor’s growth....Tags: Breast Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Internists, Texas
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The Benefits of Prostate Exams
Chicago TribuneThere is now a partial answer to one of the most controversial questions in medicine: whether men should get blood tests that screen for prostate cancer. Experts say a new study shows that for men likely to die within 10 years - whether due to age or...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Washington (U.S. state), Cancer, Drugs and Medicines, Chicago Tribune
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Therapies' benefits unclear
Los Angeles TimesIn a quest to look younger, be healthier and feel more vital later in life, increasing numbers of men, just like Jeffry Life, are turning to testosterone and human growth hormone. Use of both hormones is controversial. Read on: Testosterone: "Older men ....Tags: Cancer, Yale University, Drugs and Medicines, Prostate, IMS Health Incorporated
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Grant money could speed stem cell cures
Dr. Karen Aboody estimates that she has cured several hundred mice of a cancer of the central nervous system called neuroblastoma.
First she injected them with specialized neural stem cells that naturally zero in on the tumors and surround them. Then she...Tags: University of California, Health Organizations, National Institutes of Health, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice
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Junipero Serra needs just one more miracle
In a basement at Old Mission Santa Barbara, a filing cabinet is thick with claims of miracles that didn't make the grade.
A man falls off his horse and, thanks to Junipero Serra, he gets up unscathed. A woman visits Serra's tomb in Carmel and something...Tags: Redlands (San Bernardino, California), Native Americans, Skull, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), U.S. Air Force
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Hiccups, nosebleeds, shivers, oh my!
Hiccups
What they are: Involuntary, intermittent, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm, followed by a sudden closure of the epiglottis (the cartilage protecting the vocal cords), which makes the hiccup sound. They have no known function, but they...Tags: Chiropractors, Neck, Pharmaceuticals, Hiccups, Mouth
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