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  • Advanced breast cancer detecting machine comes to India

    An advanced digital breast cancer detecting machine with the capability to see the lesions in breasts with much more clarity than ever before was unveiled in the national capital Sunday. The mammography machine 'Amulet' by Fuji films is claimed to be India's first low dose resolution system. Speaking at the launch, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj said: "Every woman should be aware ...

  • New colonoscope could revolutionize colorectal cancer screening

    A study featuring a new colonoscope that allows doctors to see more of the colon shows promise that could revolutionize colorectal cancer screening. Researchers compared both the adenoma miss rate using the new colonoscope with the miss rate of a traditional colonoscope. The miss rate for the new colonoscope was only 7.6 percent as compared to 41.7 percent for the traditional colonoscope, in ...

  • Angelina Jolie to play own mum in new biopic

    Angelina Jolie, who recently got a double mastectomy and wants to get her ovaries removed next, is all set to portray the role of her own mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007, in a new biopic. The biopic celebrating Bertrand's life will go into production in 2014 under Brad Pitt's company 'Plan B', the Daily Express reported. The 'Salt' star's mother was involved in ...

  • Darker skin also prone to skin cancer

    Fair skinned people are known to be at higher risk for skin cancer and other problems associated with too much exposure to the sun, but experts say people of color also are vulnerable to the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun and indoor tanning beds. Darker skin has more pigment-making cells, which provide some inherent protection against UV rays, but not enough, said ...

  • Genetic Testing Guidelines Under Fire

    genetic tests be shared with patients. Incidental findings are unexpected results, unrelated to the reason for testing. What to do with these findings has been a controversial issue for adults ...


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Movie Review

George Washington [DVD]

George Washington [DVD]

In his debut feature, George Washington, 24-year-old Texas-born writer/director David Gordon Green captures the nuanced rhythm and flow of life in a rural Southern town in a postindustrial age. Starring a cast of unknown actors who are mostly under the age of 15, Green creates a low-key drama about how these kids live their lives almost completely cut off from adult supervision. ...

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  • Clinical trials centre charts cancer success story

    A PROSTATE cancer trial that showed how cancer recurrence could be reduced by almost two-thirds is one success story of a Calvary Mater-based clinical trial ...

  • Calls for breast gene test change

    A Scottish breast cancer charity has called for the same genetic testing criteria to be in place north and south of the border. From next month a greater number of women in England and Wales will be offered a BRCA gene test. This was the test which Angelina Jolie took before having a double mastectomy. The Scottish Genetics Consortium has yet to decide whether to do the same. Breakthrough ...

  • Boat run event set to benefit cancer charity

    All Hands on Deck, a boat run benefiting the American Cancer Society, will be held at 10:40 a.m. Saturday at Lake Tyler Petroleum Club, organizers announced.Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The fee to enter is ...

  • Cancer survivor exudes calm in Legislature’s budget battles

    Redmond Republican Andy Hill, the state Senate’s chief budget writer, learned a hard-won lesson when advanced lung cancer threatened his life four years ago. "The illness taught me not to sweat the small stuff," he ...

  • Walkers in stride to beat cancer

    Breast cancer survivors dressed in pink walked across Boston yesterday, the start of a two-day event to raise funds for cancer research.Thousands of participants - survivors, friends and family members - flooded city streets to support the cause.The 39.3-mile walk kicked off at the University of Massachusetts Boston early yesterday and will finish there this afternoon.A moment of silence was ...

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