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News11 new results for lung cancer research
 
Boys overweight at 18 have greater risk of cancer
Mirror.co.uk
Blokes with above average body mass index at 18 had a 50% greater risk of dying of lung cancer than those with the lowest weight ratios. Experts found the risk was the same even when smoking was taken into account. In a study of 20000 men, ...
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Details released on Convergen's grant application
Houston Chronicle
Founded in April 2009, Convergen asked the Texas Emerging Technology Fund for the money in July 2009 to help develop a new lung cancer-fighting drug using nanotechnology. Created by the Legislature in 2005 at Perry's request, the fund invests public ...
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Music raising money for research
Morton Times-News
Boswell said his grandmother had breast cancer, his grandfather had lung cancer and a friend had thyroid cancer. Boswell started planning for this year's event in October by contacting bands. "The first year I really had no idea how to set it up. ...
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Effect of Longer Carbon Nanotubes on Human Health
AZoNano.com
By Cameron Chai Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that some types of carbon nanotubes comprising cylindrical shape molecules measuring about one-thousandth of the thickness of a human hair could cause lung cancer in humans. ...
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AZoNano.com
Firefighters climb equivalent of scaling Mount Everest twice in aid of Roy ...
Crosby Herald
The money raised will support the work of the charity, which is dedicated to defeating lung cancer. It funds research, provides support for victims and also helps people to quit smoking. Lung cancer kills more people each year than any other type of ...
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US Women Dying Younger Than a Generation Ago
Care2.com (blog)
That had a delayed effect that drove up lung cancer rates among women as this generation aged. The trend may ease as that age group passes and the effects of more recent efforts to reduce smoking are felt, Preston said. But Preston cautioned that the ...
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Care2.com (blog)
Overweight youths 'likely to die early'
Glasgow Evening Times
For example, men whose BMI had been greater than the average (21.7) at age 18 had more than a 50% greater risk of dying from lung cancer than those with the lowest BMIs, whether they smoked or not. Researchers did not have data on women but said it was ...
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Teenage BMI 'associated with future risk of cancer death in men'
Cancer Research UK
The researchers also looked at specific cancer types and found an association between weight at age 18 and risk of dying from lung, skin, oesophagus and kidney cancers. Medical Research Council researcher Dr Linsay Gray, lead author of the study, ...
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Emory-Children's Pediatric Research Center Awards Grants for Research and ...
Emory University News and Events
The 2011 pilot grants, provided by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, will help support research in cancer and blood disorders, cardiovascular biology, cystic fibrosis, endothelial biology, lung biology, clinical outcomes and public health, ...
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Princeton professor Bart Hoebel, 76: Hands and mind were never idle
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
Hoebel, 76, died Saturday at his Princeton Township home surrounded by family after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was an internationally renowned professor of psychology at Princeton University, and his work led to discoveries in eating ...
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Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
NEW U.S. PATENT GRANTED FOR DIAGNOCURE'S PCA3 PROSTATE CANCER BIOMARKER
MarketWatch (press release)
Moreover, a recent European study suggested that PCA3 testing also could predict the outcome of initial biopsies in men suspected of having prostate cancer. DiagnoCure /quotes/zigman/15702 CA:CUR 0.00% is a life sciences company commercializing ...
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Web5 new results for lung cancer research
 
Jim Fifis Lung Cancer Research Fund | Cooper University Hospital ...
We are honored to announce the creation of the Jim Fifis Lung Cancer Research Fund in memory of Jim Fifis, the owner of Ponzio's in Cherry Hill, NJ, ...
www.cooperhealth.org/content/JimFifisLungCancer.htm
Scientist Identify Key Component in Lethall Lung Cancer ...
In a study recently published in Cancer Research, Van Andel Research Institute ( VARI) researchers found a protein that… more… ...
www.checkorphan.org/.../scientist-identify-key-component-in-...
DOD FY11 Lung Cancer Investigator-Initiated Translational Research
The Lung Cancer Research Program Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award supports translational research that will accelerate the movement of ...
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UT Southwestern research uncovers genetic link between emphysema ...
{AAAS via BioPortfolio} (UT Southwestern Medical Center) A gene linked to emphysema also can be a factor for developing lung cancer unrelated to cigarette ...
www.bioportfolio.com/.../Ut-Southwestern-Research-Uncovers...
Study: Pfizer lung cancer pill may double survival - Hawaii News ...
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