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- Knowledge of Smoking-Bladder Cancer Link Lacking 9 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... about one in five people with bladder cancer are aware that smoking is a risk factor for ... understands that cigarette smoking can lead to lung cancer, but very few people understand that ...
- FTC assails "low-tar" cigarette test 9 Jul 2008 07:16 GMT
... the amount of tar produced by a cigarette could reduce a smoker's risk of lung cancer. But the FTC said Tuesday scientists now believe the test does not provide meaningful information on ...
- Lynn Gomez, Sun-Sentinel assistant business editor, dead at 61 9 Jul 2008 07:09 GMT
... Tuesday in New Port Richey after battling cancer for five years. She was 61 years old. Lynn ... marathon just before she was diagnosed with lung cancer and went to a Rolling Stones ...
- Loose Change: The price of expensive cancer drugs 9 Jul 2008 06:52 GMT
... Hyperexpensive cancer drugs continue to rise in cost, to the ... of Avastin to treat one type of lung cancer, for example, is $56,000. It can ...
- Microchip To Aid Lung Cancer Treatments 9 Jul 2008 06:14 GMT
... tumor cells reveal genetic signatures of dangerous lung cancers, possibly leading to targeted therapy. Massachusetts ... which is the primary method by which cancer spreads and becomes lethal, said Dr. Daniel Haber, ...
- FTC Considers Backing Off Nicotine Guidance 9 Jul 2008 06:14 GMT
... the amount of tar produced by a cigarette could reduce a smoker's risk of lung cancer. The commission believed that giving consumers uniform information about tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes would ...
- Murray Klein, Who Built Zabar's Into Gourmet Emporium, Dies 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... international food emporium and foodie haven, has died. He was 84. Klein died of lung cancer yesterday, a manager who had worked with him for decades at the Upper West Side ...
- Dr. Stephen Colvin, 64, Cardiac Pioneer 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... followed a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, just more than a week ... a fellowship at the National Heart and Lung Institute of the National Institutes of Health. ...
- Barbara Bel Geddes, 82, Actress Famed for Broadway and 'Dallas' 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series "Dallas," died Monday of lung cancer. She was 82, and died at her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Bel Geddes was nominated ...
- Peter Hamill, 80, Tobacco Researcher 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... issued the groundbreaking study in 1964 that said smoking was a major cause of lung cancer and other diseases. Hamill also chaired a government study on human growth that reported in 1976 ...
- Bennie Smith, 72, Legend of the Blues Guitar 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... year his guitars and amps were stolen in a burglary. Despite being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year, Smith kept active. His "The Bennie Smith All Star Session" live CD ...
- Beverly Sills, Famed Opera Singer From Brooklyn, 78 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... night at 78. The Brooklyn-born diva had only recently been diagnosed with the inoperable lung cancer that killed her. She died about 9 p.m. yesterday, her manager, Edgar Vincent, said. Beyond the ...
- Philip Damashek, 65, Lawyer Led Personal Injury Bar 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... achievement award in his honor in 2003. Damashek, who died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital of lung cancer, is survived by his wife, Judith, and three sons, Harris, Alan, and Jonathan. ...
- Nancy Littlefield, 77, Led City Film Office 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... in the Bronx; died August 30 at her home in Delray Beach, Fla., of lung cancer; survived by her children, Joshua Littlefield and Amy Norton, and five grandchildren. ...
- Phyllis Gates, 80, Sad Wife of Rock Hudson 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... as an interior designer after her brief marriage to Hudson, died of complications of lung cancer January 4 at her home in Marina del Rey on the west side of Los ...
- Ex-Clinton Aide Eli Segal, 63, Dies 9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... 63. Segal died at his Boston home from complications of a rare form of cancer in the lining of his lung, a family spokesman said. "A long time friend and colleague, Eli embodied the spirit ...
- Fritz Richmond, 66, Master of Jug and Washtub Bass 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... one of the world's finest players of the jug and washtub bass, died of lung cancer Sunday. He was 66. Born in Newton, Mass., Richmond became a key figure in the ...
- Balfour Brickner, 78, Rabbi, Author, Social Activist 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... on national radio and TV, where he presented a Reform Jewish perspective. He had lung cancer and died at Mount Sinai Hospital. Brickner was also a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines, ...
- Fernando Bujones, 50, Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... Fernando Bujones, who died of cancer yesterday at 50, was one of the greatest ... a Miami hospital after being treated for lung cancer. Survived by his wife, Maria; daughter, ...
- Benny Parsons, 65, Champion Race Driver 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... a former taxi driver who became a NASCAR champion in 1973, died yesterday from lung-cancer at 65 at a Charlotte, N.C., hospital. A member of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers and a ...
- Frank Gorshin, 71; Played Riddler in TV's 'Batman' 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... Pittsburgh; died May 17 at a hospital in Burbank, Calif.; he was ill with lung cancer, emphysema, and pneumonia; survived by his wife of 48 years, Christina, a son, and a ...
- Sir Richard Doll, 92, Epidemiologist 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... LONDON - The British scientist who first established a link between smoking and lung cancer, Sir Richard Doll, died yesterday. He was 92. The epidemiologist, whose research was credited with preventing ...
- Al Aronowitz, 77, a Writer Of 1960s Scene 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... Al Aronowitz, who died Monday at 77, was a ... influence around 1972. His wife died of cancer the same year, and the Post fired him - ...
- Angela King, 68, Jamaican Rights Leader 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital. She was 68 years old and had been suffering from lung cancer. During a 38-year career at the United Nations, King led efforts to end discrimination against ...
- Leon Niemczyk, Star of Polanski's Knife in the Water,' Dies at 82 9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... age of 82. Niemczyk, considered a master of supporting roles, died November 29 of lung cancer at his home in Lodz, the Polish news agency PAP reported. Niemczyk starred in more than ...
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