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Cancer

Let Your PC Help Cure Cancer!

December 28, 2006

Did you know there are over 1,000,000 computers chained together across the Internet creating a giant super-computer attempting to break down the building blocks of proteins in order to find a cure for some of the world’s worst diseases. And you can join too!

Free Cancer Journal Subscription

November 22, 2006

If you live in the US, you can print and fax in this form for a free subscription to Cure magazine. Cure has excellent overview articles both for laypeople and physicians.

Scientists ‘Train’ Cells to Fight Cancer

September 7, 2006

The US National Cancer Institute team in Bethesda, MD has successfully completed the first successful gene therapy treatment to rid a human of cancer. For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment completely eliminated his skin cancer and another tumor on his liver shrunk enough that it could be removed surgically.

News Flash: Smoking is Bad!

August 21, 2006

Note to all those in the hospitality industry that if you work around a bunch of smokers, even if you don’t smoke, the second hand smoke is 45% more likely to kill you. My favorite quotes from this article: “…individuals with the highest levels of exposure to passive smoking of 22 hours or more a [...]