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The death tolls from three of the most common cancers in the UK have dropped to their lowest levels for almost 40 years, according to new figures.
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Carolina correlates with cancer mortality at the county level.
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Title: Genetic Breakthrough Spells Hope for Lung Fibrosis Patients Category: Health News Created: 7/9/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/9/2009
The landscape of the 400 block of East Grove Street has changed as crews continue to tear down a building that until recent months housed highly hazardous chemicals.
DENVER - “You've come a long way, baby,” was a 1970s advertising slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes, at least one of which featured a Black woman with an afro, African print tunic top and bell-bottom jeans.
As Americans celebrated Independence Day 2009, North Carolina teens thanked the legislators who supported the passage of a smoke ban bill (House Bill 2), which will go into effect on Jan. 2, 2010. The new law provides protection from secondhand smoke in restaurants and bars across the state by prohibiting smoking in those places. It also authorizes an expansion of local control so that local ...
Endoscopic ultrasound, a valuable diagnostic tool for staging gastrointestinal cancers, is now available at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. During an endoscopic ultrasound, a small flexible tube with an ultrasound device on the tip is used to examine growths or tumors in the wall of the esophagus or surrounding organs (including the stomach, duodenum, pancreas and gall bladder). If an ...
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