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• Cancer Deaths for Blacks Remain High

  Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Since the early 1900s, there has been a decline in ...

• Test May Help Guide Blood Cancer Treatment

  Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have developed a new test to spot a blood ...

• New Drug Fights Deadly Fungal Infections

  Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Two studies have found that a new drug, Noxafil, prevents ...

• Stronger Chemo Dose Won't Improve Bone Cancer Outcomes

  Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Increasing the dose intensity of a chemotherapy regimen using the ...

• Prostate Cancer Trial Halted Due to 3 Cases of Leukemia

  Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A trial testing whether the chemotherapy drug mitoxantrone would benefit ...

• U.S. Cancer Deaths Drop for 2nd Year in a Row

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The number of cancer deaths in the United States has ...

• Parents Urged to Donate Infant Cord Blood

  Jan. 15 (iVillage Total Health) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urges families to ...

• Kidney Transplants Boost Cancer Risk

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Some patients have a threefold increased risk of developing ...

• Height Loss in Older Men Tied to Heart, Death Risks

  TUESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Men who grow significantly shorter as they age are ...

• 3-Drug Regimen Is New Tool in Leukemia Fight

  MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of three chemotherapy drugs -- pentostatin, cyclophosphamide ...

• Survivors of Childhood Leukemia Faring Well

  MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- More than 90 percent of children who survive acute ...

• Gleevec Continues to Beat Blood Cancer

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Doug Jenson, a 73-year-old retiree in Canby, Ore., knows ...

• Some Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Face Long-Term Risk

  MONDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with diseases such as leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome ...

• Firefighters at High Risk for Cancer

  FRIDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Firefighters risk their lives each day as part of ...

• Drug Reduces Kidney-Transplant Rejection Rates

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Most kidney transplant patients have to undergo what's known ...

• Diabetes Shouldn't Keep Patients From Heart Transplant

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes alone should not disqualify a person from being ...

• Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Long-Term Stroke Risk

  TUESDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors are ...

• Heart From Donor With Hepatitis C Reduces Survival

  TUESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Heart transplant recipients whose organ comes from a donor ...

• Stem Cell Transplant Shows Promise Against ALS

  MONDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- New stem cell research in rats may lead to ...