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Cancer Killing Virus Discovered

The medical world could realize a major breakthrough in defeating Cancer.  AOL’s Daily Finance interviewed CEO, Dr. Brad Thompson, of Calgary-based biotechnology company, Oncolytics Biotech regarding the founding his company.  The company was founded on the trail to making the remarkable cancer treatment that involves infecting patients with a harmless virus called a reovirus (Respiratory Enteric Orphan virus).  [...]

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Patrick Swayze (1952-2009)

We must take a moment to say farewell to Patrick Swayze.  He fought long and hard, but he lost his fight with pancreatic cancer yesterday. He was only 57 years old.  It’s been hard to think of him as unhealthy when the thing he’s well known for is his strength, energy, and DIRTY DANCING. He was a [...]

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Cannabis a Cancer Cure? Say Word!

And here’s yet another excuse for you to give to the next officer who pulls you over and finds the blunt in your ashtray. “Dude, it’s for my prostate man! I swear!” That’s right, scientist say chemicals in cannabis have been found to stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory, suggesting that cannabis-based medicines [...]

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OTC Smoking Cessation Products Cause Cancer?

Giving up cigarettes has never been harder now that the newest research has proven that the very items smokers use to give up smoking are linked to mouth cancer.  The popular cessation products such as the lozenges and chewing gum are reportedly over used and/or may contain far too much nicotine to be useful. Sphere: Related Content

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Tonsil Cancer From An STD?

  The medical community has learned that tonsil cancer has seedy origins that may not have anything to do with smoking.  Now scientists believe that the human papilloma virus  (HPV) has something to do with it but they haven’t advanced to the part where they say, “But we’ve got a cure for it.” The HPV virus is on the [...]

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