Drug ’strangles cancer’s spread’
Glivec is normally used to treat leukaemia, BBC News reports here: The spread of prostate cancer can be halted with a drug which "strangles" tumour cells by cutting off their blood supply, a study has suggested.
Archive for January, 2007
Grisham Becomes the Client
He’s a lawyer. He’s a best-selling author. Now he’s The Client, the Washington Post reports here: Best-selling author of legal thrillers John Grisham must face a real-life jury for his amateur detective work, which allegedly caused a Va. woman severe emotional distress.
Lung cancer vaccine to be tested
BBC News reports here: A large-scale trial to test a vaccine against the most common form of lung cancer has been launched.
FBI warns of twist in extortion phishing scam
CNET News.com reports here: Pay no attention to e-mails, purportedly from the FBI in London, stating you were next on a murderer’s hit list.
From Royal to Clinton, 2007 Is the Year of Strong Women
Spiegel Online reports here: It has already happened in Berlin — and Paris and Washington may be next. Women are getting ready to take political power. Meanwhile, their male rivals, most of them from the usual tired caste of political functionaries, are having trouble keeping up.
Gonorrhoea raises cancer risk
Infection with the Gonorrhoea bacterium is linked to cancer, BBC News reports here: Men who have had gonorrhoea are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer, a study has found.
Poll: Most Americans Opposed to Bush’s Iraq Plan
The Washington Post reports here: "Most Americans oppose President Bush’s call to send additional U.S. military forces to Iraq and just over a third say the new plan makes victory there more likely, an initial public rebuke of the strategy he unveiled last night in a nationally televised address."And Spiegel Online writes here: "130,000 US [...]
D.C. Bill Would Mandate Vaccine
Proposal for Girls Under 13 Targets Cervical Cancer, The Washington Post reports here: The D.C. Council opened its legislative year by introducing a bill that could make the District one of the first jurisdictions in the country to require girls younger than 13 years old to get a new nationally debated vaccine against cervical cancer.
How spicy foods can kill cancers
BBC News reports here: Scientists reveal capsaicin, which makes jalapeno peppers hot, attacks the energy-making mitochondria of cancer cells.