Ontario to spend $50M to cover costs of expensive cancer drugs The Canadian Press, TORONTO - 1 hour ago

Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital are caught out by their baby's home delivery in the bath.

Test could lead to better cancer treatment Boston Globe, United States - 1 hour ago

Anadis Ltd. (ASX:ANX; OTC:ANDIY) an Australian biopharmaceutical company has been awarded a product development grant for its Cancer-related Alimentary Mucositis project. The award was one of only three made by the VISTECH bi-national fund, following a competitive process, which included a thorough scientific assessment. The fund was established by the Government of Victoria (Australia) and the Government of Israel through the Office of the Chief Scientist in its Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor. The intended product for the oncology market will leverage a special formulation of Anadis' immune milk-derived anti LPS antibodies, growth factors and other bioactives delivered using Anadis’ oral delivery technology.

TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO), maker of the TomoTherapy® Hi·Art® treatment system for advanced radiation therapy, has earned top honors in MD Buyline’s user satisfaction rankings for the second consecutive quarter, solidifying its position as the customer service leader in linear accelerator-based radiation therapy. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/tomotherapy/md_buyline/prweb1072684.htm

A review published in The Lancet Oncology finds that although users of smokeless tobacco products (STPs) likely have a lower cancer risk than smokers, they are still increasing their risk of developing several types of cancer. In the USA and Sweden, a finely cut or powered, flavored tobacco called moist snuff is the most popular form of STP used. In places like India, there is a wide range of products that are regularly consumed.

It is a widely accepted notion that second-hand smoke (SHS) is linked to lung cancer. However, medical professionals and researchers have not reached consensus on the extent of the increase in cancer risk due to SHS.

'Everybody was so kind and welcoming'

Isolagen(TM), Inc. (Amex: ILE) announced the completion of the pivotal efficacy portion of its Phase III clinical studies (IT-R-005/006) investigating the Isolagen Therapy(TM) for the treatment of nasolabial folds, or wrinkles. The last person in each study has completed the primary efficacy follow-up visit, and collation of this data has begun. The Company anticipates that top-line efficacy and safety data analyses from the studies will be reported in August 2008.

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Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest studies of dementia and other health factors in the fastest-growing age demographic. The researchers reviewed an analysis of 911 people enrolled in the 90+ Study. Of those, 45 percent of the women had dementia, as opposed to 28 percent of the men.

I was working with a client this week who had come to the realization that he probably needed to end his marriage. Fortunately, there are no children involved. A while back I had suggested that he read a book called Stop Walking on Eggshells . He did so and then returned to meet with me. I often recommend this book when I suspect that a client of mine has a loved one who has the mental condition called Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) . In his case, I had met his wife and I was rather sure that this diagnosis was accurate, but rather than apply a label to her, I thought that it would be beneficial for him to come to his own conclusion.

Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to a survey published by the US National Science Foundation.

Stress is a part of life and when it comes to our jobs and how we make a living, it's something that requires our constant care and concern . Now a new study of 1,000 workers in Europe found that stressful jobs accounted for 45 per cent of new cases of depression. The factors which the scientists isolated as being especially important were excessive demands on the job and extreme time pressures. Not only did they find that these workers, with an average age of 32, were experiencing a high percentage of job-related stress-induced depression , but there appeared to be a 40 percent increase in reports from workers of job stress.

As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or "bird flu" lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have developed resistance to the current roster of anti-flu remedies.

USA Today on Tuesday, in the first article of a series about retirement issues in the 21st century, examined how retirees are seeing "inflation wring much of the value out of their fixed incomes." Jim Dau, a spokesperson for

Delaying childbirth has substantially contributed to recent rises in caesarean section rates, according to a paper published this week by scientists at Cambridge University. The findings come from an analysis of a large body of Scottish data performed by a team under Professor Gordon Smith, at the University's Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Children growing up alongside social networking websites may have a "dangerous" view of the world, says an expert.

Is the French system better than the NHS?