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Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List

LA Times | Mark Milian | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Smokers, Smoking, Serbia, Smoking Rules, Laos, Travel, Balkans, No Smoking, Boznia Herzegovina, Lung Cancer, Belarus, Cigarettes, Health, Russia, Smoking Permitted, Samoa, Cancer, Smoking Allowed, Tobacco, Austria, Greece, Nauru, World News

With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting...

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Is Eli Lilly Milking Cancer by Promoting and Treating It?

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Richard Burroughs, Colon Cancer, Milk, Diethylstilbestrol, Risk Factors, Rbgh, Diabetes. Settlement, Cell Division, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Consumer Protection Claim, Antibiotic Resistance, Non-GMO., Lung Cancer, Dairy Products, Eli Lilly, Fraternal Twins, Breast Cancer, Fda, American Nurses Association, Hormone, American Medical Association, Cancer, Your Milk on Drugs, Blood Sugar, Wal-Mart, Dairies, Breast Cancer Action, Zyprexa, Obesity, Milking Cancer, Milk Supply, Igf-1, Rbst, Monsanto, Prostate Cancer, Bovine Growth Hormone, Food and Drug Administration, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Illegally Marketing the Drug, Mastitis, Elanco, Evista, Rbst-Free, Rbgh-Free, Des, Business News
Jeffrey Smith

Would Eli Lilly consciously risk our health just to increase their profit? What kind of company are they, and can we trust them with our food?

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Smoking: Messages On Cigarette Packs May Be Counterproductive

Mother Jones | Tom Jacobs | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Cigarettes, Health, Addiction, Cigarette, Obama, Philip Morris, Warning, Cigarette Tax, Wellness, Mark Zuckerberg, Living News

In June, President Obama signed a law requiring tobacco companies to post large, graphic warnings on cigarette packs. However, new research suggests t...

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Other Diseases Feel Neglected Since Outbreak of Swine Flu

Ben Berkon | Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lung Cancer, Comedy, Sour Milk, Joey Lawrence, Comedy News, Lindsay Lohan, Swine Flu, Ben Berkon, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

It's been pissing me off how much media press Swine Flu has been getting. I mean, I killed 354 people yesterday, and I don't even get the back page in the New York Post.

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Lessons in Loving While My Father Was Dying

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Castro, Welfare, Florida, Lung Cancer, Gay, Cancer, Dying, Death, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Living News
Jason Mannino

Fifteen years ago at my grandmother's funeral was the last time I saw my dad. Two weeks ago I was standing in front of him face to face. It wasn't the visit I had hoped for. He had departed his body 3 days earlier, and I was in attendance at his funeral.

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We Who Are About to Die Will Bankrupt You!

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lung Cancer, Health Care Bill, Melanoma, Senior Citizens, Medical Conditions, President Obama, Medical Care, Health Insurance, Medical Costs, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

The President's plan seems to be getting nowhere, and we who already have Medicare can just say "The hell with it." But I think we'd better all give it more thought, and somebody ought to think about a solution rather than shout, "No, no, no."

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How to Quit Smoking (Meddling Hispanic Style)

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Quit Smoking, Latinos, Lung Cancer, Smoking, Smoking Ban, Immigration, Hispanics, Health Care, Healthcare, Home News
Daniel Cubias

My family told my grandmother smokers were taking a grave risk, analogous to stealing a car in broad daylight.

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If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, Norml, Marijuana, Obama, Pot, California, Epa, Cannabis, Lung Cancer, Ucla, Alcohol, Brown University, Thc, Cancer, Legalization, Tashkin, Armentano, Living News
Paul Armentano

Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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How Bad Are Your Health Vices, Really?

prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Fighting Disease, Disease, Health, Women's Health, Men's Health, Heart Disease, Drinking, Living News

Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...

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In Memory of My Friend, Kenny Rankin

Alec Baldwin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lung Cancer, The Beatles, Kenny Rankin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin

I first started listening to Kenny's music when I was in college in 1976. His vocal range, from a falsetto to rich, bluesy tenor was remarkable. Rest in peace, Kenny.

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STUDY: Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Cancer

nytimes.com | Andrew Pollack | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Personal Health, Hormones, Health, Menopause, Living News

Hormone therapy taken by women to counter the effects of menopause can increase the risk of dying from lung cancer, researchers reported here on Satur...

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Study: Rising Lung Cancer Risk Linked To Changes In Cigarette Production

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Heath, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Smoking, FDA Tobacco Regulation, Living News

WASHINGTON — It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago _ at least in the U.S., says new research th...

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In Memory of Mom

Melissa Hapke | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Mother's Day, Mothers, Sacrifice, Living News
Melissa Hapke

While growing up, I couldn't appreciate the sacrifices my mother made for me, or for us. I do now though.

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Health Care Policy by HuffPo Celebrities - Don't Attack Me!

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Lung Cancer, Susan Axelrod, Autism Thimerosal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Morning Joe, Epilepsy, Nbc, Breast Cancer, Sicko, Department of Heath and Human Services, Msnbc, Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope, Women and Heart Disease, David Axelrod, Nancy Snyderman, Thimerosal, Autism, Michael Moore, Autism Vaccines, Heart Disease, Deirdre Imus, Measles, MMR Vaccination, Medical Research, Health Care, Meningitis, Media News
Stanton Peele

Because I can't avoid trouble, I'll point out that the HuffPo has been a principal outlet for the argument that there is a gigantic plot to foist lead (thimerosal)-based vaccines on children.

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Leukemia: A Soldiers Souvenir From the Burn Pits of Iraq

R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Doctor, Troops, Colon Cancer, Lt. Col. James R. Elliott, Burn Pit, Cbs, Tb, Lt. Col. Darrin L. Curtis, Ed Bradley, Veterans, Dod, Embedded, Lung Cancer, Scholfield Barracks Hawaii, Leukemia, Military, Army, Peter Jennings, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Abc, Ted Kopple, Duke University Hospital, Depleted Uranium, Leroy Sievers, US Air Force, Soldiers, Balad Air Base Iraq, Fort Bragg NC, Aml, SSG. Steven G. Ochs, Baghdad, Afghanistan, Long Beach California, Dav, Carcinogen, Paratrooper, Anaconda, Health, Living News
R. B. Stuart

Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.

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Country Star Merle Haggard Battling Lung Cancer

Reuters | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Lung Cancer, Cancer, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard Cancer, Music, Entertainment News

Country singer Merle Haggard, recently diagnosed with lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and is recovering at home, his spokeswoman said on Sunda...

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Billionaire's Fortune At Risk After Evidence Links Inhaler To Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Daniel Costello | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Lung Cancer, Billionaires, MannKing Corp, Inhaled Insulin, Diabetes, Alfred Mann, Mannkind, Pfizer, Inhaled Insulin Lung Cancer, Diebetics, Business News

With the zeal of a young entrepreneur, 82-year-old Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Alfred Mann has bet nearly half of his estimated $2.2-bi...

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Cigarette Company Funded Lung Cancer Study

New York Times | Gardiner Harris | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Liggett Group, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cigarettes, Liggett Select, Vector Group, CT Scans, Lung Cancer Studies, Lung Cancer Deaths, Lung Cancer Foundations, Lung Cancer Cigarettes, Cigarette Brands, New England Journal of Medicine, Business News

In October 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College jolted the cancer world with a study saying that 80 percent of lung cancer deat...

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FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cancer, Lung Cancer, Tumor Growth, Avastin, Colon Cancer, Fda, Cancer Medicines, Greentech, Tumors, Breast Cancer, Cancer Medications, Business News

WASHINGTON — A Genentech drug received federal approval on Friday to treat breast cancer, a surprise decision that could represent a shift in st...

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Drug Improves Survival Rate Of Late-Stage Lung Cancer Patients

CNNMoney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lung Cancer, Erbitux, Bristol-Myers Squibb, ImClone Systems, Business News

ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday the drug Erbitux improved the survival rate of lung cancer patients in a late-stage stu...

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