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    Brain Tumors





    Doctors urge brain scans for cancer patients 14 Mar 2006
    BurlingtonFreePress.com, ...the brain. And improved technology is making it easier and safer to treat those new brain tumors, if they’re caught early. “If ...

    Molecular signatures predict disease progression and prognosis of ... 14 Mar 2006
    EurekAlert (press release), Scientists have gained valuable new insight into the biology of aggressive, incurable brain tumors. A research study published in ...

    What's up doc? Help fight cancer in children 14 Mar 2006
    MetroWest Daily News, ...to 40 percent, Hodgkin's lymphoma from 50 percent to 90 percent, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas from less than 50 percent to over 70 percent, brain tumors from 35 ...

    News in brief from the Philadelphia area 14 Mar 2006
    Penn Live, Dr. Gene Weinburg, the state's cancer epidemiologist, said Monday that he would be analyzing information on all brain tumors in people under the age of 25 in ...

    Tug McGraw Foundation Announces 2006 Scholarship Winners 14 Mar 2006
    PR Newswire (press release), Before he died of a malignant brain tumor in 2004, McGraw expressed the desire to create a mechanism to help others suffering with brain tumors, as well as ...

    Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA) Treats Metastatic ... 14 Mar 2006
    PR Newswire (press release), ...procedures have been used primarily to treat tumors in the brain, because the head can be effectively immobilized, which renders brain tumors motionless and ...

    Recovery From 'Gamma Knife' Surgery Is A Snap 14 Mar 2006
    cbs4denver.com, ...(CBS4) DENVER Doctors at Swedish Medical Center are touting a new procedure called gamma knife surgery that can eliminate certain brain tumors without ever ...

    Dana Carpender Article Prompts An Apology 14 Mar 2006
    The Common Voice, I expressed my disgust at the time for anything that contains aspartame because it has been linked to an increase in brain tumors and cancer, among other ...

    Dying with dignity 14 Mar 2006
    Newcastle Star, On December 8, 2004, Nicholas Butters, died in the John Hunter Children's Hospital. He had suffered from cancerous brain tumors since he was five years old. ...

    Children's Miracle Network Champions Honoured During Visit to ... 14 Mar 2006
    Canada NewsWire (press release), Sarah Marshall, 9, London (Cobourg), ON- Multiple Organ Transplant - Steven Croucher, 12, Montreal (Kirkland), QC- Benign Brain Tumors - Amelia Maclean, 14 ...

    Medical Breakthrough -- New Hope for Brain Tumors Mar 9, 2006
    WQAD, Medical Breakthrough has the story of a new treatment that is giving patients hope for the very first time. Dave Herbert was happily ...

    State now tracks benign brain tumors Mar 2, 2006
    DesMoinesRegister.com, The State Health Registry, based at the U of I College of Public Health, has started to track noncancerous brain tumors in Iowa as part of a nationwide effort ...

    Antibody for brain tumors boosts survival in mice Feb 16, 2006
    Cancerfacts.com, Research. "There is a tremendous need for advancement in the treatment of malignant brain tumors," Laterra said in a prepared statement. ...

    New Targeted Treatment for Brain Tumors Shows Promise in Pre ... Feb 15, 2006
    PR Newswire (press release), Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors, and also one of the most complicated cancers to treat. ...

    New Ideas Fuel Next Generation Gene Therapy Research Mar 7, 2006
    eMaxHealth.com, ...researchers. In fact, the mice tested were considered clinically cured of their brain tumors with little known side effects. These ...

    Neurologists Recommend MRIs for Early Detection of Brain ... Mar 7, 2006
    International News Service, The recommendation stems from the availability of sophisticated new treatments - including stereotactic radiosurgery - for metastatic brain tumors that are ...

    Inside the mind of an investor Mar 12, 2006
    Moneyweb, ...findings after sending 19 healthy student volunteers through a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI), usually used on patients with brain tumors ...

    When to See the Doctor about Nausea? Mar 13, 2006
    eMaxHealth.com, ...infections; digestive disorders such as ulcers, gallstones, bowel obstruction; and central nervous system problems such as meningitis or brain tumors. ...

    Quilts of Love heal the scars Mar 13, 2006
    Clanton Advertiser, ...to say no.". Martin knows all too well what cancer can do to a family. Her niece had two malignant brain tumors. Her nephew was diagnosed ...

    Ginkgo biloba reduces aggressive cancer risk in animal experiments Feb 27, 2006
    News-Medical.net, ...of the breast tumors by 80 percent as long as the extract was used, compared to untreated mice, and also reduced the size of the brain tumors, but temporarily ...

    State predicts more new cancer cases Mar 2, 2006
    Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, The Iowa registry has joined with public health officials in other states to collect and track data on benign and malignant brain tumors in hopes of better ...

    Genes May Influence Response to Brain-Tumor Treatments Feb 26, 2006
    Online - International News Network, ISLAMABAD: Brain tumors with a particular gene composition are more responsive to a specific class of drugs, researchers are reporting. ...

    Iowa cancer rate will rise, report says Mar 1, 2006
    Cedar Rapids Gazette, A pilot study in 2000 showed 213 cases of malignant brain tumors and 274 nonmalignant tumors newly diagnosed in Iowans. Even nonmalignant ...

    New hope for brain cancer? Mar 2, 2006
    myDNA.com, Although there are more than 120 different types of brain tumors, gliomas - tumors that arise from the supportive tissue of the brain - are the most common. ...

    Health & Fitness Mar 10, 2006
    Burke Connection, Adult patients and families are invited to share and learn ways to meet the challenges of living with primary malignant or benign brain tumors. ...

    Gliadel(R) Wafer Demonstrates Long-Term Survival Benefit for ... Mar 8, 2006
    Genetic Engineering News, ..."MGI PHARMA is committed to advancing the treatment of high-grade malignant brain tumors and will continue to investigate ways in which our products can ...

    Flagship operator pleads not guilty Mar 8, 2006
    Daily News - Galveston County, Federal Magistrate John Froeschner is expected later this month to decide whether Yeh should be examined to determine whether brain tumors have rendered the ...

    Cop-artist-historian Jim Ballance remembered for work, history Mar 11, 2006
    Greensboro News Record, Not long after his retirement in 2003, after 30 years with the force, he had a seizure and fell. Doctors found six brain tumors. ...

    SNM’s Online Program Allows Physician Diplomates to Satisfy ... Mar 2, 2006
    PressZoom (press release), ...modules to come include Introduction to Nuclear Brain Imaging; PET/CT Imaging: Evaluation of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and Brain Tumors; PET and PET ...

    The Brian Bedell 2-Young Foundation Donates $60,000 To Angels ... Mar 6, 2006
    PR Web (press release), ...“At Duke, we are dedicated to aggressively continuing to search for new ways to treat and cure brain tumors in order to improve and prolong lives. ...

    Toddler succumbs to cancer Mar 10, 2006
    The Saratogian, SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A Saratoga Springs toddler whose fight against brain tumors inspired walkathons, fifth-grade bottle drives and a lemonade stand has died. ...

    Vion Reports 2005 Year-End and Fourth Quarter Financial Results Mar 10, 2006
    Webbolt Business News (subscription), ...a single agent in previously untreated elderly acute myelogenous leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, adult and pediatric brain tumors, small cell ...

    Scientists Map Brain Area That May Aid for Human Brain Stem Cells Mar 9, 2006
    eMaxHealth.com, But if we can achieve a better understanding of why these cells are there and how they function and/or migrate, this could help us treat brain tumors such as ...

    Children's Hospital Saves Teen With Brain Tumor Mar 9, 2006
    CBS4Boston, ...for us. It's really probably going to make a difference for the management of a lot of children with brain tumors.". Three months ...

    Miami doctor strives for TV fame Mar 4, 2006
    Miami Herald, Instead, his job is to put patients with especially difficult or unusual medical problems -- delicately positioned brain tumors, deteriorating spines, damaged ...

    Hingis and Sharapova to Appear at Gullikson Event Mar 2, 2006
    Bob Larson Tennis News, Foundation has invited tennis and celebrity talent to the Desert to enjoy themselves and raise money to assist those affected by brain tumors with their daily ...

    Gingko Biloba May Help Fight Cancer Mar 1, 2006
    Forbes ...added. Decreased expression of PBR also reduced the size of the brain tumors, but only temporarily so, and to a lesser degree. "It ...

    Neurologists: All Cancer Patients Should Have Brain Scans Feb 21, 2006
    FOX News ...the brain. And improved technology is making it easier and safer to treat those new brain tumors, if they're caught early. "If I ...

    Epilepsy diagnosis not unusual in adults, comes after seizures ... Mar 7, 2006
    Asheville Citizen-Times, Although seizures can be caused by head trauma, brain tumors, low blood sugar and brain infections, they also can be "idiopathic." This means they occur ...

    Business buzz: Worth noting Mar 9, 2006
    Arizona Republic, ...in 2002 by Steve Glassman, student government adviser at Pinnacle High, after the deaths of three Paradise Valley School District students of brain tumors. ...

    Study Helps Youths Whose Treatment Left Its Mark Mar 7, 2006
    International News Service, ...study builds on research done at other centers and focuses on improving attention spans for survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia or brain tumors, the most ...

    Cancer patients need brain scans, doctors say Feb 22, 2006
    Chicago Sun-Times, ...risk, they say. And improved technology is making it easier and safer to treat new brain tumors -- if they're caught early. "If I ...

    Brain Surgery Could Cost Uninsured Boise Man His Sight & Speech Mar 2, 2006
    KBCI, Tony found out he had two brain tumors. ... Tony says just the two surgeries to remove the brain tumors are expected to cost at least 120-thousand dollars. ...

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics ... Feb 16, 2006
    Canada NewsWire (press release), Unless it is possible to completely remove brain tumors, they will continue to grow and eventually (sometimes after many years) lead to death. ...

    Eat Right 4 Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying ... Mar 1, 2006
    Science Daily (press release) Stem Cells Deliver New Cytokine To Kill Brain Tumor Cells, Offer Protection (February 28, 2006) — Gliomas are highly invasive brain tumors with poorly ...

    NC State's Bethel wins inaugural courage award Mar 10, 2006
    Charlotte Observer, Bethel said Gregory Parrish, a young NC State fan who has supported the team while fighting brain tumors that blinded him, inspired him. ...

    NC State guard wins honor; Florida State frets about NCAA ... Mar 9, 2006
    Durham Herald Sun, ...complains. Greg Parrish, a 10-year-old Wolfpack fan who lost his sight because of brain tumors, is all the inspiration Bethel needs. ...

    Study Linking Aspartame to Malignant Tumors, Leukemia, and ... Feb 13, 2006
    Newsinferno.com, NutraSweet AG, has always maintained that the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence does not link the product to malignant brain tumors or any other form ...

    Wolfpack's Bethel wins award, but it's NC State 's young fan who's ... Mar 10, 2006
    Roanoke Times, ...to the Wolfpack for two seasons. "He had multiple brain tumors that caused him to go blind," he said. "He's there every day, even ...

    ACC Tournament Notebook Mar 10, 2006
    Winston-Salem Journal, ...also. Bethel said that his inspiration has been Greg Parrish, a 10-year-old who has lost his sight because of brain tumors. The ...

    Craig Alan Teigen Mar 8, 2006
    Helena Independent Record, In 1988, when treatment for brain tumors sent him to Seattle, he looked at it as an adventure. He was so sick but found a way to smile over losing his hair. ...

    Attorneys: Hotel operator's confession forced Mar 3, 2006
    Daily News - Galveston County, By the time of the raid, brain tumors had rendered Yeh, 52, incapable of exercising his rights or making reasonable and logical decisions, Bennett said. ...

    Wolfpack's Bethel overcomes slew of obstacles Mar 10, 2006
    Charlottesville Daily Progress, Parish is blind - a result of multiple brain tumors. "He's at every team meal," said Bethel, referring to Parish. "He's just a great guy to be around. ...

    Religious homeless man died of natural causes Mar 7, 2006
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Christians. There were preachers in the family. But Sam became fervently religious after doctors found brain tumors when he was 19. He ...

    Woman blames gas well for illness Mar 7, 2006
    Durango Herald, English language. The Grand Junction woman blames a gas well for poisoning her, causing pain, bleeding, brain tumors and spasms. "It ...

    Doctors seek early tests for cancers spreading to brain Feb 20, 2006
    Houston Chronicle, ...protect the brain. And improved technology is making it safer to treat those new brain tumors, if they're caught early. This type ...

    No cancer link found in new aspartame study Mar 3, 2006
    FoodNavigator-USA, Program (NTP) in a move to evaluate the product's toxicological and carcinogenic potential after earlier studies had revealed it to increase brain tumors. ...

    Executive Director Still Has Big Dreams for Charlotte BIG Council Mar 10, 2006
    Local Tech Wire, System, to help the organization develop a long-term strategic plan and become a major player in the development of experimental therapies to treat brain tumors ...

    The Visitation Mar 7, 2006
    digitallyOBSESSED, ...of "miracles" when Brandon Nichols (Furlong) appears in town, setting up a weekly tent meeting where he cures people with brain tumors, life-threatening ...

    Cell phones, cancer linked? Feb 15, 2006
    myDNA.com, In addition to finding no link between cell phone usage and the occurrence of brain tumors, it also noted that the duration and frequency of calls and the ...

    Rotary donation launches summer camp campaign Mar 1, 2006
    Lexington Winchester Star, It can be extremely disfiguring and has been linked to learning disabilities, seizures, deafness, brain tumors and cancer, to name a few. ...

    Correlation of Hypoxic Cell Fraction and Angiogenesis with Glucose ... Mar 1, 2006
    Journal of Nuclear Medicine The aim of this study was to evaluate newly diagnosed primary brain tumors for the presence of hypoxia, as indicated by the uptake of 18 F-fluoromisonidazole ...

    Dressed to cure Mar 4, 2006
    Ocala.com, ...cancer. Green, a student at Central Florida Community College, was diagnosed in 2001 at the age of 14 with cancerous brain tumors. ...

    Permeability versus Cerebral Blood Volume Measurement in Brain ... Feb 16, 2006
    Am J Neuroradiology (subscription) ...treatment.5 A PubMed search of all peer-reviewed, primary research articles published between 1990 and 2004 in which untreated human brain tumors were studied ...

    Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Names Vice President of Marketing Mar 8, 2006
    PharmaLive.com (press release), ...strategy for Myriad's two lead drug candidates, Flurizan(TM), for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and MPC-6827 for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors ...

    Brain injury survivors are resourceful people who deserve respect ... Mar 1, 2006
    Asheville Citizen-Times, ...which is not hereditary, congenital or degenerative. Causes may include stroke, heart attack or brain tumors. TBI is a form of ABI ...

    Cell Phone Risks Cited in Studies Feb 21, 2006
    International News Service, Adding new fuel to the debate over cell phone safety, three European research groups in separate studies have found an increased risk of brain tumors in people ...

    Treatment Options For People With Lung Cancer Feb 17, 2006
    DailyIndia.com, ...removed. Radiation to remove brain tumors can result in changing the brain’s functionality later on, but may be the only option. ...

    Novel Polymer Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery Feb 12, 2006
    Nanotechwire.com, ...therapeutic antisense nucleic acids, an international team of researchers has created a new type of nanoparticle that accumulates in brain tumors when injected ...

    From Bench to Bedside: The Future of Neuroimaging Tools in ... Feb 27, 2006
    Psychiatric Times, It is difficult to imagine treating patients with brain tumors, cerebrovascular disorders or epilepsy without our current arsenal of imaging tools. ...

    Aspartame is a carcinogen, FDA scientist told Congress decades ago Feb 19, 2006
    Food Consumer, ...kidneys and cranial peripheral nerves. Only rats fed aspartame developed malignant brain tumors. The lead researcher, Dr. Soffritti ...

    Lawsuit claiming Kodak link to brain cancers is settled Feb 22, 2006
    Newsday, ...pressed ahead with a lawsuit alleging that chemicals released at the Kodak Park hub north of downtown caused central nervous system or brain tumors in their ...

    Nurkin takes on new role in health care Mar 6, 2006
    Charlotte Business Journal, ...in Charlotte's health-care arena, signing on to help a local nonprofit become a major player in the development of experimental therapies to treat brain tumors ...

    Pratt cancer researchers push for more participation in study Mar 1, 2006
    Newsday, Glioblastoma is the most frequent brain tumor and accounts for between 12 percent and 15 percent of all brain tumors, which are projected at 18,820 this year ...

    Raising Funds For A Friend Feb 28, 2006
    Hamptons Independents, ...start, Bob and Sherrie turned not only to their doctors, but to one another, researching on the Internet and reading all they could about brain tumors, to arm ...

    Marathon with meaning: Franklin man to run for brain cancer ... Feb 19, 2006
    Milford Daily News, ...of Cindy Schwartz. Cindy, 48, was diagnosed with two large brain tumors about four years ago, Laevsky said. Originally diagnosed ...

    Flagship operator charged with fraud Mar 2, 2006
    Daily News - Galveston County, ...the government was made aware of Daniel Yeh’s lack of mental competency from frontal lobe brain damage as a result of three brain tumors,â€? according to the ...

    Parents lose 'spark to life' to tumor Mar 4, 2006
    Bloomington Pantagraph, ..."They would say 'Fight it, regardless of the outcome.' But there's no right answer here. Not all brain tumors are incurable. For ...

    OCAC bristles over attitude of Brazil office in tumor case Feb 27, 2006
    eTaiwan News, Hui had travel insurance, but the insurer claimed that the removal of brain tumors was not covered by the policy, according to NTUH secretariat of medical ...

    Federal grand jury indicts Flagship operator Mar 2, 2006
    Daily News - Galveston County, ...that the government pursued the indictment despite “Yeh’s lack of mental competency for frontal lobe brain damage as a result of three brain tumors.â€?.

    Tennis stars to play in charity event Tuesday Mar 6, 2006
    The Desert Sun, ...families. Tim and Tom Gullikson and their families founded the organization after Tim was diagnosed with brain tumors in 1995. At ...

    New Cancer Study: FDA Must Recall Toxic Aspartame Feb 28, 2006
    Conspiracy Planet Cosmetic Act? Is it not clear beyond any shadow of a doubt that aspartame has caused brain tumors or brain cancer in animals? "Given ...

    Pilot Study to Test Effect of Mobile Phone Transmissions On Skin ... Mar 3, 2006
    MedIndia, Some researchers speculate that the increase in the incidence of brain tumors has come about due to the increase in the usage of cell phones. ...

    Epilepsy treated as disease, not symptom Feb 14, 2006
    Shanghai Daily, Causes of epilepsy include genetic reasons, brain tumors, brain injuries like deprivation of oxygen at birth, strokes, alcohol and drug abuses. ...

    Cancer rate in E. Texas on the rise Mar 4, 2006
    Lufkin Daily News, Even more troubling, she said, is the number of children who have developed brain tumors in the small town —three in the last 10 years, including Allen Cryer ...

    Insurers can change their minds Mar 5, 2006
    Peoria Journal Star, ..."Now we're not.". She's not happy, but she's learning to live with it. A couple of brain tumors probably helps you keep things in perspective. ...

    Dunleavy road race on April 9 Mar 1, 2006
    Lexington Winchester Star, ...that year. The Foundation was born out of Michael's own desire to help other children who had cancerous brain tumors. The Michael ...

    Brave Briana The Norman Transcript Mar 4, 2006
    Norman Transcript, From a 6-year-old who was attacked by a neighbor's pit bull to several children afflicted with brain tumors, cancer or Cystic Fibrosis, each youngster somehow ...

    Stem Cells May Be Key to Cancer Feb 20, 2006
    New York Times, In 2004, Dr. Peter Dirks of the University of Toronto identified similar stemlike cells in human brain tumors, and last year Dr. C. Parker Gibbs of the ...

    In fight for life, insurer no help Feb 12, 2006
    San Francisco Chronicle, When Neal Almgren's glioblastoma -- the most aggressive of all brain tumors -- reappeared, he wanted his best shot at survival. ...

    Operator of famed Galveston hotel charged with hurricane fraud Mar 3, 2006
    KLFY, Agency. Yeh's attorneys say their client has undergone surgeries for three brain tumors and is not mentally competent to face trial. ...

    Myla barnhardt: Life on a farm takes surprising turn for couple Feb 27, 2006
    Greensboro News Record, Children with spina bifida, brain tumors, autism and victims of strokes -- some so weak they couldn't hold their heads up at first -- have discovered how ...

    Genetically engineered food has negative effect on the offspring ... 25 Jan 2006
    Blogging Baby, 7. About aspartame mentioned, one of the reasons it triggers brain tumors is it breaks down to DKP, a brain tumor agent. Read this ...

    Eating Away at the Inside 25 Jan 2006
    CU Columbia Spectator, ...neurons. Formaldehyde is also a known carcinogen. In the 1970s, a study showed that aspartame caused brain tumors in rats. However ...

    A gift of life and love 25 Jan 2006
    WBIR-TV, It was a year ago when we first introduced you to Kayla Ackerman, a 7-year-old from Elizabeth, Colo., who had been suffering from brain tumors since she was two ...

    Experimental treatment for brain tumors tested in Valhalla Jan 23, 2006
    The Journal News.com, ...to see these other cancers, the treatments progressing and succeeding, and not to see that happening as broadly — maybe — for brain tumors," said Harriet ...

    Cell Phones: No Link to Brain Tumors Jan 20, 2006
    FOX News By Salynn Boyles. Do cell phones cause brain tumors? The question has been asked since the phones first arrived on the scene, and ...

    Cell Phones Don't Cause Brain Tumors Jan 19, 2006
    Forbes Although earlier studies had linked cell phone use with an increased risk of brain tumors, this new report and other research have found no connection. ...

    Cell Phones Don't Cause Brain Tumors, Study Says Jan 19, 2006
    Mobiledia, This finding may be due to people with glioma brain tumors linking cell phone use to the side of the tumor and therefore over reporting the use of a phone on ...

    No Link Found Between Cell-Phone Use and Brain Tumors Jan 20, 2006
    TechNewsWorld, Although earlier studies had linked cell phone use with an increased risk of brain tumors, this new report and other research have found no connection. ...

    Cell Phones Won't Cause Brain Tumors, Study Claims Jan 21, 2006
    AXcess News, ...study published in the British Medical Journal, people who use cell phones a lot don't need to worry about their cell phones causing brain tumors, there's no ...

    Mobile phones don't increase risk of developing brain tumors Jan 20, 2006
    NewKerala.com, London: If you prefer using one of your ears while listening to a call on your mobile, but were afraid that it could lead to serious health problems, you can ...

    No Link Between Cell Phones And Brain Tumors Jan 20, 2006
    All Headline News London, England (AHN) - According to a study released Friday, mobile phone use does not increase the risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor. ...

    Diphtheria Fights Brain Tumors Jan 13, 2006
    WNBC, Brain tumors are among the deadliest of all cancers. They're hard to remove without damaging the brain, and chemo doesn't get into the brain easily. ...

    Center uncovers clue regarding brain tumors Jan 10, 2006
    Nashville City Paper, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma ...

    Researchers work to stop brain tumors Jan 15, 2006
    myDNA.com, Cancer researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn., say they have found the key receptor that plays a role in the spread of ...

    131-Im81C6 Promising for Recurrent Brain Tumors Jan 5, 2006
    Cancer Consultants (press release), With Murine Iodine-131–Labeled Antitenascin Monoclonal Antibody 81C6 for Patients With Recurrent Primary and Metastatic Malignant Brain Tumors: Phase II ...

    HealthWrap: Super Bowl-size headaches Jan 23, 2006
    United Press International The research, led by Dr. Richard McNally at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, looked at brain tumors in a Dutch province between 1983 and 1991. ...

    Brain Tumors In Check Jan 2, 2006
    WOWT, ...year. Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death for children and the second leading cause of cancer death for adults. This ...

    Millions in grants honor boy's incomplete life Jan 22, 2006
    Chicago Sun-Times, For example, about 85 percent of children survive leukemia, once a death sentence. But only about 50 percent of children survive brain tumors. ...

    HealthWrap: Super Bowl-size headaches Jan 23, 2006
    Science Daily (press release) Cognitive function returns after radiation (November 15, 2005) -- Patients who suffer from low-grade brain tumors are reportedly able to regain normal ...

    A Vaccine for Brain Tumors Dec 23, 2005
    WSOCtv.com, Brain Tumors Brain tumors can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary brain tumors are those that form in the brain. Secondary ...

    UK Study Finds No Link in Mobile Phone Use & Risk of Glioma Jan 22, 2006
    IT News Online, ...of Leeds, Nottingham and Manchester and the Institute of Cancer Research, London, mobile phones are not associated with an increased risk of glioma brain tumors ...

    Epidemiological study finds no link between cell phones and brain ... Jan 20, 2006
    Ars Technica, ...on Cancer (IARC), has found no causal relationship between cell phone usage and glioma, the most common and deadliest of the different types of brain tumors. ...

    Use Of Mobiles Does Not Result In Tumors Jan 19, 2006
    MedIndia, ...has been a remarkable increase in the usage of mobile phones in recent years, there is no evidence to suggest that this results in brain tumors and headaches. ...

    Vion Pharmaceuticals Receives Orphan Drug Designation for ... Jan 23, 2006
    DG News ...a single agent in previously untreated elderly acute myelogenous leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, adult and pediatric brain tumors, small cell ...

    Study: No Link Between Mobile Phone Use, Tumors Jan 20, 2006
    Mobilemag.com ...on Friday and stressed that their results were consistent with findings of most studies done in Europe and the US New cases of brain tumors exceed 4,000 in the ...

    Phone Cancer Link Downplayed Jan 20, 2006
    Red Herring, British study finds that cell phone users are not at greater risk of developing brain tumors. Regular cell phone users are not at ...

    Reports describe recent advances in Brain Cancer research Jan 19, 2006
    TMCnet ..."Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors, many of which (especially astrocytic and oligodendroglial neoplasms) are characterized by diffuse ...

    Mobile Phone Use Not Linked To Increased Risk Of Glioma Brain ... Jan 19, 2006
    Science Daily (press release) Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use And Brain Tumors (May 28, 2005) -- A new study has found no link between use of cell phones and the risk of ...

    South Florida Ride For Kids Raises Over $66,000 For Pediatric ... Jan 23, 2006
    RoadracingWorld.com, ...program and PBTF have promoted childhood brain tumor research and provided family support through free literature about brain tumors, educational newsletters ...

    EntreMed Commences Phase 2 Studies with Panzem NCD Jan 19, 2006
    PharmaLive.com (press release), Panzem(R) NCD Phase 2 program with Dr. Reardon and his team of experts at the Duke Brain Tumor Center, a leading center for treating GBM and other brain tumors ...

    Cell Phones Don't Raise Brain Tumor Risk, Study Says (Update1) Jan 20, 2006
    Bloomberg 20 (Bloomberg) -- People who regularly use cell phones don't face an increased risk of developing brain tumors, according to a study published in the British ...

    Miss America Pageant Jan 19, 2006
    Fayetteville Online, Host Kellye Cash asked McLaurin: “How can public awareness of brain tumors impact the survival rate?â€?. Her answer: “By educating ...

    McLaurin talks about community service Jan 19, 2006
    Fayetteville Online, Host Kellye Cash asked McLaurin: "How can public awareness of brain tumors impact the survival rate?". Her answer: "By educating the public on brain tumors. ...

    Study Finds No Cancer Link To Mobile Phone Use Jan 21, 2006
    Cellular-News, ...of Cancer Research, said: "It would be very misleading to the public to say that because there was a positive that this (mobile phones) causes brain tumors.". ...

    Healthy bodies require healthy dose of vitamins Jan 23, 2006
    Jackson Sun, Stay away from vitamins with food coloring and sugar," she said. "Food coloring can be linked to problems with vision and brain tumors.". ...

    UVa doctors work to improve deadly tumor treatment Jan 15, 2006
    Charlottesville Daily Progress, ..."I think it's clear that brain tumors are not the most common type of cancer but they are among the most horrible," Schiff said. ...

    No link between mobile phones and brain tumours Jan 22, 2006
    News-Medical.net, In their study they questioned 966 people with glioma brain tumors and 1,716 healthy volunteers on how long they had used mobile phones, the make and model ...

    Study: No Link Between Cell Phones and Most Common Brain Tumor Jan 22, 2006
    All Headline News ...problems. The study looked at 966 people with glioma brain tumors and questioned more than 1,700 volunteers about their cell phone use.

    Cell phones off the hook for cancer risk? Jan 19, 2006
    United Press International LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A new British study seems to exonerate cell phones from their ominous link to brain tumors suggested by previous data. ...

    Radiosurgery pinpoints coach's tumors Jan 11, 2006
    Salt Lake Tribune, The procedure, which treated his five brain tumors, is a way of delivering high doses of radiation to the tumors with pinpoint accuracy. ...

    Study finds clue to migrating cancer cells Jan 10, 2006
    Science Daily (press release) NASHVILLE, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Scientists have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of aggressive brain tumors called gliomas. ...

    Via Christi brings new Knife to town Jan 14, 2006
    Kansas.com, The Gamma Knife can zap only brain tumors. CyberKnife also is not bolted to the skull and can be used to treat a patient over several days. ...

    Cell Phones DON'T Lead To Brain Cancer? -A New Study Jan 20, 2006
    Digital Lifestyle Magazine, ...designed to use analog signals and emitted higher power than current digital phones, but the study showed no increased risk of glioma brain tumors with the use ...

    New Study Finds No Connection Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors Jan 20, 2006
    Daily News Central, ...of brain tumor. Using a mobile phone is not linked to an increased risk of brain tumors, researchers said today. The largest study ...

    Brain Tumor Risk Not Elevated by Cell Phones, Study Finds Jan 20, 2006
    Wi-Fi Networking News, ...from several institutions in England interviewed nearly 3,000 people, they found that cell phone use does not appear to bring an elevated risk of brain tumors. ...

    Study fails to find link between phone use and brain tumors Jan 20, 2006
    RCRNews.com, ...phone use for up to 10 years, saying only additional research will be able to address longer latency periods for the development of brain tumors in adults. ...

    Thinking of Tossing that Cell Phone? Hand On. Jan 21, 2006
    WLBT-TV, If you're constantly on a cell phone, here's a good reason to keep it. Researchers say cell phone use may not cause brain tumors. ...

    NYC Subway Cell Service, No Cell-Related Cancer Jan 20, 2006
    Slashdot Maybe the reaearchers have this whole brain tumor thing backwards. "Cell phones cause brain tumors," they could look into "Brain tumors cause cell phones.". ...

    DR. JOHNSON'S HEALTHY LIVING NEWSLETTER Jan 23, 2006
    Free Market News Network, ...a toxic carcinogenic substance used to preserve dead people); MSG ( a potent excitotoxin which, like aspartame, can cause seizures, brain tumors, etc.); egg ...

    Study: No Cancer Risk from Cell Phones Jan 20, 2006
    BetaNews Altogether, 966 people with glioma brain tumors and 1,716 healthy respondents were surveyed on their mobile phone usage and what phones they had used. ...

    EntreMed heads to Phase II with cancer drug Jan 19, 2006
    Washington Business Journal, ENMD) said Thursday that it has begun a Phase II study of Panzem in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, which accounts for more than half of all brain tumors ...

    Study: No link between cellphones and cancer Jan 20, 2006
    Jerusalem Post, This finding may be due to people with glioma brain tumors linking cellphone use to the side of the tumor and therefore overreporting the use of a phone on the ...

    Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Awards $2.25 Million in Grants Jan 12, 2006
    Yahoo! News (press release) With these new grants the researchers at UCSF, CHLA, SickKids and Duke will collaborate to generate scientific knowledge of pediatric brain tumors that will ...

    Target identified for therapeutic drugs to fight adult brain ... Jan 16, 2006
    News-Medical.net, ...therapeutic drugs to target the epidermal growth factor receptor genes that play a major role in the development of deadly brain tumors, researchers said. ...

    Additional Evidence of Increased Cancer Risk in Survivors of ... Jan 20, 2006
    Cancer Consultants (press release), The types of cancers include leukemia, brain tumors, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Wilms’ tumors, neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, and bone ...

    InSightec's Non-Invasive MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) ... Jan 19, 2006
    PR Newswire (press release), The company has begun clinical trials to study the technology's use in other indications including breast, bone, liver and brain tumors. ...

    Mobile phones 'don't raise brain cancer risk' Jan 20, 2006
    Dominican Today, ...have said. The largest study of its kind found no association between mobile use and the most common type of brain tumors. But the ...

    Researchers Find No Link between Cell Phone Use and Brain Cancer Jan 21, 2006
    Newsinferno.com, There is no association between cell phone use and the most common type of brain tumors, according to the latest research on the subject published in the ...

    MetAP2, a new target in neurofibromatosis 1 Dec 31, 2005
    Xagena.it, Researchers studying a mouse model of neurofibromatosis 1 ( NF1 ), a genetic condition that causes childhood brain tumors, have found their second new drug ...

    Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous ... Dec 25, 2005
    Xagena.it, Jude Children's Research Hospital found that brain tumors called ependymomas that occur in different parts of the central nervous system appear to arise from ...

    Ride For Kids, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Provided $2.25 ... Jan 12, 2006
    RoadracingWorld.com, Researchers at UCSF, CHLA, SickKids and Duke will collaborate to generate scientific knowledge of pediatric brain tumors that will bring about innovative and ...

    Ecopia Announces Filing of Clinical Trial Application for ECO-4601 Jan 3, 2006
    CCNMatthews (press release), Trial Application (CTA) for ECO-4601, a small molecule that has potential for the treatment of specific cancers such as primary brain tumors, breast cancer and ...

    Study: MicroRNA fine-tunes brain synapses Jan 18, 2006
    Science Daily (press release) ...clue to migrating cancer cells (January 10, 2006) -- Scientists have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of aggressive brain tumors called gliomas. ...

    Rides For Kids Raised $4.1 Million For Pediatric Brain Tumor ... Dec 24, 2005
    RoadracingWorld.com, ...to the generous spirit of thousands of motorcyclists who attended nationwide Ride for Kids® events in 2005, riding in support of kids battling brain tumors. ...

    Researchers identify potential brain cancer target Jan 16, 2006
    Pharmaceutical Business Review ...drugs based on the research would target the epidermal growth factor receptor genes that play a major role in the development of deadly brain tumors, said the ...

    New Study Says Mobile Phones Do Not Increase Cancer Risk Jan 20, 2006
    All Headline News The researchers interviewed 966 people, aged 18 to 69 years, with glioma brain tumors and 1,716 randomly selected healthy individuals. ...

    Study reveals that usage of mobile phones does not increase glioma ... Jan 20, 2006
    What is the Word, ...from 18 to 69. In the US, each year 20,000 cases of brain tumors are diagnosed as against 4,000 in the UK. Swerdlow said that this ...

    "Last Holiday" Jan 18, 2006
    The Daily Tar Heel After all, nothing wakes a kindly but unadventurous girl up to missed opportunities quite like a CAT scan covered with a minefield of brain tumors. ...

    Mystery of Schmoeckel tunnels revealed Jan 19, 2006
    The Columbian, ...lose his senses. "Those tunnels were done years before he had any problems with his brain tumors," Blythe said. Schmoeckel started ...

    Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Uncover Clue to ... Jan 10, 2006
    AScribe Ehtesham said it is one of the contributors, but there are many others. The discovery could help experts target new therapies for the aggressive brain tumors. ...

    Hollywood needs its head examined Jan 13, 2006
    Kansas City Star, ...doesn’t exist. If you had that short a time to live and all those brain tumors, you wouldn’t be able to do anything. You’d ...

    Mom doesn't want cell tower near ailing son Jan 19, 2006
    King County Journal, She cites her son's neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital, who told her that radiation treatments for brain tumors can give rise to Moyamoya Syndrome-- a term ...

    Health & Fitness Jan 19, 2006
    Burke Connection, Adult patients and families are invited to share and learn ways to meet the challenges of living with primary malignant or benign brain tumors. ...

    Dying Officer Again Turned Down on Benefits for Companion Jan 18, 2006
    New York Times, ...onscreen. "I've been diagnosed with several brain tumors, hence the loss of hair," she said. "In addition, it has spread elsewhere.". ...

    Half of adults doubt cancer is preventable Jan 19, 2006
    Newsweek For example, scientists don't know what causes most brain tumors, so it's reasonable for people to feel they can't control whether they develop that condition ...

    Miss America, meet Sin City Jan 20, 2006
    Charlotte Observer, ...amounts of skin, if not always Vegas-worthy talent (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on the steel drum?) before getting back to talking about brain tumors and childhood ...

    McLaurin feeling good about the big night Jan 21, 2006
    Fayetteville Online, Thursday night, she had a cram session to review current events and medical statistics about brain tumors, her platform, before Friday’s interview with the ...

    Study finds clue to migrating cancer cells Jan 10, 2006
    Webindia123, Scientists have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of aggressive brain tumors called gliomas. The research by Vanderbilt ...

    HealthWatch For Jan. 20, 2006 Jan 20, 2006
    NBC5.com, In the largest study of its kind, British researchers found that people with brain tumors had been no more likely to use cell phones than anyone else. ...

    Dying lesbian officer turned down on benefits—again Jan 19, 2006
    The Advocate, The room was silent as the 49-year-old told officials, "I've been diagnosed with several brain tumors, hence the loss of hair," she said. ...

    Americans Doubt They Can Prevent Cancer Jan 19, 2006
    WSBtv.com, She said, for example, that scientists don't know what causes most brain tumors, so it's reasonable for people to feel they can't control whether they develop ...

    Dying Lesbian Officer Turned Down on Benefits — Again Jan 20, 2006
    247gay.com, ..."I've been diagnosed with several brain tumors, hence the loss of hair," the 49-year-old said on the tape. "In addition, it has spread elsewhere.". ...

    Internal radiation gets better results for cancer patients Jan 17, 2006
    Belleville News-Democrat, ...patient base.". The center also administers other radioisotopes intravenously for lymphomas, liver metastases and brain tumors. Because ...

    Depleted Uranium - A Hidden Looming Worldwide Calamity Jan 19, 2006
    Center for Research on Globalization, ...severe headaches, muscle pain and general fatigue, to major birth defects, infection, depression, cardiovascular disease, many types of cancer and brain tumors ...

    miss america pageant Jan 18, 2006
    Fayetteville Online, At night, of course, McLaurin will have to make sure she can effectively answer a question about what she has done to raise awareness of brain tumors. ...

    Gift funds medical research at Marshall Jan 18, 2006
    Huntington Herald Dispatch, ...associate markers. Cohenford's research will specialize in brain tumors and reactions that can take place in a diabetic. "My goal ...

    Power lines plan worries residents Jan 21, 2006
    The News Journal, According to the American Cancer Society, studies of electric utility workers showed a minimal increase in the risk of brain tumors and leukemia. ...

    Question and Answer: H. James Wallace III Jan 17, 2006
    BurlingtonFreePress.com, I see people with many types of tumors, but more often, I tend to see those with lymphomas, like Hodgkin’s disease, brain tumors, as well as cancers of the ...

    FLAVORx Enhances Treatment Options for Pediatric Oncology Patients Jan 19, 2006
    PR Web (press release), ...with cancer each year. The most common childhood cancers are leukemia, lymphomas, brain tumors and bone cancers. The frequency of ...

    Meghan Fitzgerald Joins Vion's Senior Management Team Jan 10, 2006
    PR Newswire (press release), ...a single agent in previously untreated elderly acute myelogenous leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, adult and pediatric brain tumors, small cell ...

    Drugs In The Pipeline, Cash In The Bank Jan 11, 2006
    Forbes The 657-employee company is developing a small-molecule drug to fight advanced solid tumors, metastatic brain tumors and blood cancers, as well as refractory ...

    Nanoparticles Provide View of Drug Delivery into the Brain Jan 11, 2006
    Nanotechwire.com, ...human primates, the researchers conclude that nanoparticle technology combined with MRI and CED may provide new opportunities for treating human brain tumors. ...

    RCT's Chad Souvignier Gets Promotion Jan 17, 2006
    PharmaLive.com (press release), Baltimore. He led Guilford's international efforts in marketing its implantable, sustained-release chemotherapy product for brain tumors. ...

    AROUND TOWN 21 Dec 2005
    Daily Pilot, A Brain Tumor Support Group, a discussion for adults with brain tumors and parents of children with brain tumors, is held from 7 to 8:30 pm the first and third ...

    Maui’s Only Neurosurgeon Goes Beyond the Call 21 Dec 2005
    Maui News, ...aneurism patients do die from the condition, there are only about six to 10 aneurism cases on the island each year, and there are about 10 cases of brain tumors ...

    New Study: Interaction of Food Additives - Aspartame/MSG 21 Dec 2005
    PHXNews, In "Ajinomoto, Aspartame and Brain Tumors: Recipe for Death," http://www.wnho.net/recipe_for_death.htm you will see all their propaganda rebutted with ...

    FDA Joins Children's Health Groups To Mark Historic Milestone For ... 21 Dec 2005
    Pharmaceutical Processing, ...seizures, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, pain management, diabetes, high blood pressure, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain tumors and leukemia ...

    Childhood Brain Tumors: Molecular Marker to Facilitate Prognosis ... Dec 6, 2005
    Innovations-Report, ...altered in medulloblastoma. This type of cancer is among the most common malignant brain tumors in children. Heidelberg molecular ...

    Patients Regain Cognitive Function After Radiation For Brain ... Nov 27, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) Patients who suffer from low-grade brain tumors are able to regain normal cognitive function after receiving radiation therapy to shrink their tumor, according ...

    Treatment of Brain Tumors, Discovery and Development of Blood ... Nov 20, 2005
    Medical News Today (press release), A major deterrent in treating malignant brain tumors is that systemic chemotherapy effective against other types of tumors is limited because most drugs can ...

    URI nuclear facility may treat brain tumors Nov 30, 2005
    Narragansett Times, Narragansett - People may be treated for brain tumors within the next five years at the nuclear reactor of Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center (RINSC) located ...

    Waiting for brain tumors, bird flu Nov 28, 2005
    Los Angeles Daily News, By Gail Tzipporah Saunders, Guest Columnist. A recent news report stated that a 57-year-old man is suing a store because he got stuck ...

    The Right To Rid New Mexico of Neurotoxic Aspartame Dec 18, 2005
    PHXNews, Here is the FDA audit, the Bressler Report: http://www.dorway.com/bressler.txt Searle excised brain tumors from the rats, put them back in the study and if ...

    Therapeutic virus to kill malignant brain tumors? Nov 18, 2005
    myDNA.com, A cross-Canada scientific collaboration has successfully tested a potent new cancer-fighting virus that eliminates malignant brain tumors and prolongs survival ...

    Health Alert: Brain tumor vaccine Dec 20, 2005
    WIS, Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death for children and the second leading cause of cancer death for adults. Traditional ...

    Silent Night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright… Dec 20, 2005
    HoweStreet.com, And finally on the horizon is an experimental agent that seems to cross the blood-brain barrier to treat the most dangerous brain tumors, including metastases. ...

    Radiotherapy for glioma can restore brain function Dec 18, 2005
    Brocktown News, NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rather than having a harmful effect on brain function, radiotherapy for low-grade glioma brain tumors -- one of the most difficult ...

    SSRI antidepressants actions studied Dec 19, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) ...hint new treatments (September 26, 2005) -- Johns Hopkins University scientists in Baltimore have found three genetic mutations in brain tumors that suggest ...

    Coach not taking time out for cancer Dec 17, 2005
    Salt Lake Tribune, He has cancer. Bowman recently learned that he has five brain tumors and one on his lung. ... Bowman started his treatment for the brain tumors Nov. 28. ...

    Battling kids' brain cancer Dec 14, 2005
    Seattle Post Intelligencer In their approach to finding and treating brain tumors in children, a team of Seattle researchers is thinking small. The focus of ...

    Treating Diseases Through Your Nose Dec 19, 2005
    WCCO, Perhaps, intra-nasal chemotherapy could attack brain tumors -- all with lower and safer doses. "Therefore, we can reduce the side effects," Frey said. ...

    Helping Hands by Helen Bendure Dec 20, 2005
    Desert Dispatch, ...degenerative diseases of the brain; stroke and other cerebrovascular accidents; traumatic brain injury and post-infectious damage; brain tumors and permanent ...

    Activist writes letter urging New Mexico officials to ban ... Dec 20, 2005
    Newstarget.com, ...seizure victim: "We revoked the petition for approval; we tried to indict the company; we said it wasn't safe, and we said it caused seizures and brain tumors. ...

    A family fighting separation Dec 17, 2005
    Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...and attention deficit hyperactivity. More problems, such as scoliosis or brain tumors, could show up during puberty. That is not ...

    Light Sciences gets heavier with venture capital Dec 13, 2005
    Seattle Post Intelligencer Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the University of Utah are pursuing the benefits of photodynamic technology in brain tumors. ...

    Common cold linked to childhood cancers Dec 15, 2005
    myDNA.com, The researchers discovered that both brain tumors and leukemia in children occurred in bunches, a finding that suggested to them that both genetic makeup and ...

    View Profiles of 165 Companies Involved in Developing Innovative ... Dec 15, 2005
    PharmaLive.com (press release), ...experimental and clinical. Biodegradable implants of carmustine are already used in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. The market ...

    Family seeking help for woman with clusters of tumors on brain Nov 23, 2005
    Ark Valley News, By Les Anderson. Medical funds have been set up at two area banks for a Valley Center woman who is scheduled to undergo her second surgery for brain tumors. ...

    Childhood cancers tied to infections Dec 12, 2005
    Washington Times, ...of Cancer, are based on an analysis of 44 years of British pediatric cancer data and their discoveries that both leukemia and brain tumors -- leading cancers ...

    PROPHET TALK: ANTI-ASPARTAME ARGUMENT IN FULL Nov 29, 2005
    Free Market News Network, 1981. Dr. Gross told Congress in l985 that since it triggers brain tumors, FDA could not by law have set an allowable daily dose. In ...

    First Patient Enrolled in Investigator-Sponsored Phase 1/2 Trial ... Nov 21, 2005
    PR Newswire (press release), ...builds on excellent work done by many investigators demonstrating the feasibility and potential efficacy of immunotherapy for the treatment of brain tumors. ...

    The Year In Pot Dec 15, 2005
    Village Voice, February 28: Madrid, Spain—The chemical in marijuana that produces a high shows promise as a weapon against deadly brain tumors, according to Spanish ...

    Cancer Scientists Call For A Large-Scale Human Epigenome Project Dec 15, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) An analysis of 25 brain tumors showed that a putative tumor suppressor gene was silenced by epigenetic mechanisms much more frequently than by genetic means. ...

    IsoRay Medical, Inc.'s Collaboration Yields Medical Isotope ... Dec 14, 2005
    Business Wire (press release), These efforts have provided isotopes like Cobalt-60 for treatment of inoperable vascular deformities and brain tumors, and Iridium-192 for radiography research ...

    Innovative Research Set To Push Boundaries Of Cancer Care Nov 23, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) An experimental agent that, for the first time, seems to cross the blood-brain barrier to treat the most dangerous brain tumors, representing a potential ...

    Photo Release -- St. Joseph Medical Center Joins Hospitals ... Nov 30, 2005
    PrimeZone (press release), 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gamma Knife surgery, considered the gold standard in non-invasive treatment of brain tumors and other functional problems of the human ...

    UF researchers find key to childhood cancer Dec 5, 2005
    Gainesville Sun, More recently, researchers have found that breast and brain tumors are most likely to be a stem-cell cancer (or the cell of origin is like a stem cell). ...

    £470,000 in research awards to aid medical advance into chronic ... Nov 28, 2005
    Chemie.de (press release), Research Trust (a study of patients suffering Fronto-temporal dementia) and the Samantha Dickson Research Trust (research into childhood and adult brain tumors ...

    Injected Virus Kills Brain Cancer in Mice Nov 25, 2005
    ABC News 25 (HealthDay News) — A single injection of a cancer-fighting bug called myxoma virus killed malignant human brain tumors in mice and prolonged the animals ...

    Neurosurgeons open practice to fill niche in Cedar Valley Dec 14, 2005
    Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, If we were only dealing with brain tumors, there would likely only be a need for about two doctors in the state, but we are dealing with so much more.". ...

    Hearing Loss From Chemotherapy Underestimated Dec 12, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) ...to deliver chemotherapy compounds to tumors, has shown that sodium thiosulfate (STS) decreased hearing loss in patients with malignant brain tumors who were ...

    Medical ads gone mad Dec 14, 2005
    New York Press, ...“And what are they using, awls?â€? Or perhaps there are people who, right this very minute, are trying to treat their brain tumors at home using a variety of ...

    Elekta to Deliver Leksell Gamma Knife(R) To Vietnam Dec 12, 2005
    Business Wire (press release), ..."There are large groups of patients with brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations, and other brain disorders that will benefit from our purchase of Leksell ...

    Cancer Clusters Look Less Manmade Dec 14, 2005
    American Council on Science and Health, British study that most strongly supports the virus-cancer link (and runs counter to the environmental toxins explanation) is that brain tumors and leukemia ...

    Member of Parliament Calls for Ban on Aspartame Dec 15, 2005
    PHXNews, FDA a scientific Board of Inquiry was convened and the petition for approval of this deadly neurotoxin was revoked because it triggered brain tumors, and never ...

    Health Notes Dec 15, 2005
    Burke Connection, Adult patients and families are invited to share and learn ways to meet the challenges of living with primary malignant or benign brain tumors. ...

    Common baby illnesses may trigger cancer Dec 12, 2005
    News-Medical.net, They say they found that leukemia and brain tumors, which are the leading cancers in children, occurred in clusters which suggests that outbreaks of infections ...

    Certain Childhood Cancers May Be Triggered by Common Infections ... Dec 13, 2005
    Newsinferno.com, A new study by researchers in England and Scotland has found that the two leading cancers in children, brain tumors and leukemia, occur in clusters, which may ...

    HealthWrap: Kids` cancer tied to infection Dec 12, 2005
    Monsters and Critics.com, The study, by a team of British researchers, examined childhood-cancer statistics and found that leukemia and brain tumors tended to cluster at similar times ...

    Wand of light in cancer fight Dec 13, 2005
    Seattle Times, ...cancer. The other two trials will study Litx in rare brain tumors and colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver. Eventually ...

    Boston city councilman James Kelly "doing well" after surgery Dec 7, 2005
    Boston Globe, ...consecutive years as council president in the 1990s, is doing well and "hasn't missed a beat" since he underwent two surgeries to remove brain tumors last month ...

    Common Cold May Result In Cancer In Children Dec 12, 2005
    MedIndia, ...led study. Leukaemia and brain tumors may be caused by relatively minor ailments like a respiratory virus or even a mild flu. This ...

    Boston city councilman James Kelly "doing well" after surgery Dec 7, 2005
    Eyewitness News, BOSTON Boston City Councilman James Kelly is doing well and resting at home after two surgeries last month to remove brain tumors. ...

    Schwartz also involved in battle to ban aspartame Dec 14, 2005
    Santa Fe New Mexican, Opponents say research has linked aspartame to brain tumors, lymphoma, leukemia, seizures, allergic reactions, headaches and dizziness . ...

    Concert benefits cancer patient Dec 16, 2005
    Sherman Denison Herald Democrat, The concert will benefit a 33-year-old mother of three, recently diagnosed with five cancerous brain tumors as well as an inoperable tumor in her lung. ...

    Vion Presents Cloretazine(R) Data at ASH Annual Meeting Dec 12, 2005
    PR Newswire (press release), Trials of Cloretazine(R) as a single agent in acute myeloid leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, adult and pediatric brain tumors, small cell lung ...

    Costa diagnosed with treatable brain tumor Nov 22, 2005
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, This gives me a whole new perspective on life.". Most brain tumors develop from the cells that support the nerve cells of the brain -- called glial cells. ...

    Long-Term Outcomes of Childhood Cancer Survivors Nov 30, 2005
    Cancer Consultants (press release), The types of cancers include leukemia, brain tumors, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Wilms tumors, neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, and bone tumors ...

    Bloomingdale losing principal to illness Dec 8, 2005
    St. Petersburg Times, ..."It's a pretty nasty little bugger.". In 2000, she underwent surgery to have brain tumors removed. But now she's having to deal with the tumors again. ...

    Dr. Joseph C. Maroon to Serve as Medical Consultant to GNC ... Dec 13, 2005
    PR Newswire (press release), Neurosurgeons" for eight consecutive years by "America's Best Doctors", is a globally recognized authority on concussion and orbital and brain tumors, as well ...

    Cell phones are safe, Dutch health council says Nov 23, 2005
    Reuters ...study called INTERPHONE in 14 countries, sponsored by the World Health Organization, has looked for a relationship between mobile phone usage and brain tumors. ...

    The Indian kidney bazaar Dec 8, 2005
    India Together, This is typically seen in patients with severe head injury, massive stroke, brain tumors, brain hypoxia, and as a complica tion of neurosurgery. ...

    Cell phones are safe: Dutch health council Nov 23, 2005
    Herald News Daily, ...in 14 countries, sponsored by the World Health Organization World Health Organization, has looked for a relationship between mobile phone usage and brain tumors ...

    Study Finds Link between Babies’ Head Size and Increased Risk of ... Dec 8, 2005
    Newsinferno.com, After examining the number of brain tumors in more than a million people ages 15 and under, the scientists found that 453 children were diagnosed with brain ...

    Multimedia News Release - New Hope For Stroke Patients: A Medical ... Dec 6, 2005
    Yahoo! News (press release) The Neuroscience Department of CDH is extensive, encompassing treatment for spinal conditions, brain tumors and injury, stroke, movement and memory disorders ...

    Make-A-Wish helps Valencia girl tell story Dec 9, 2005
    Los Angeles Daily News, But here they were again. "They said, 'Mrs. Weinstein, we're sorry to tell you that she has three brain tumors in the dead center of her brain stem. ...

    Infections are a major cause of childhood cancer, study suggests Dec 12, 2005
    Food Consumer, By University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Editor's note: It is not clear how infections are linked with leukemia and brain tumors in this study. ...

    Andrea Jensen letter: Congress must fight cancer with funding Dec 6, 2005
    In-Forum (subscription), ...since then. However, now in her 50s, she is in a nursing home after another battle with brain tumors three months ago. My grandfather ...

    Inquiry finds cancer not linked to CMU Nov 29, 2005
    Central Michican Life, He immediately began an investigation into the matter. Kujat targeted the first phase of the investigation at compounds that cause brain tumors and cancers. ...

    Riding for a cause Nov 24, 2005
    Munster Times, ...said the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation has been able fund research to find the causes and, eventually a cure for children's brain tumors -- a disease that ...

    Type of Childhood Cancer Relates to Physical Problems Later in ... Nov 29, 2005
    DG News ..."But, almost 40% of survivors of bone tumors and 30% of survivors of brain tumors reported having these difficulties." According to Ness, survivors of brain ...

    U of MN study finds type of childhood cancer relates to physical ... Nov 29, 2005
    EurekAlert (press release), ..."But, almost 40 percent of survivors of bone tumors and 30 percent of survivors of brain tumors reported having these difficulties." According to Ness ...

    Armstrong's mother extols helping child Dec 11, 2005
    Palm Beach Daily News, ...big trouble. For her, it was the news that Lance had advanced testicular cancer that also produced two brain tumors. "Just like ...

    HealthWatch For Dec. 12, 2005 Dec 12, 2005
    NBC5.com, Researchers in Britain say common infections like the cold or flu may contribute to the risk of children developing leukemia or brain tumors, but the risk is ...

    American Shared Hospital Services Comments on the Recently ... Nov 21, 2005
    Business Wire (press release), Equally important, by underscoring the value of the non-invasive Gamma Knife system in treating malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations ...

    Health Source: Medical News from the University of Washington Nov 30, 2005
    uwnews.org, A PROTEIN MAY PROTECT against brain tumors. Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a strong relationship between ...

    Marine is indicted on weapons charges Dec 8, 2005
    Boston Globe, Councilor James M. Kelly, who was operated on last month to remove brain tumors, was released from Brigham & Women's Hospital on Friday and will undergo ...

    Health Tip: Double Vision Has Many Causes Dec 6, 2005
    ABC News ...an overlappingimage. This can be caused by a multitude of conditions, such as diabetes, cataracts, brain tumors and dry eyes. The ...

    Tommy 'Blue' Dyer an inspiration to others Nov 27, 2005
    Tri-Valley Herald, Aside from the stitches running from the top of his head down to its side, a common observer would never realize Tommy has multiple brain tumors. ...

    Common Infections May Trigger Childhood Cancer Dec 12, 2005
    All Headline News The researchers found that leukemia and brain tumors, which are leading cancers in children, occurred in clusters suggesting outbreaks of infections are a ...

    Colds may cause cancer in kids Dec 12, 2005
    Betterhumans, Reporting in the European Journal of Cancer, the researchers say there were odd clusters of brain tumors and leukemia typical of infection-related disease. ...

    Colds May Trigger Childhood Cancers Dec 12, 2005
    Slashdot Researchers found unusual clusters of brain tumors and leukemia which were typical of infection-related disease.' As much as an 8 percent increase was observed ...

    Study links infection, childhood cancers Dec 13, 2005
    United Press International ...year period. McNally and his colleagues found that two types of cancer, leukemia and brain tumors, occurred in clusters. The clusters ...

    Animal Study Links Aspartame to Malignant Tumors, Leukemias, and ... Nov 18, 2005
    Newsinferno.com, NutraSweet AG, has always maintained that the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence does not link the product to malignant brain tumors or any other form ...

    Chemo hearing-loss treatments considered Dec 12, 2005
    United Press International Researchers say sodium thiosulfate has decreased hearing loss in patients with malignant brain tumors who were treated with carboplatin chemotherapy. ...

    Did The Government Let Its Veterans Die? Dec 8, 2005
    American Daily, ...published in 2003 by Dr. William Page stated that the only long term health problems that test veterans showed were higher rates of brain tumors and sleep ...

    Siemens Introduces New Generation of CT Clinical Engines ... Nov 29, 2005
    Business Wire (press release), The CT Neuro Engine can assist in evaluating complex vascular structures by subtracting bones, differentiating brain tumors and diagnosing strokes, all in less ...

    Children's raises the bar Dec 7, 2005
    Cincinnati Post, Smith said in the report that the hospital now cures the majority of the children it treats for cancer, but challenges remain with brain tumors, some types of ...

    Groups unite to fight cancer Dec 6, 2005
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Two collaborative studies under way between Cincinnati Children's and OSU are looking at gene therapy for brain tumors - a study developed at Cincinnati ...

    Players entertain fans at charity event at Lely Nov 19, 2005
    The News-Press, The foundation provides college scholarships and support programs for individuals and families touched by brain tumors. Tim Gullikson ...

    Antisense Pharma Raises $ 18 Million in Venture Financing Nov 30, 2005
    PR Newswire (press release), ...designed to obtain approval of our antisense drug, AP 12009, which we are developing for patients with malignant tumors including brain tumors and pancreatic ...

    Residents upset over TVA project Dec 7, 2005
    Dickson Herald, From research the homeowners have done, they claim that the power lines can cause brain tumors, leukemia, birth defects, chronic fatigue, heart problems and a ...

    Radiologic-Pathologic Correlations from Head to Toe: Understanding ... 13 Nov 2005
    Journal of Nuclear Medicine On page 52 of the section on hemispheric brain tumors, what is listed as "ecstatic" should more likely read as "ectatic." On page 56 there are references to ...

    Marino Center to expand 13 Nov 2005
    Sun-Sentinel.com, Open since 1998, it diagnoses and provides treatment for children with such problems as attention-deficit disorder, autism and brain tumors. ...

    Genetic analysis of glioblastoma brain tumors can aid in treatment ... Nov 11, 2005
    Medical News Today (press release), Screening glioblastoma brain tumors for two gene variations can reliably predict which tumors will respond to a specific class of drugs, a new study shows. ...

    Va. research sheds light on brain tumors Nov 9, 2005
    Richmond Times Dispatch, ..."One of the major impediments of treating malignant brain tumors is that the tumor cells are highly invasive and escape surgical and conventional chemo- and ...

    Novel Treatment Target For Deadly Brain Tumors Identified Oct 31, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) University Baptist Medical Center have identified a second promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most deadly types of brain tumors ...

    New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors Nov 4, 2005
    ABC News ...to 12 months, and a five-year survival rate of just 1 to 5 percent. The US National Cancer Institute has more about brain tumors.

    Genetic model of brain tumors Nov 1, 2005
    myDNA.com, A collaboration of researchers, led by Dr. Martine Roussel (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital), has developed a novel mouse ...

    New findings on brain tumors called ependymomas Oct 17, 2005
    News-Medical.net, Brain tumors called ependymomas that occur in different parts of the central nervous system appear to arise from subpopulations of stem cells called radial ...

    Treating four or more brain tumors in a single radiosurgery ... Oct 18, 2005
    News-Medical.net, Treating four or more brain tumors in a single radiosurgery session resulted in improved survival compared to whole brain radiation therapy alone, according to ...

    Nanoparticles to target and treat brain tumors Oct 18, 2005
    Nanotechwire.com, ...material for use as a diagnostic and therapeutic agent that may boost the sensitivity of MRI techniques and improve the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors ...

    Glioblastoma Gene Variations Can Predict Treatment Response Nov 10, 2005
    RxPG NEWS, By National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, Screening glioblastoma brain tumors for two gene variations can reliably predict which ...

    Three new genetic mutations in brain tumors identified Oct 23, 2005
    Xagena.it, Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified three new genetic mutations in brain tumors, a discovery that could pave the way for more effective cancer ...

    Discovery of Molecular Signature Will Aid in Treatment of Brain ... Nov 10, 2005
    DG News LOS ANGELES, CA -- November 10, 2005 -- Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer have identified key characteristics in certain deadly brain tumors that make them ...

    Better brain tumor treatment on the brink Nov 10, 2005
    myDNA.com, Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified key characteristics in certain deadly brain tumors that make them 51 times more ...

    Genes May Influence Response to Brain-Tumor Treatments Nov 10, 2005
    PakTribune.com, ISLAMABAD: Brain tumors with a particular gene composition are more responsive to a specific class of drugs, researchers are reporting. ...

    Discovery could change the way doctors treat glioblastomas Nov 10, 2005
    RxPG NEWS, By UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer have identified key characteristics in certain deadly brain tumors that make them 51 ...

    Ironman battles for brain tumors, again Nov 10, 2005
    myDNA.com, His ultimate goal is to help find a cure for brain tumors. For more information about Tucker and his fundraising efforts, visit his Web site at www.t4tcan.com. ...

    New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors Nov 4, 2005
    HealthCentral.com ...five-year survival rate of just 1 to 5 percent. The US National Cancer Institute has more about brain tumors (www.cancer.gov ).

    New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors Nov 4, 2005
    Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), FRIDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered a promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme -- one ...

    An Ironman battles for brain tumors Oct 15, 2005
    myDNA.com, There are more than 120 different types of brain tumors and the cause is unknown. Tom and the American Brain Tumor Association share ...

    Country music stars sing for brain tumors Oct 13, 2005
    myDNA.com, Before McGraw died from a brain tumor in 2004, his wish was to create a foundation that would help others battling brain tumors, as well as young athletes ...

    New Therapeutic Target Identified In Inherited Brain Tumor ... Nov 3, 2005
    Science Daily (press release) Researchers studying a mouse model of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that causes childhood brain tumors, have found their second new drug ...

    Genetic Research May Lead to Custom Brain-Tumor Therapies Nov 10, 2005
    Daily News Central, ...kinds of treatments a particular tumor might respond to than just what we can figure out from looking at traditional pathology specimen.' Brain tumors with a ...

    Gene therapy could help kill tumors Nov 1, 2005
    myDNA.com, Half of all primary brain tumors (those originating from the brain and not from other parts of the body) are classified as gliomas. ...

    Alums celebrate life of Nagraj '98 in concert Nov 11, 2005
    The Dartmouth, ...could come together, and Hui has also been working with the Brain Tumor Foundation and Nagraj's parents to compile information about brain tumors, which will ...

    Some Fights Are Never Over Nov 9, 2005
    PR Web (press release), Brain Tumor Association. His ultimate goal is to help find a cure for brain tumors. Tom is looking forward to future races. He is ...

    Ride For Kids In North Florida Raises $72,000 For Pediatric Brain ... Nov 7, 2005
    RoadracingWorld.com, The last ride of the season was a huge success for the thousands of American children with brain tumors, wrapping up a great fundraising year for the national ...

    Review: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health Nov 6, 2005
    Food Consumer, Mueller BA, Newton K, Holly EA, Preston-Martin S. 2001. Residential water source and the risk of childhood brain tumors. Environ Heal