News tagged with 'Cancer'

BP stations around the U.S. are suffering from sluggish sales and destruction of the BP logo, and the oil giant is reaching out to help. Were 1,800 veterans exposed to HIV and hepatitis at a veterans hospital in Missouri? Some injury related headlines around the web for Wednesday June 30.

The investigation continues into whether nine cases of rare brain cancer at The Acreage in Palm Beach County are a cancer cluster.

At a "fairness hearing" in New York City Wednesday, a federal judge approved a settlement between the city and first responders that would end their seven-year legal battle over the ill health effects from the World Trade Center collapse.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that American produced cigarettes contain higher levels of cancer causing agents than those made in Australia, the UK and Canada.

The military is contacting Veterans Affairs offices acknowledging that burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan "potentially present health risks" to returning veterans and outlines how to handle claims. The letter represents an about face by the Pentagon that open burn pits represent a health hazard.

The environmental and industrial exposures to cancer are grossly underestimated finds a panel advising the president on cancer causes.

Avastin is poised to become the number one best selling drug in 2014 thanks, in part, to patents expiring on Lipitor and Plavix.

When Jill Wilkins' husband died of a mysterious brain tumor within one year after returning from active service in Iraq, the military didn't recognize illnesses from burn pits. Now she's become a one person online force with a Facebook page that helps vets connect the dots over their mysterious illnesses.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit saying the KBR, the world's largest defense contractor violated its contract with the Army and has overcharged U.S. taxpayers.

The biotechnology industry's stocks fell today over a judge's ruling that invalidated a patent over genes linked to breast cancer. Biotechnology advances depend on patenting genes or life forms to be used exclusively for scientific advances and profit.

The indoor tanning industry is steeling itself against possible new FDA regulations amid emerging information finds tanning booths may be more dangerous than the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration will meet at the end of March to consider the safety of menthol flavoring in cigarettes under the new FDA authority over tobacco, ingredients and marketing.

Multiple CT scans deliver a cumulative dose of radiation and currently it is up to the patient to talk to their doctor to determine if the image is necessary. The FDA is addressing at least part of the concern.

Tests at The Acreage neighborhood in Palm Beach County will focus on the radioactive gas, radon, that naturally occurs in the soil. New York law firm is testing the well water.

A number of bans are going into effect with the new year that determine where you smoke and what you eat.