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On AlterNet: cancer

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cancer"

Medical Research Recession: Funding Flatlined for Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's

Medical Research Recession: Funding Flatlined for Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's

Rick Weiss, Science Progress. October 10, 2008.
The Wall Street bailout cost $700 billion. The entire National Institutes of Health budget is less than $30 billion -- and sinking.

Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 4, 2008.
From Friday's "Meet the Bloggers."

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Linked to Psoriasis, Herpes, Possibly Cancer

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Linked to Psoriasis, Herpes, Possibly Cancer

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. September 18, 2008.
In six years, Abbott Laboratories' Humira has gone from wonder drug to wonder-how-it-got-approved drug.

Is John McCain Dying of Cancer?

Is John McCain Dying of Cancer?

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. September 16, 2008.
It's a question that the media need to take seriously.

John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released!

John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released!

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. September 14, 2008.
Why has McCain been so secretive about his health history?

Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction

Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction

Stan Cox, AlterNet. September 5, 2008.
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.

Think You Have What It Takes to Stand Up 2 Cancer?

Think You Have What It Takes to Stand Up 2 Cancer?

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 17, 2008.
Take the Stand Up 2 Cancer film challenge.

China's Pollution Olympics

China's Pollution Olympics

Peter Navarro, Asia Times. July 15, 2008.
It's tough to tout "green games" when cancers related to water pollution are among the leading causes of death in China's countryside.

How Clean Is

How Clean Is "Clean Coal"? (Video)

Davin Hutchins, American News Project. May 30, 2008.
Presidential candidates are pushing "clean coal" but many suspect it is causing a rare form of blood cancer.

Kennedy's Fight and the Democratic Void

Kennedy's Fight and the Democratic Void

John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008.
Today Sen. Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

HPV Vaccine Opponents Put Men At Risk Too

HPV Vaccine Opponents Put Men At Risk Too

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 13, 2008.
A study linking HPV to oral cancer in men puts anti-choice advocates between a rock and a hard place.

Are Cell Phones 'More Dangerous Than Smoking'?

Are Cell Phones 'More Dangerous Than Smoking'?

Geoffrey Lean, Independent UK. March 30, 2008.
Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumors and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation.

Penis Cancer: My Very Private Hell

Penis Cancer: My Very Private Hell

Simon Usborne, The Independent UK. March 19, 2008.
Artist John D Edwards's latest paintings tell a harrowing story: how he fought his way back from penis cancer.

The Best Home Remedies May Be Sitting in Your Spice Cabinet

The Best Home Remedies May Be Sitting in Your Spice Cabinet

Kim Ridley, Ode. March 14, 2008.
Scientists are finding that spices can ease inflammation, kill bacteria and viruses, and even cause cancer cells to self-destruct.

Outrageous Anti-Pot Lies: Media Uses Disgraceful Cancer Scare Tactics

Outrageous Anti-Pot Lies: Media Uses Disgraceful Cancer Scare Tactics

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. March 10, 2008.
Headlines suggested a study proved pot is a greater cancer risk than tobacco -- but the media didn't even wait for the report to be released.

Study Says Marijuana Use Doesn’t Raise Cancer Risk: Will the Media Care?

Study Says Marijuana Use Doesn’t Raise Cancer Risk: Will the Media Care?

Paul Armentano, NORML AlterNet: Health and Wellness. March 6, 2008.
So for the second month in a row we have researchers from New Zealand telling us that pot smoking has little-to-no association with cancer.

Government Suppresses Major Public Health Report

Government Suppresses Major Public Health Report

Maggie Mahar -- BAD, DON'T USE, AlterNet. February 12, 2008.
The public has been denied important information on the link between pollution and health problems including lung, colon and breast cancer.

The Health Industry's Secret History of Delaying the Fight Against Cancer

The Health Industry's Secret History of Delaying the Fight Against Cancer

Christine Wenc, AlterNet. December 6, 2007.
In her new book, Devra Davis exposes scientists and government officials who have worked to downplay or dismiss preventable causes of cancer.

Why Do Republicans Hate Cancer Survivors?

Why Do Republicans Hate Cancer Survivors?

Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2007.
Matt Corley: The health plans of Giuliani, McCain and Thompson would likely exclude cancer survivors such as themselves.

Lobby to Hide Cancer Dangers Has Government's Helping Hand

Lobby to Hide Cancer Dangers Has Government's Helping Hand

Michelle Chen, In These Times. November 19, 2007.
Industry special interests are burying information on cancer-causing chemicals and, according to watchdog groups, the government is helping them do it.

Now Doctors Say It's Good to be Overweight

Now Doctors Say It's Good to be Overweight

David Usborne, The Independent UK. November 13, 2007.
After years of anti-obesity public health advice, a major new study causes an outcry by concluding that the moderately overweight live longer.

I'll Have My Cosmetics with a Side of Infertility, Please

I'll Have My Cosmetics with a Side of Infertility, Please

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet. October 25, 2007.
Author Stacy Malkan reveals the dangerous truth about everyday products we put in our hair and on our skin.

What Causes Cancer: Probably Not You

What Causes Cancer: Probably Not You

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. August 7, 2007.
The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or at least some grave moral failing just took another hit.

EarthTalk: What's the Connection Between Breast Cancer and Chemicals in the Environment?

EarthTalk: What's the Connection Between Breast Cancer and Chemicals in the Environment?

E MagazineJune 18, 2007.
Groundbreaking research found that synthetic chemicals have likely played a large role in the rising incidence of breast cancer throughout the world over the last half-century.

Which came first, the chicken or the cancer?

Which came first, the chicken or the cancer?

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2007.
Kathy Freston: 70 percent of chickens in the US are fed arsenic.