| July 23, 2007 | - Executive power was transferred to Vice President Dick Cheney for two hours and five minutes while President George W. Bush underwent a routine colonoscopy. Spokesman Scott Stanzel announced that five small polyps had been removed, but “none appeared worrisome,” and the president was soon able to ride his bike.
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MSNBC
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AFP via Taipei Times
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| January 9, 2007 | - Capsaicin, a substance in jalapeño peppers, was said by scientists to thwart cancer by attacking mitochondria in cancer cells, triggering cell death.
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BBC
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| October 19, 2006 | -
South Korean
scientists announced the development of a new genetically altered strain of adenovirus capable of destroying cancer cells.
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AFP via Breitbart
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| July 19, 2006 | -
Scientists learned that Britain's wealthy neighborhoods may cause cancer in children.
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Washington Post and Cruises.about.com
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| March 9, 2006 | - Former Texas Governor Ann Richards announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
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AP via Yahoo! News
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| November 17, 2005 | - A Swedish study linked oral sex to mouth cancer.
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News24.com
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| August 21, 2005 | - In Edinburgh, Scotland, 10,000 bagpipers piped against cancer.
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BBC News
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| June 13, 2005 | - Researchers found that one in five women would consider having their breasts removed if it reduced their odds of contracting cancer.
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Reuters
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| May 24, 2005 | - A San Diego doctor was training a dog named Ginger to detect cancer by sniffing human urine.
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Sign On San Diego
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| May 17, 2005 | -
Kylie Minogue announced that she has breast cancer.
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BBC News
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| April 6, 2005 | -
Peter Jennings announced that he has lung cancer.
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New York Times
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| February 3, 2005 | -
Scientists determined that sunlight helps fight cancer.
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The Australian
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| January 5, 2005 | - The Dingman family of Virginia was auctioning off the right to pay for surgery on a tumor infecting their 9-year-old son. Bids reached as high as $200.
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The Washington Post
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| December 21, 2004 | - A study found that lung cancer runs in families.
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MSNBC
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| November 5, 2004 | - Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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New York Times
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| November 1, 2004 | - Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who underwent a tracheotomy last week, was recovering from treatment for thyroid cancer and was unable to return to work.
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Reuters
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| October 10, 2004 | -
Jacques Derrida died of pancreatic cancer.
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New York Times
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| August 19, 2004 | -
Children living next to gas stations, a French study found, are four times more likely to develop leukemia.
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New Scientist
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| August 16, 2004 | -
Korean researchers found that leukemia deaths are 70 percent higher among people who live near AM radio broadcasting towers.
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Wired
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| July 4, 2004 | - A dead woman was suing the late Dr. Robert Atkins for giving her inadequate cancer-treatment advice.
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New York Daily News
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| June 24, 2004 | - New research suggested that needle biopsies might help spread breast cancer to the sentinel node.
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Reuters
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| May 20, 2004 | - The EPA approved an air-pollution rule on formaldehyde emissions based on a cancer risk model created by the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology; the new standard is 10,000 times weaker than the EPA's previous regulation for such emissions.
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Los Angeles Times
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| May 10, 2004 | - An EPA study found that household "air fresheners" could be causing a carcinogenic smog in people's homes.
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Nature.com
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| April 30, 2004 | - Researchers discovered a molecule, used by some cancer tumors, that prevents cells from dying.
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New Scientist
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| April 6, 2004 | - American scientists announced that frequent ejaculation can help prevent prostate cancer.
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New Scientist
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| January 24, 2004 | - Frequent underarm shaving together with deodorant use could increase the risk of breast cancer.
| Source:
New Scientist
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| January 23, 2004 | - Women who have used dark hair dye for at least 24 years have a greater chance of developing cancer, a study found.
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Reuters
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| January 21, 2003 | -
Japan's Imperial Household Agency revealed that Emperor Akihito has prostate cancer.
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| December 11, 2001 | - In Missouri, a pharmacist admitted to diluting cancer
drugs; he did it because he needed to raise money to pay $1,000,000 in taxes and a pledge to his church.
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| November 13, 2001 | - The first clinical trial of marijuana released preliminary findings suggesting that pot is a “wonder drug” for people suffering from osteoporosis, cancer, AIDS, arthritis, spinal injuries, and some forms of mental illness.
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| October 2, 2001 | - Some people in India were using cow urine to cure indigestion and skin cancer.
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| August 28, 2001 | - A Minnesota man filed suit against the U.S. government after a veteran's hospital mistakenly removed his testicles, misdiagnosing his arthritis as cancer.
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| July 31, 2001 | - One of the world's largest paintings, by French fauvist Raoul Dufy, was found to be coated in cancer-causing asbestos; the Paris Museum of Modern Art will spend a million dollars scraping it off.
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| June 12, 2001 | - A jury ordered Philip Morris to pay $3 billion to a former heroin addict who was unable to quit smoking and developed lung cancer.
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| May 8, 2001 | -
Japanese
researchers found that eating sushi reduces a smoker's risk of developing lung cancer.
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| April 10, 2001 | - Two beggars in Chisinau, Moldova, were arrested for selling human body parts, which were apparently taken from a cancer clinic, as dog food.
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| March 13, 2001 | - Browne & Williamson Tobacco Corporation paid $1,087,191 to a seventy-year-old former smoker in Jacksonville, Florida, who lost a lung to cancer.
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| March 6, 2001 | - Sir Richard Doll, the British epidemiologist who discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer, has concluded that it is true: children (and possibly adults) who live near electrical power lines are more likely to get leukemia.
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| January 9, 2001 | - Europeans were concerned about Balkan Syndrome, a mysterious set of illnesses that plague veterans of United Nations peacekeeping duty in the former Yugoslavia; over a dozen have died of leukemia; many suffer chronic fatigue, hair loss, and various forms of cancer.
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| December 19, 2000 | - Another death-row inmate was cleared by DNA tests; a death-row inmate who died of cancer last year was also cleared.
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| November 14, 2000 | - Herpes virus 8, which causes Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin cancer that commonly afflicts AIDS
patients, may be spread by kissing, according to a new study.
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| October 10, 2000 | - A British woman was awarded £345,222 for being wrongfully diagnosed with cancer, which resulted in fourteen operations, including a double mastectomy and a full hysterectomy.
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| September 19, 2000 | -
New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani was treated for cancer; doctors implanted radioactive seeds in his prostate.
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| August 29, 2000 | -
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to sue People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for using his likeness on billboards which say “Got Prostate Cancer? Drinking Milk Contributes to Prostate Cancer.”
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| August 15, 2000 | -
New York
Police Commissioner Howard Safir, who suffers from prostate cancer, said that he would resign to take a job with a private security firm.
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