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(AdelaideNow would like to hear from anyone who has been offered so-called miricle cures. Scroll down and tell us about your experiences in the comment box provided.) In one case, a young woman with pancreatic cancer died two months after receiving a controversial treatment called "ozone therapy". Her mother was concerned the treatment had made her condition worse. The Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner's annual report says all three died without any benefit from the treatments and no refunds were paid to the families. Commissioner Leena Sudano said authorities were powerless to prevent vulnerable people being exploited. "We can never stamp this out," she said. "People can change their names, their shopfronts and . . .
Briefs: Cancer helps Olmert poll numbers, Mrs. El Presidente in ...
Ehud Olmert's disclosure that he has prostate cancer edged up his approval ratings. A poll commissioned by Yediot Achronot after Olmert's surprise announcement Monday found that 41 percent of Israelis "appreciate" his performance as prime minister, up from 35 percent last month.
Olmert, whose popularity plummeted after last year's Lebanon war and amid ongoing corruption allegations, also got high marks in the survey for his "bravery" in coming forward, an act that 61 percent of respondents said they found moving. Eighty-seven percent of respondents agreed with Olmert's decision to stay in office. But asked which among Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is most fit to be prime minister, 14 percent said Olmert, 17 percent said Barak and 35 percent said Netanyahu.
The foggy world of chemobrain
Almost one-quarter of women diagnosed with breast cancer are under the age of 45. Many of these women find the information and programs available to them don't match the psychosocial and financial stress young women face following a breast cancer diagnosis. The National Conference for Young Women with Breast Cancer, being held this weekend at the Downtown Sheraton, addresses the issue and provides relevant information from sexuality, nutrition and exercise, to clinical trials and advocacy. http://www.cbcn.ca/ywbcc/ .
Prostate treatment may shorten penis
Men who receive combination treatment with hormone therapy plus radiation for local or locally advanced prostate cancer may experience a significant reduction in penile length, according to a report in the January issue of the Journal of Urology. There has been anecdotal evidence that radiation therapy can reduce penile length but, to the authors' knowledge, the present study is the first to determine if penile length changes following combination treatment with hormone therapy plus radiation. Dr Ahmet Haliloglu and colleagues at the University of Ankara in Turkey enrolled 47 men with local or locally advanced prostate cancer. The patients, who were followed from 2000 to 2005, received leuprolide or goserelin injections every three months, for a total of three doses.
Curtain Call
A slave to duty, Frederick lives up to his contract until he comes of age and is free to pursue an honest living. Ruth hopes to marry our naïve hero, and so misrepresents herself as young and beautiful, only to be abandoned to the pirates when Frederick sees pretty girls for the first time and realizes her lies. He finds love and acceptance in the arms of a sweet young thing, Mabel (Ashley Bibby/Tania Rosa Bindhoff), her large family of sisters and adoptive father, Major General Stanley (Ray Flynt). Frederick then plots to have the Constable Sergeant (Wendell Holland) arrest the pirates, but Ruth foils his plans by divulging a loophole in his contract: He must serve the pirates until his 21st birthday, which, falling on Leap Day, February 29, will not roll around until he reaches age 84.
Reflux among babies often a misdiagnosis
The use of prescription drugs to treat children with reflux and GERD has grown significantly over the past five years. More than 2 million youngsters took them in 2006, according to an analysis by Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefits manager spun off from drugmaker Merck & Co.
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