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Today is Monday, January 05, 2009 |
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When this edition of Words To Live By was originally published, the links below opened active web pages. |
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News Headlines
Merck's Gardasil
Not Cleared for Women Over 26 Cancerpage news is updated daily, Monday
through Friday, and on the weekends as
warranted. More than 24 new
articles have been added to cancerpage news since the last newsletter.
To see ALL the latest stories, go to the
cancerpage.com search page and click on Submit (but
leave search field black.) Curbing Teen Smoking The CDC reports today that more still has to be done
to make cigarette smoking socially unacceptable to American teens.
The decline in teen smoking realized between 1997 and 2003 has stalled -- although
smoking among black students, especially black female students continued to drop
from 2003 and 2007. But overall the CDC called for more efforts in the media and
in the schools to make smoking a social no-no to meet the national health objective
in 2010 of cigarette use among high school students of 16% or less.
Tobacco use is the #1 modifiable behavior linked to cancer deaths.
You can find the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
here. (This is an adobe
acrobat file) Survivorship Tools Online
We’ve told you about the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center’s Online Survivorship
Center. They have posted some new articles including how to
deal with sexual changes. The bottom line is – you are not alone and there
is help out there. New First Line Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Approved
The
Food
and Drug Administration this week approved Velcade (bortezomib) as a first
line treatment for Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Until now it's
only been approved for use after a patient was given another therapy first. The
Velcade is taken along with standard treatment of oral melphalan plus prednisone.
You can read more about the clinical trial that lead to the approval
here.
LIVESTRONG Across America Next week, six cyclists start at cross-country trek from San Diego to Washington D.C.to raise money for
cancer research and , in the case of one rider, science education. Richard James III,
is a native of Beaumont, Texas with a
passion for both science education and finding a cure for cancer.
James is the founder of the Adventures of the Elements science program and part of the
cycling team LIVESTRONG Across America, a 3300-mile, 33-day bicycle
ride that sets off on Tuesday. Find out more about the month long event at the web site
www.livestrongacrossamerica.com
and all the people participating in this year's ride... and how you can sign up
for one of the many mini tours yourself.
HIRING PUSH AT THE FDA The Food and Drug Administration wants to hire more scientists - - fast. And
it is recruiting for 1,300 medical and science positions to
strengthen the agency's public health mission. It has been granted
"direct hire" authority to fill these positions quickly and is holding jobs
fairs around the country in coming months.
For dates and schedules for the job fairs, visit the web site at
http://www.fda.gov/jobs/jobfairs08.html |
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