Sen John McCain heads to Ohio State University later this month to share his plans for combating cancer in the US. Will Sen Barack Obama join him?

Cancer advocates rejoice as President Bush signs GINA, a bill which prohibits employers and health insurers from discrimination based on genetic information.

An alternative health company is asking citizens of the United Kingdom to support legislation which would include herbal supplements and other natural treatments in clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of investigational drugs against a placebo. Sweet Cures of York, a marketer of herbal products and natural remedies, has launched a campaign to gain public support [...]

Two directors of the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) have written to members of the German Parliament urging them to legalize human embryonic stem cell research in Germany. The German Bundestag has been considering an amendment to the German Stem Cell Act of 2002 which would lift the country’s ban on the use [...]

The list of items consumers can buy over the internet just got longer thanks to a new web portal called Carol. Carol’s innovative site, dubbed The Care Marketplace™, offers patients the opportunity to shop, compare prices, and schedule medical services online in the same way they would purchase clothing or any other retail good. Rather [...]

A study of children involved in cancer treatments and other trials indicates most of them are willing to put themselves in harm’s way to further research projects and charitable causes, even if the activities wouldn’t benefit them personally. To arrive at the findings, scientists from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and the National [...]

Approximately 11,000 people between the ages of 15 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer each year in England. While many patients in this age group go on to become long-term cancer survivors, a large percentage of them are rendered infertile as a result of their cancer treatments. Modern medicine continues to offer new options for [...]

Every year patients in the United States and around the world die while they wait on organ transplant lists for organs that never become available. While surveys indicate a majority of people are willing to donate organs after their death, a much lower percentage actually get around to registering as an organ donor. Now Scotland [...]

Research conducted by the NSW Cancer Institute in New South Wales, Australia, is predicting lung cancer will soon replace breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among NSW women. According to the institute’s statistics, lung cancer will kill 43 more NSW women annually than breast cancer by the year 2010. And while increasing [...]

On Tuesday, Texas voters approved Proposition 15, an amendment authorizing the state to spend 3 billion dollars on cancer research over the next 10 years. The proposition received strong backing from Governor Rick Perry, former state comptroller John Sharp, bi-partisan legislators, numerous healthcare professionals, the American Cancer Society, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and other cancer [...]