Tag: Cancer

FDA approves first DNA-based test for colon cancer

Matthew Perrone · August 11, 2014 10:43 pm

Red Alert Politics

ESPN ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Stuart Scott delivers honest and poignant speech on fight against cancer

Kelsey Rupp · July 18, 2014 7:51 pm

Ky. clinic settles FCA claims it extended chemotherapy treatment times

Nick Rees · June 5, 2014 2:50 pm

Cancer Survivor Loses Dr. After Signing Up for Obamacare, No Drs. for 400 Miles

Michael Warren · May 30, 2014 8:03 pm

FILE - In a Oct. 23, 1997 file photo, Richard Mellon Scaife, owner and publisher of the Tribune Review newspapers in Pittsburgh and Greensburg, Pa., greets visitors as they enter the paper's new facility in Warrendale, Pa., during the dedication of the building. Scaife said in a column published Sunday, May 18, 2014, that he has an untreatable form of cancer. The 81-year-old Scaife is an heir to the Mellon banking fortune and is a notable backer of conservative causes. He serves as the vice chairman of the board of the Heritage Foundation. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Billionaire Scaife says he has untreatable cancer

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2014 3:20 pm

This is a an undated handout photo of cancer patient and fund raiser Stephen Sutton. The 19-year-old, who has raised more than 3 million pound US$5.03 million during his three-year battle against multiple tumours died peacefully in his sleep this Wednesday May 14, 2014 , his mother said on his Facebook page Wednesday. (AP Photo/Stephen Sutton/PA ) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Teenage cancer fundraiser dies

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 2:52 pm

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, calls for Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to resign in May amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Sen. John Cornyn calls Veterans Affairs cancer test delays ‘outrageous’

Mark Flatten · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

When things go well, the Food and Drug Administration typically hears little praise from Congress and the media. (Thinkstock)

Manhattan Moment: Seeking best practices at the FDA

Paul Howard · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

FDA warns of cancer risk with fibroid procedure

Matthew Perrone · April 17, 2014 9:28 pm

More than three dozen veterans died waiting for treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs' Phoenix facilities, CNN reported Wednesday evening. (AP Photo)

Delayed tests, inadequate care linked to 23 cancer patient deaths at Veterans Affairs hospitals

Mark Flatten · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Pfizer reports promising results for cancer drug

Christopher Rugaber · April 6, 2014 11:42 pm

President Barack Obama talks to Jake Miller, left, accompanied by Ellyn Miller, behind Jake, brother and mother of Gabriela Miller, before signing into law the H.R. 2019, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama signs cancer research bill in memory of girl

Nedra Pickler · April 3, 2014 9:59 pm