Cancer-free Shanteau eager to focus on swimming
At his first Olympics, Eric Shanteau was distracted by a far more important race — beating cancer. Now, he can focus on winning in the pool. "I'm going to have lighter footsteps walking around the deck, that's for sure," Shanteau said, chuckling. In Beijing, he surprisingly made the U.S. Olympic ...
NY bride who faked cancer released from jail
A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her "dream wedding" and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped. Jessica Vega apologized in court for the scam and was sentenced to time served — the less ...
Phoenix woman who faked cancer pleads not guilty
A Phoenix woman who pretended to have cancer to raise money for breast implants has pleaded not guilty to fraud and theft charges. A Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman says 27-year-old Jami Lynn Toler entered her plea Wednesday. Toler told her former boss she needed a double mastectomy and breast ...
Bullhead City women teach Supai women cancer exams
Two Bullhead City breast cancer awareness advocates took their knowledge to the depths of the Grand Canyon late last month, as part of an outreach program designed to help the isolated Supai tribe. On April 27, Penny Kruse and Phyllis Anderson, of the Regional Center for Border Health's Well Woman ...
Manager pleads guilty in Miss. cancer clinic fraud
An ex-office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including conspiracy ...
Woman pleads guilty in cancer clinic fraud case
A former office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors describe as a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including ...
Bayer, Onyx cancer drug fails in late-stage study
A cancer treatment from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. failed to meet its main, late-stage study goal of improving overall survival in patients with advanced cases of lung cancer. The companies said Tuesday they studied the drug, Nexavar, in patients with advanced relapsed or refractory non-squamous non-small cell ...
Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good. Despite strenuous protests from urologists, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is sticking by a contentious proposal it made last fall. A final guideline ...
Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds ...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits, according to the ...
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