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FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses a growing risk to patients because of potentially inaccurate results. The proposed rule would end...
Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Residents and local officials have...
Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka dies at 43. Her life was full of tragedy but she embraced his legacy
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Zoleka Mandela, a granddaughter of Nelson Mandela whose life was tangled up in addiction, a suicide attempt, a battle with cancer and the tragedy of losing two young children before she came back from the shadows to embrace his legacy, has died. She was 43. ...
GoFundMe refunds donations to poker player who admits to lying about cancer for tournament buy-in
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fundraising platform GoFundMe said Thursday it has refunded money to donors after a poker player admitted to lying about a terminal cancer diagnosis and accepted thousands of dollars in donations so he could play in a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. ...
Poker player who drew donations for Las Vegas event lied about dying from cancer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A poker player who said he had terminal cancer and accepted thousands of dollars in donations so he could play in a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas now admits it was all a lie. Rob Mercer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he made up a stage 4 colon...
Tenor Stephen Gould dies at age 61 after being diagnosed with bile duct cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Stephen Gould, who announced earlier this month that he had been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer, has died. He was 61. Gould's agent Stephanie Ammann confirmed the singer died Tuesday in Virginia. No other details were immediately available. ...
University of Kentucky cancer center achieves highest designation from National Cancer Institute
The University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center has achieved the highest level of recognition from the National Cancer Institute — a status that will further bolster research and patient care in a state plagued by some of the nation's highest cancer rates, campus officials said Friday. ...
Firefighters fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to cancer cases
BOSTON (AP) — Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a tumor in his chest. He was only 30 and had been in the Boston Fire Department less than a decade. But as he investigated his diagnosis of...
Tenor Stephen Gould says he has been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer
Tenor Stephen Gould, 61, says he has been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer. Gould withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where he was to have sung the title roles in “Tannhäuser” and “Tristan und Isolde" and Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung." ...
TV anchor Ruschell Boone, who spotlighted NYC's diverse communities, dies of pancreatic cancer at 48
NEW YORK (AP) — Ruschell Boone, an award-winning reporter and anchor for New York City TV station NY1, has died after battling pancreatic cancer over the past year, the station announced Tuesday. Boone, 48, died Sunday, NY1 said in a news release. Boone joined the...
