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• Diabetes drugs tied to lower prostate cancer risk (Scientific American)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs used to control diabetes may lower the risk of prostate cancer, investigators at the University of Tampere in Finland report. [More]

• Diet, exercise help old cancer survivors (UPI)
HOUSTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A portion-controlled diet and exercise improve body weight and physical function in elderly cancer survivors, U.S. researchers have learned.

• Diet, exercise helps old cancer survivors (UPI)
HOUSTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A home-based diet and exercise intervention results in improvement in body weight and physical function in elderly cancer survivors, U.S. researchers said.

• Novartis to Combine Heart Pills as Afinitor Cancer Drug Delayed (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Novartis AG is betting on a clutch of combination heart pills to replace revenue from its best-selling hypertension drug Diovan, after its most-promising cancer treatment was delayed by three months.

• Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer
Title: Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 11/19/2008 8:53:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2008