Sepp Blatter wins FIFA re-election the old fashioned way
Despite scandal all around him, Sepp Blatter remained FIFA’s president thanks to a voting bloc he’s spent years building using old-school politics.
Sepp Blatter wins FIFA re-election the old fashioned way
New research shows immunotherapy targeting several cancers
Immunotherapy, which has shown remarkable success against advanced melanoma skin cancers, is now being used to target other cancers that are tough to treat. The results of several clinical trials were presented on the opening day of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual conference in Chicago on Friday. In some cases, immunotherapy has been shown to completely eradicate cancer.
Study sees benefit from more extensive breast cancer surgery
CHICAGO (AP) — Having a little extra tissue taken off during breast cancer surgery greatly lowers the risk that some cancer will be left behind and require a second operation, according to a new study that could change care for more than 100,000 women in the United States alone each year.
Drug boosts long-term survival after breast cancer: study
After a diagnosis of localized breast cancer, women are often prescribed tamoxifen for five years to help prevent a recurrence, but researchers said Saturday another drug, anastrazole, may work better. The federally funded phase III study involved more than 3,100 postmenopausal women with a kind of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ, which was treated by removing the cancerous lump followed by a radiation regimen. Some women were
Pfizer's Ibrance drug slows progression of breast cancer
By Deena Beasley CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Phase III trial of Pfizer Inc’s drug Ibrance showed that, in combination with hormone therapy, the drug more than doubled the duration of disease control for women with the most common type of breast cancer. At the time of an interim analysis, patients given Ibrance in combination with AstraZeneca Plc’s Faslodex (fulvestrant), a widely used treatment to block estrogen, lived an average of
U.N. warns of coming hunger in North Korea
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top U.N. official in the country told Reuters in an interview. Rainfall in 2014, the lowest in records going back 30 years, was 40-60 percent below 2013 levels, and reservoirs are very low, said Ghulam Isaczai, the U.N. resident coordinator.
Contador to win Giro title
Alberto Contador will be crowned winner of the 2015 Giro d’Italia in Milan on Sunday, but only after surviving a drastic loss of form on a mountainous 20th stage won by Fabio Aru.
Sarries triumph at Twickenham
Saracens have been crowned Premiership champions after producing a superb all-round display to beat Bath 28-16 in the final at Twickenham.
Wade keen to impress
Christian Wade is looking at Sunday’s uncapped fixture against the Barbarians as an opportunity to remind England selectors of what he is capable of on the big stage.
'Falcao in talks with Chelsea'
Monaco striker Radamel Falcao is speaking to Chelsea about a possible transfer, Sky sources understand.