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  1. EDF To Extend Life Of 2 UK Nuclear Plants By 5 Years


    Wall Street Journal - Alex MacDonald - Geraldine Amiel - 1 day ago

    LISBON (Dow Jones)--Electricite de France (EDF.FR) Friday said it has decided to extend the ...
    EPA:EDF
  2. Amgen Drug Slows Spread of Cancer but Doesn't Extend Life


    New York Times - Andrew Pollack - 4 days ago

    Amgen's bone drug denosumab delayed the spread of prostate cancer to bones in a clinical trial, the company said late Monday. ...
    AMGN
  3. Goal to extend life of landfill


    Standard Freeholder - Greg Peerenboom - 3 days ago

    Cornwall -- It may take "baby steps and small victories" -- according to Mayor Bob Kilger -- but city council has agreed it's time to ...
  4. Novartis' Zometa Can Extend Life For Multiple Myeloma Patients ...


    Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2010

    LONDON (Dow Jones)--Adding Novartis AG's (NVS) drug Zometa to standard chemotherapy treatment can help patients diagnosed with an aggressive type of bone ...
  5. This Week in Health


    Intelihealth.com - 18 hours ago

    The FDA said this week that the drug does not extend life for women treated with it. It is still approved for other uses. The FDA also warned this week that ...
    FDA's decision on cancer drug means life or death for patients- Washington Examiner
    FDA Proposes Removing Avastin's Breast-Cancer Indication- Wall Street Journal (blog)
    FDA says Avastin shouldn't be used with breast cancer- Los Angeles Times
    all 780 news articles »


  6. Lenalidomide Could Extend Lifespan, Improve Quality of Life


    eMaxHealth - Deborah Mitchell - 2 days ago

    In a UK Telegraph article, it notes Goetzl says that while lenalidomide would not necessarily extend life, it could offer the elderly a healthier, ...
  7. Eating green, yellow vegetables extend life


    Healthy Living - 25 Nov 2010

    Consumption of fruits and vegetables has long been considered as healthy diet. Fruits and vegetables, rich in antioxidants fight against diseases and lower ...
    Yellow, green veggies extend life- Times of India
    all 140 news articles »


  8. Novel UAB technology could extend life of medical implant devices


    UAB News - 6 Dec 2010

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The long-term performance of medical implant devices, like heart valves and cardiac stents, could be enhanced substantially by new ...


  9. Restricting Dietary Phosphate Doesn't Extend Life in Dialysis Patients


    MedIndia - Vr Sreeraman - 6 days ago

    Doctors often ask kidney disease patients on dialysis to limit the amount of phosphate they consume in their ...


  10. Cut Carbs from Diet to Aid Weight Loss and Extend Life


    Technorati - John Phillip - 8 Dec 2010

    If you knew that the key to successful weight loss and adding extra years to your life was a matter of making simple changes to your diet, would you want to ...


  11. Micron Technology Launches Flash Memory Products That Extend Life ...


    ShortNews.com - 5 Dec 2010

    Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. launched a portfolio of flash memory products that will increase the life of NAND for years to come. ...
    MU
  12. Digital Rock, EOR Projects to Boost Recovery, Extend Life of Oil ...


    OilVoice (press release) - 6 days ago

    Shell and Schlumberger have announced a multiyear research technology cooperation agreement focusing on improving the recovery factor of oil and gas ...
    AMS:RDSA - BOM:500312
  13. Resveratrol and Grape Extract Shown to Extend Healthy Lifespan


    Technorati - John Phillip - 3 days ago

    Scientists continue to uncover the evolved biological mechanisms that have been shown to extend life and improve health in animals and mammals alike. ...


  14. DOT trying to extend life of road pavement in Killingly


    Norwich Bulletin - 5 Dec 2010

    By Anonymous The state Department of Transportation has developed a pavement preservation plan for sections of Route 101 in Killingly. ...
  15. Permission refused to extend life of landfill site


    Buckinghamshire Advertiser - Polly Manser - 26 Nov 2010

    PEOPLE in Gerrards Cross will breath a sigh of relief after the owners of a landfill site were refused permission to keep it open for another nine years. ...
  16. Newcastle's plan to extend life of Summerhill landfill


    Inside Waste Weekly - 22 Nov 2010

    Last week the City of Newcastle gave formal endorsement for the submission of a Development Application (DA) and accompanying Environmental Impact Statement ...
  17. Centralised bureaucracy will continue to bedevil the National ...


    Telegraph.co.uk - 10 hours ago

    We, as patients, must accept there is a limit to the medical intervention we can reasonably demand to extend life expectancy. SIR – We have heard about the ...
  18. The Numbers Behind a Transplant Funding Cut


    Wall Street Journal (blog) - Carl Bialik - 17 hours ago

    The state cut lung transplants in part because of a dated study at the University of Washington that found the procedure didn't extend life expectancy. ...
  19. In Between Life and Death


    Harvard Independent - Godfrey Ilonzo - 2 days ago

    Considering that palliative care has been shown to not only improve quality of life, but also extend life... for patients with metastatic lung cancer,
  20. Important health care questions that need answers | Ryan Ryals


    PNW Local News - Ryan Ryals - 1 day ago

    Most importantly, how much should we spend to extend life? We can all agree that spending $1 million to extend someone's life for 24 hours is probably ...
  21. End of Life Issues


    WebMD (blog) - 7 Dec 2010

    But sometimes there are no more therapies that have been shown to extend life significantly. At that point the doctor may not recommend further treatment. ...
  22. Zometa Extends Life for Multiple Myeloma Patients in Phase III Trial


    eMaxHealth - Kathleen Blanchard - 5 Dec 2010

    Patients with multiple myeloma now have new hope from the bone drug Zometa, shown in a Phase III clinical drug trial to extend life for those newly ...


  23. Bone drug Zometa flops in breast cancer study


    The Associated Press - 9 Dec 2010

    ... stop cancer from returning or extend life for most women fighting the disease. However, the drug Zometa did seem to help certain post-menopausal women. ...
  24. Stocks Upgraded Today ORCL, MDT, KNL, AEIS


    EFPR (press release) - 1 day ago

    The Company is engaged in research, design, manufacture and sale of products to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. Knoll, Inc. (NYSE:KNL) ...
    ORCL - MDT - AEIS
  25. 100-year-old athletes at the Olympics? It may only be a matter of time


    Herald Scotland (blog) - 3 days ago

    But should we really be actively trying to extend life itself? By 2031, even without Methusalah medication, more than a fifth of the UK population will be ...


  26. “What is Science?”


    ScienceBlogs (blog) - Ethan Siegel - 1 day ago

    It can save thousands from volcanoes and protect from earthquakes, it can extend life and give you a chance to say what you could have said all along. ...
  27. Today's Globe


    Boston Globe (blog) - Elizabeth Cooney - 10 Dec 2010

    ... when a major study showed that the bone-building drug Zometa did not stop cancer from returning or extend life for most women fighting the disease. ...
  28. Medtronic's enduring mission statement


    Minneapolis Star Tribune - Janet Moore - 1 day ago

    That mission statement -- which in part calls for the company to "alleviate pain, restore health and extend life" -- has stayed remarkably relevant for the ...
    MDT
  29. Golden retrievers prone to cancers


    Montreal Gazette - Steve Dale - 3 days ago

    Unlike other cancers in dogs and cats where chemotherapy may significantly extend life -or be curative -that's the not case for hemangiosarcoma. ...
  30. Your life just might not be worth much


    American Thinker (blog) - Ethel C. Fenig - 10 Dec 2010

    ... should provide breast cancer patients and their doctors the option of using Avastin -- a late-stage cancer drug that has been proven to extend life. ...
  31. Semiconductor Research Corporation and Waseda University ...


    Business Wire (press release) - 6 Dec 2010

    SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related ...
  32. Debswana Launches $3.63B Project to Extend Life of Jwaneng Diamond ...


    Israel Diamond Portal - 6 days ago

    Debswana, a joint mining operation between the Botswana government and De Beers, this weekend announced the launch of Cut 8 – a $3.63 billion project ...
  33. Angel Acquisitions, Inc. Changes Name to BioGeron, Inc.


    Marketwire (press release) - 6 Dec 2010

    BioGeron's slogan is "Nature and Science to Enhance and Extend Life." Its product lines are derived from natural ingredients and produced and packaged to ...
  34. National Cancer Institute begins phase II trial with Crolibulin in ...


    pharmabiz.com - 1 day ago

    In a randomized clinical trial, Ceplene has shown a trend to extend life in AML patients treated with high intensity chemotherapy by more than three years. ...
    EPCT
  35. Fund to give cancer patients new treatment


    ChronicleLive - Helen Rae - 24 Nov 2010

    The Government announced earlier this year it had set up a £50m fund nationally to give very sick cancer patients access to drugs sooner to help extend life ...
  36. Digital Rock, EOR projects to boost recovery, extend life of oil ...


    WebWire (press release) - 11 Dec 2010

    HOUSTON – Shell (NYSE: RDSA) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) today announced a multiyear research technology cooperation agreement focusing on improving the ...
    SLB - AMS:RDSA - BOM:500312
  37. New Microscopy Technique Earns Top Prize For Young Life Scientists


    Medical News Today (press release) - 6 Dec 2010

    "Restriction of food intake...is the most effective way to delay aging and extend life span in divergent species including mammals," she wrote. ...
  38. DIS, ABT, EMS, CX, MDT - Stocks to watch at NYSE


    Wall Street Bay - 3 days ago

    The Company is engaged in research, design, manufacture and sale of products to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. It manufactures and sells ...
    DIS - AT - ABT
  39. (12/2010) Book Review: The Immortality Edge


    Basil & Spice - Joseph S. Maresca - 5 days ago

    ... Blackburn and Szostak, " said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, Ph.D. Modern medicine, pharmacology, nutrition and exercise are known to extend life. ...


  40. Earnings Cheat Sheet: Medtronic Looks for a Cure to Its Earnings ...


    Seeking Alpha - David Gibbs - 29 Nov 2010

    ... a medical technology company that engages in the research, design, manufacture and sale of products to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. ...
    MDT
  41. Nicotine patches to be funded under PBS


    ABC Online - 8 Dec 2010

    ... Government does have a program to be able to fund such drugs provided they do extend life significantly and this has met that requirement," she said.
    Nicotine patches to be available under PBS- The Age
    all 85 news articles »


  42. Ageless Secret: A Conversation with Originator Jim Kaszyk by ...


    vision magazine - 1 Dec 2010

    The company's mission is to investigate ancient technologies reputed to promote health and extend life and to use the best of these as the basis for ...


  43. Blacks less likely to receive organ transplants


    Milwaukee News Buzz - Doug Hissom - 3 days ago

    There are some alternatives to transplants, such as kidney dialysis, that can extend life... while waiting for an organ. While only 13 percent of the US


  44. How ANYONE can give £2m to charity (if they really want to)


    Daily Mail - Bernadette Young - 5 Dec 2010

    During that phone call, Toby mentioned how he'd been struck by the statistics that showed that just a few pounds can extend life for families in poor ...


  45. Frontline: Facing Death


    PopMatters - Cynthia Fuchs - 23 Nov 2010

    If a bone marrow transplant might extend life, how might it also affect the quality of life? How much can the patient contribute to the decision, ...
  46. Big Ok Tedi copper mine in PNG looking to extend life


    Mineweb - James Regan - Ed Davies - 7 Dec 2010

    Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi mine is expected to produce 160000 tonnes of copper in 2010, down from 166000 tonnes in 2009, Ok Tedi general manager Ian ...
  47. Meeting will hear application to extend life of Risley tip


    This Is Cheshire - 8 Dec 2010

    PLANS to extend the life of Risley tip will be discussed at a special meeting next Thursday, December 16. Developers Biffa Waste Services want an 18 month ...
  48. Study: Few calories may mean longer life


    Leader-Telegram - 22 Nov 2010

    The idea that extremely low-calorie diets might extend life dates back to the early 1930s when two Cornell University scientists found that rats fed such a ...
  49. Navistar: Where Are The 2010 MaxxForce-powered Trucks - And How ...


    Gerson Lehrman Group - Jay Thompson - 1 day ago

    It may longer-term result in NAV having to “super-size” the DPF to extend life. Other engineers and the Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) folks say that ...
  50. Breast exams avoided


    Tbo.com - 9 Dec 2010

    ... not stop cancer from returning or extend life for most women fighting the disease. But the drug Zometa did seem to help certain post-menopausal women. ...
    Study: Many women skip test- Tampabay.com
    all 1222 news articles »


  51. Evercool Launches Ever Green Fan 12 Plus


    Hardware Secrets - Cássio Lima - 30 Nov 2010

    The new fan features shock absorption ring to reduce both vibration and noise level, an "Ever Lubricated" bearing to extend life-span, and it operates at ...
  52. Consider screening another form of preventive health care


    Boston Globe - 4 Dec 2010

    ... between what occurs at medical establishments and what happens at airports, especially in this day and age. Both activities are attempting to extend life.
  53. A nurse with terminal cancer who was originally refused life ...


    Leicester Mercury - cathy buss - 29 Nov 2010

    A NHS East Midlands spokesman said: "It is important to remember that although the extra money will potentially extend life or improve the quality of life ...
  54. “Financial markets are the best forecaster”


    Globes - Anat Cohen - 1 Dec 2010

    I also agree that the pace of technology will extend life spans, create medical breakthroughs, increase free time, and even create a rise in the quality of ...
  55. Bladder cancer drug Javlor too costly for NHS, NICE says


    Pharma Times - Selina McKee - 23 Nov 2010

    “Although there is some evidence to indicate that vinflunine can extend life for patients with transitional cell carcinoma, there is considerable ...
  56. Trastuzumab (Herceptin) approved for stomach cancer


    WebMD.Boots.com - Tim Locke - 23 Nov 2010

    Initially, NICE rejected the treatment over uncertainty surrounding the extent to which it can extend life. During further consultation the manufacturer ...
    NICE opens door to Roche's Herceptin in gastric cancer- Pharma Times
    NICE Opens Door To Roche's Herceptin In Gastric Cancer- French Tribune
    all 15 news articles »
  57. Nine options, no recommendations, from Golden Hill task force


    Mid-Hudson News - 1 Dec 2010

    Pros: Bring up to code, extend life 20-25 years. Cons: 5-year timeline, old building, county subsidy continues, loss of 40-80 beds during work. ...


  58. UK Regulator Rejects Roche's Tarceva; Roche To Appeal Decision


    Wall Street Journal - Goran Mijuk - 24 Nov 2010

    While NICE said that it was aware of Tarceva's drug trial data, which showed the drug can potentially extend life by approximately 3.3 months, ...
  59. Breast cancer drug rejected by medicines watchdog


    The Northern Echo - Barry Nelson - 8 Dec 2010

    Roche says it can extend life by an average of 5.6 months. Dr Verrill said: “In clinical practice, this is a group of patients with notoriously poor ...
  60. OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Exercises Option under Discovery and ...


    MarketWatch (press release) - 1 Dec 2010

    ... novel and differentiated targeted medicines designed to extend life and improve the quality of life for patients with cancer and diabetes/obesity. ...
    OSIP - AVEO - TYO:4503
  61. Change is needed, concedes NICE chief, but defends record


    InPharm - Ben Adams - 30 Nov 2010

    However, clinical trial data shows that Avastin plus certain chemotherapy agents would extend life by only six weeks - NICE says this does not justify cost, ...
  62. Avastin is no help with breast cancer, FDA says


    TheNewsTribune.com - Andrew Zajac - 1 day ago

    Woodcock seemed open to that possibility, noting that studies showed Avastin does stall tumor growth even if it does not extend life. ...
  63. Scientists come up with elixir of youth


    TechEye - Nick Farrell - 28 Nov 2010

    It might even extend life. The downside is that high levels of telomerase can fuel the growth of cancers, still you will have a youngish looking corpse. ...
  64. Australian primary school and police suspect asbestos material is ...


    Mesothelioma.com - 3 Dec 2010

    ... making mesothelioma treatment extremely aggressive, but rarely enough to extend life expectancy by more than a year. There is no mesothelioma cure. ...


  65. EpiCept Announces Initiation by NCI of Phase II Trial with ...


    Trading Markets (press release) - 3 days ago

    In a randomized clinical trial, Ceplene(R) has shown a trend to extend life in AML patients treated with high intensity chemotherapy by more than three ...
    EPCT
  66. International clinical trial tests targeted drug for melanoma skin ...


    Health Newstrack - Poonam Singhal - 3 Dec 2010

    The aim of the trial is to determine whether nilotnib can block the growth and spread of this kind of melanoma and extend life. Participants will receive ...


  67. World AIDS day brings back memories


    Selma Times-Journal - Leesha Faulkner - 1 Dec 2010

    They heard their futures because no drugs were on the market to extend life. At that time, HIV/AIDS was a death sentence. Not many in the Sandifer House, ...
  68. A Falsehood Wrapped in an Enigma Stuffed Into a Burrito


    Huffington Post (blog) - 23 Nov 2010

    Health care is free for everybody while we improve care and extend life. Burritos have no calories. If the GOP can say Democrats "are on the side of ...
  69. More than 115000 from St. Lawrence County and Central NY are ...


    North Country Now - 4 Dec 2010

    “They include the aging of the baby boom population, advancing medical technology that will extend life expectancy beyond the 78.1 years that it is today, ...
  70. Pentagon study: 'Don't ask, don't tell' can go, but careful ...


    Palm Beach Post - John Lantigua - 30 Nov 2010

    In implementing the end of "don't ask, don't tell," the report concluded that the military should extend life insurance, military savings plans and hospital ...
  71. Seeing Market Undervalued, Oak Mark Fund Buys NOC, AFL, XOM, Sells ...


    GuruFocus.com - 2 Dec 2010

    Medtronic is the world's medical technology company, pioneeringdevice-based therapies that restore health, extend life and alleviate pain. ...
    YUM - NOC - XOM
  72. King: People will die early to avoid estate tax


    Iowa Independent - Patrick Caldwell - 2 Dec 2010

    Steve King appeared on MSNBC Monday and insinuated that people will decide to not extend life-supporting medical measures in order to die before the estate ...
  73. Roche set to challenge NICE Tarceva decision


    InPharm - 25 Nov 2010

    NICE said Tarceva showed some clinical benefit, and from recent clinical trials Roche estimates that it can potentially extend life by around 3.3 months. ...
    NICE Consults Again On Erlotinib For The Maintenance Treatment Of ...- Biomed Middle East
    all 5 news articles »


  74. Another Tiny, Exciting Step Toward Life Extension


    Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies - 5 Dec 2010

    It still remains to be seen if telomerase treatments can delay normal aging, reverse normal aging, or extend life in any way in mice. ...


  75. Pope says in book he would resign if incapacitated


    Vancouver Sun - Philip Pullella - 22 Nov 2010

    But modern medicine's ability to extend life raises the possibility that a pope with Alzheimer's disease or one who suffers a stroke, for example, ...
  76. NICE Consults On New Treatment For Bladder Cancer


    Biomed Middle East - 25 Nov 2010

    When we recommend the use of expensive treatments designed to extend life, we need, for the sake of the patients who may wish to use them, to be confident ...
  77. Oncolytic Viruses: Are They The Future of Cancer Therapy?


    BioMedReports (subscription) - Douglas W. Loe - 21 Nov 2010

    The goal is to introduce drugs that can be used synergistically with chemotherapy to not only extend life, but to improve quality of life while undergoing ...
  78. Nation & World briefs


    Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Gustavo Ruiz - 10 Dec 2010

    ... stop cancer from returning or extend life for most women fighting the disease. However, the drug Zometa did seem to help certain post-menopausal women. ...
  79. Nearly 2 Million New York State Adults Are Informal Caregivers


    ReadMedia (press release) - 1 Dec 2010

    "They include the aging of the baby boom population, advancing medical technology that will extend life expectancy beyond the 78.1 years that it is today, ...

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