True Food Kitchen, a restaurant that emphasizes healthy eating, kicks off a series of lectures on cancer prevention Tuesday.

TRENTON, N.J. - The first large study of an experimental cervical cancer vaccine found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the most common forms of the disease, drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday. Its shares rose more than 2 percent in morning trading.

Try to avoid infection

Try to avoid infection

In the Frost Belt, virtually every elementary school has a gymnasium where children at recess or in a physical education class can find indoor refuge from harsh winters, when outside temperatures can fall below zero.

  PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Firefighters "fight fire with fire" to stop spreading. Dermatologists have a similar technique - they "sunburn" patients to prevent precancerous skin lesions called actinic keratoses.

Scottsdale Healthcare and international genetic research organizations are working together to pioneer research in the treatment and prevention of cancer.

Jud Kilbourn has spent his afternoons and summers growing cancer cells in Phoenix’s Barrow Neurological Institute for almost three years.

Panel with cancer experts

It was a rare overcast Monday morning in Scottsdale, but Sue Gorham talked exclusively about the sun.

Kickoff at Relay for Life of Chandler

Scottsdale Healthcare is launching a clinical research center to connect patients with new cancer drugs and patient-specific treatments based on genetics research.

Scottsdale Healthcare is launching a clinical research center to connect patients with new cancer drugs and patient-specific treatments based on genetics research.

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the second-oldest man to preside over the nation's highest court and its premier conservative figure, is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer.

A third of the deaths of children in Arizona last year were preventable, according to a new study issued Tuesday.

CHICAGO - Breast-feeding is thought to protect babies from developing diabetes. Now research suggests it might even help keep their mothers from getting the disease, too. A study found that the longer women nursed, the lower their risks of developing diabetes.

Dr. Patricia Lindholm thought it was a great idea this year when Medicare announced it would cover free annual wellness visits for older people.

WASHINGTON - Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer.

If the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale has its way, esophageal cancer will have one less way of developing in humans.

May 13, 2005

TRENTON, N.J. - The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, the drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday. Its shares rose nearly 6 percent.