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June 25, 2009
Farrah Fawcett, 1970s sex symbol, dies aged 62
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" television star whose big smile and feathered blond mane made her one of the reigning sex symbols of the 1970s, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. She was 62.
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June 23, 2009
O'Neal says dying Farrah Fawcett agrees to marry
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of asking longtime companion Farrah Fawcett to marry him, actor Ryan O'Neal says she has finally agreed, even as she nears the end of her life after a long battle with cancer.
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May 15, 2009
Farrah Fawcett in legal tug-of-war in dying days
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A dying Farrah Fawcett is caught in the middle of a legal battle between her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, and a producer who has worked with the "Charlie's Angels" star during her fight with cancer.
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May 14, 2009
Ailing Farrah Fawcett shaved own hair in video diary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Farrah Fawcett is shown shaving off her famous blond hair in a heart-wrenching personal video diary of her long battle with cancer that is reaching its end.
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May 8, 2009
Ryan O'Neal offers grim outlook on Farrah Fawcett
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ryan O'Neal has told People magazine that his companion Farrah Fawcett, who has battled cancer for nearly three years, is now bed-ridden, bereft of her famous blonde hair and near the end of medical treatment.
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April 6, 2009
Farrah Fawcett in L.A. hospital: reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Farrah Fawcett, who has been battling cancer for almost three years, has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital, according to news reports.
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April 2, 2009
Qiagen virus test cuts deaths from cervical cancer
BOSTON (Reuters) - A single test that looks for the virus that causes cervical cancer cut the death rate from the tumor in half, researchers in India reported on Wednesday.
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March 16, 2009
Anal HPV infection clears quickly in women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Human papillomavirus or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, may also infect the anus -- but the infection appears to resolve relatively quickly, researchers report.
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July 18, 2008
Anal HPV infection common in heterosexual men
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Roughly one in four heterosexual men have anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and, in many cases, a cancer-causing type of the sexually transmitted wart virus is present, a study shows.
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May 21, 2008
Cancer risk soars in HIV-infected people: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with HIV have a much higher risk for many cancers, including anal cancer, but a lower risk for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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April 22, 2008
Cisplatin not effective in anal cancer: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating anal cancer patients with the cancer-fighting drug cisplatin to try to shrink tumors before beginning standard therapy did not boost survival rates, and is not recommended, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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November 5, 2007
HPV common in sexually active male college students
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of sexually active young male, heterosexual college students, almost two thirds developed genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection over 2 years of follow-up, according to Seattle-based researchers.
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February 23, 2007
HPV vaccine in demand among UK gay men
LONDON (Reuters) - Homosexual men in Britain are requesting treatment with the new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil, a London clinic announced Friday, with dozens immunised in recent weeks.