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Study Finds Social Interaction During Chemo May Aid Cancer Patients' Survival Rates

Study: Two-Pronged Approach Best In Helping Cancer Patients Quit Smoking

Smoking is bad for health--that's undisputed. But for millions of smokers, quitting smoking seems nearly impossible. According to UPI, a new study published in JAMA Tuesday shows a program that combined phone counseling sessions with medication produces strong results. A program with telephone counseling sessions and one of two smoking cessation drugs was 50% more effective than telephone consultations alone. Among patients who had four bi-weekly and three monthly counseling sessions and either Wellbutrin or Chantix, 35% were able to quit smoking. Smoking cessation assistance should be an integral part of cancer care and sustained tobacco support can be effective for cancer patients who smoke. Elyse R. Park, Study Co-Author Associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Gaza cancer patients arrive in Turkey for treatment

More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who have crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrive in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport shortly after 00:30 am local time (2130 GMT). IMAGES

Stool of baby has 10 times more microplastics than an adult, shocking study finds

The deepening economic crisis in Lebanon doesn't stop for cancer patients

Wael Hamzeh Beirut, Sep 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh ) After over two months of fighting cancer at home, Salma’s mother has landed a coveted hospital bed in a public hospital outside Beirut but that does not guarantee her access to treatment amid Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis. FOOTAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.SOUNDBITES FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ISSAM CHEHADE; AND SALMA, THE DAUGHTER OF A CANCER PATIENT ADMITTED TO THE RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.TRANSLATIONHead of the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Issam Chehade:1. "We are heading towards a catastrophic situation if the crisis continues like this and no solutions are found."2. "We are in the loop that the (Central) Bank of Lebanon approved it and the shipment will arrive. It is part of our daily routine to call the drug companies and they tell us next week."3. "And when the shipment arrives it is very limited and is distributed according to priority."Salma, daughter of a cancer patient admitted to Rafic Hariri University Hospital, outside Beirut:4. "I started looking for other alternatives such as the Syrian or Iranian version of these drugs, but they harm her, she cannot sleep."5. "We could not admit her to a hospital because she does not have health insurance and it is very difficult to put someone in a hospital through the Ministry of Health."