ELEMENTS OF YOGA: Navtej Johar, from a yoga foundation in India, will offer classes and workshops through Tuesday focusing on five components of yoga practice - postures, breathing, meditation, chanting and ritual - at TreeHouse Yoga Center, 8509 N. 29{+t}{+h} St., Tampa. Call (813) 932-5456 or visit www.treehouseyoga.com. ...more

November 7, 2009

ELEMENTS OF YOGA: Navtej Johar, from a yoga foundation in India, will offer classes and workshops through Tuesday focusing on five components of yoga practice - postures, breathing, meditation, chanting and ritual - at TreeHouse Yoga Center, 8509 N. 29{+t}{+h} St., Tampa. Call (813) 932-5456 or visit www.treehouseyoga.com. ...more

November 7, 2009

PRODUCT REVIEW: Mega-T Green Tea Gum; available at Albertsons, Eckerd, Kmart, Wal-Mart and Publix; $2.99 for 12 pieces. ...more

May 23, 2009

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute displayed a gigantic colon Wednesday to show people the inner workings of the organ and explain why cancer cells are drawn to it. ...more

February 19, 2009

The 8-foot-tall, 20-foot-long, 450-pound replica of a human colon is a chance for interested people to take a walk into the dark side of the human body. ...more

February 18, 2009

Longtime city commissioner and former mayor Mike Sparkman was scheduled this week for nonsurgical treatment for prostate cancer. ...more

February 18, 2009

Roughly 20 percent of women with breast cancer who should be receiving radiation therapy as a follow-up to surgery aren't getting it. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center who conducted a study that uncovered this potentially deadly situation say the most common reason women cited for not considering radiation therapy was that their doctors did not recommend it. ...more

February 11, 2009

Researchers may have taken another step toward a day when doctors can use microscopic spheres to destroy cancer cells from within. A team of scientists at the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have used a tiny structured dubbed a "targeted" nanosphere to kill melanoma cells in laboratory mice. ...more

February 4, 2009

European study finds hormone therapy with radiation is effective against prostate cancer. ...more

December 15, 2008

A University of Central Florida researcher says two compounds he is developing are showing "very promising" results in lab tests targeting breast cancer tumors in mice. ...more

November 26, 2008