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Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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Metabolite in the Body Found to Be a Marker of Advanced Prostate Cancer
A simple urine test may distinguish between the benign and aggressive forms of prostate cancer,...
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Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others
A new study from researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center concluded...
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Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease
Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
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Jobs Needs His Privacy, But The Media Is Watching…
While half the globe is digging for clues on what the serious health problem forcing Steve Jobs...
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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed Once Again
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food and...
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Merck’s Gardasil For Older Women, Put On Hold By The FDA
There has been talk in the medical world of allowing the administration of Merck & Co’s...
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Baby Born With Brain Tumor Containing Foot
When surgeons operated on three-day old Sam Esquibel in order to remove a tumor they had spotted...
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Two Enzymes Found To Increase Ovarian Cancer Patients’ Survival
According to a new study by U.S. researchers, high levels of two particular enzymes in ovarian...
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Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium
A hormone therapy for breast cancer can
reduce the chances of the disease spreading by a...
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New Genetic Test May Predict Better Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers present Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas said a new genetic...
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Cancer – A Leader by 2010
The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
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Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010
Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
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Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
Two large trials revealed that selenium, vitamin E and C didn’t reduce the risk of developing...
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Vitamin D Protects Your Heart
Scientists are in a continuous researching process, in order to aid mankind in its fight against...
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Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade
For the first time in ten years, the number of men and women
in the US developing and
dying from...
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Supplements Don't Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk
A long-term study of more than 14,000 male
physicians concluded that taking daily supplements of...
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Gardasil Might Get Clearance For Preventing Genital Warts In Boys
Gardasil can also be given to men as a way to prevent genital warts, a study presented Thursday at...
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Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Reveals
In 2006, Merck & Co.’s Gardasil made headlines when it was approved by the Food and Drug...
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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Testosterone Patch Can Boost Libido In Postmenopausal Women
Women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder can now improve their libido by using a testosterone...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Thousands Of Walkers At American Cancer Society Event
An estimated 18,000 walkers participated in a 5-km trek, as part of the American Cancer Society's...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease
Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases,
to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
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More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy
Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood can lead to an
increased risk for osteoporosis later in...
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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
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German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries
Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
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Science
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Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?
The popularity of social networking sites has reached sky-high over the last years, but so have...
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Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread Identified
Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
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New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
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Research: Exercise May Diminish Cancer Risk
Regular exercise can help sufferers in the fight against cancer, according to new research....
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Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk
A series of studies have lately shown that vitamins don’t reduce
cancer risk. Just two weeks ago,...
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Cancer Treatment Connected To Gene Make-Up
Recently, scientists have discovered another gene mutation, which makes bowel cancer patients...
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Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists
The 2008 Nobel Prize
for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
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Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women
Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the
deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
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Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity loss and species extinction may lead to losing new
medical treatments for cancer,...
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Birth Control Pills Save Women’s Lives
A new research study shows that
birth control pills can protect women against developing ovarian...
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Mammograms Readings Depend on Radiologist
This Tuesday researchers reported that the accuracy of a diagnostic in reading a mammogram depends...
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Health
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Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer
According to new studies presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting...
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Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing
An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
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US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer
A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday in favor of Roche...
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US Supreme Court throws out tobacco appeal
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out cigarette maker Philip Morris USA's appeal...
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Older Men Should Consider Drugs That Prevent Prostate Cancer
Recently, medical groups have issued guidelines recommending healthy older men to consider...
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Choosing a Healthier Living Could Save Us from Cancer
How many times have you been told to adopt a healthy diet in order to improve your quality of...
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Baldness Drug May Help Healthy Men Prevent Prostate Cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Urological Association on Tuesday...
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Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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A Simple Urine Test Can Determine Prostate Cancer Severity
A new urine test that tracks a certain substance produced by prostate cancer cells may help...
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Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery
The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left hospital Friday, a week after she underwent...
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Justice Ginsburg Released from Hospital after Cancer Surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday after tests...
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Lauderdale Jury Rules Smoker Died Because of Addiction
In what seems to be a defeat for the tobacco industry, a jury of three men and three women in...
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Worried about Prostate Cancer? New Urine Test May Offer You an Answer
A new urine test designed to distinguish between benign and aggressive forms of prostate cancer may...
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Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases
Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
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Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say
Few people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but about 95 percent of those who suffer from...
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Justice Ginsberg Plans Return To Court Soon After Surgery
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced her intention to be back at work for the...
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Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
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HRT’s Link to Breast Cancer Confirmed
United States researchers have recently brought forth new evidence linking hormone...
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Beach Vacations May be Linked with an Increased Risk of Skin Cancer
Beach vacations during childhood may increase children’s future risk of deadly skin cancer...
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FDA Panel Backs Ely Lilly’s Blood Thinner Prasugrel
Blood thinner prasugrel, made by Eli Lilly and Co. in a joint with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., is...
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Approval of Lilly Blood Thinner Is About To Happen
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the drug, called prasugrel (also known as Effient),...
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Recent Studies Should Discourage Smokers
Recent studies show quite some interesting things about smokers and smoking. A West Virginia...
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January Is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month, a time of the year when any...
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Merck’s Gardasil For Older Women, Put On Hold By The FDA
There has been talk in the medical world of allowing the administration of Merck & Co’s...
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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed By FDA
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food...
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Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread
Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
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Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research
Teams of friends, family, neighbours and colleagues are organizing for the 2009 Relay for Life, the...
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Smoking Ban Proves Effective in Pueblo, Colo., Cuts Heart Attack Rate
A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that...
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Smoking Bans Connected To Heart Attack Rates
A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the number of...
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FDA Issues Warning for 28 Weight Loss Products
The Food and Drug Administration is warning against 28 products marketed for weight loss that you...
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