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U.S.

One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Activity Goals

One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Activity Goals

A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that approximately...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 22:34
US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

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...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 10:39
Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

New cancer cases and deaths have started to decline for the first time in both American men and...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 18:55

New cancer cases decline in US

Washington - A report by the nation's leading cancer organizations released Tuesday showed the...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 08:52
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Movies

Can summer movies beat the economic blues?

Los Angeles - Hollywood's conventional wisdom is that recessions are good for the film business...
» read full story April 24th, 2009 - 11:54
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Business

Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Inc has put a halt to its process of developing the treatment for the advanced stages...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 22:44
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Science

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

The battle against pollution has been one of the biggest concerns over the past two decades. And...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 14:50
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate

Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:48
Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 23:23
Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

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,...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 11:54
Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 10:30
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People

Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Cancer Battle

Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Cancer Battle

Former "Dirty Dancing" star, Patrick Swayze, who seems to be keeping positive since being...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 20:25
Patrick Swayze Makes Public Appearance at Lakers Game

Patrick Swayze Makes Public Appearance at Lakers Game

Patrick Swayze made a brave decision Friday, offering himself up for scrutiny at a Los Angeles...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 15:31
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Specials

Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs

Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:30
Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others

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...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:25
Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 14:50
Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:54
Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy

Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy

Health continues to be an important issue for the United States, as recent studies have shown that...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 14:52
Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
» read full story November 29th, 2008 - 10:49
Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

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...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:50
Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts

Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts

A new study demonstrates that banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:00
Supplements Don't  Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk

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...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:25
Today’s Smokers More Addicted than Ever, Alarming Rise in Nicotine Dependence

Today’s Smokers More Addicted than Ever, Alarming Rise in Nicotine Dependence

Nicotine dependence has risen 12 percent from 1989 to 2006, and the percentage of people classed...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 16:00
25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer

25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer

An estimated 25 percent of American teenage girls received at least one dose of the Gardasil...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 17:21
1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

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...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 14:40
Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!

Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!

Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:40

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18
FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study

FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 14:36
Jimmy Fund Walk Fights Against Cancer

Jimmy Fund Walk Fights Against Cancer

Inspired by a 12-year-old patient of Dr. Sidney Farber, founder of the Children's Cancer Research...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 18:50
Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?

Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?

It appears that moisturizing creams are no longer a safe option, a new study published in the...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 17:01
Just 1 in 5 Men Screened for Prostate Cancer Last Year

Just 1 in 5 Men Screened for Prostate Cancer Last Year

Although the American Cancer Society strongly recommends annual testing, starting with at the age...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 12:30
Christina Applegate, Indefatigable Cancer Research Advocate, Fights Cancer

Christina Applegate, Indefatigable Cancer Research Advocate, Fights Cancer

The “Samantha Who” star, who made her first big screen appearance at age nine in the 1981 films...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 14:23
Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?

Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?

Although many previous studies have shown that soya is good for humans by lowering cholesterol,...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 12:30
Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens

Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens

A nationwide survey, by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration carried out...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 16:40
Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass surgery, appears to have more benefits...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:55
Kennedy Feeling ‘Like a Million Bucks’ after Risky Brain Surgery

Kennedy Feeling ‘Like a Million Bucks’ after Risky Brain Surgery

After undergoing a risky brain surgery on Monday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 13:35
Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

It is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more people together,...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 16:36
Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new research suggests. American...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 14:46
Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as obesity, high blood pressure, different...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:38
Study Reveals Alarming Higher Rates of STDs among Teenage Girls

Study Reveals Alarming Higher Rates of STDs among Teenage Girls

Sexually transmitted diseases seem to be a big problem for most American girls, according to a new...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 10:27
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World

One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 12:56
Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 18:35
Israeli PM Announces He Has Prostate Cancer

Israeli PM Announces He Has Prostate Cancer

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer and that he will...
» read full story October 29th, 2007 - 15:35
Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Increased levels of pollution have made cancer the number one cause of death in China, said a...
» read full story May 21st, 2007 - 11:51
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Health

Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer

Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer

Racial disparities are still present in the American medical system when it comes to lung cancer....
» read full story April 14th, 2009 - 15:28
Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing

Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing

An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
» read full story April 08th, 2009 - 15:24
Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer

Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer

Giant drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it stopped a Phase III clinical trial testing...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 20:28
Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity

Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity

I am sure every mommy is happy to see her baby has a good appetite. Even more, they don’t...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 19:23
Smoking Bans in Restaurants, a New Attempt to Cut Smoking Rates

Smoking Bans in Restaurants, a New Attempt to Cut Smoking Rates

Why ban smoking in restaurants and other public places? Supporters of the proposed smoking ban in...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 15:20
Multnomah County Chain Restaurants Required to List Calories on Their Menus

Multnomah County Chain Restaurants Required to List Calories on Their Menus

Multnomah County (Oregon) commissioners have approved a new set of rules that will require chain...
» read full story February 15th, 2009 - 13:30
Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 14:29
FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics

FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics

Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 13:41
No Connection Between Breast Cancer And Pregnancy

No Connection Between Breast Cancer And Pregnancy

The researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reached the conclusion that...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 16:21
No Link Found Between Pregnancy and Breast Cancer

No Link Found Between Pregnancy and Breast Cancer

According to a new study, the situation of mothers-to-be who develop breast cancer is similar to...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 14:40
Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

According to a new study, women that follow HRT, or hormone-replacing therapy, have an increased...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 20:32
Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor

Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 14:00
HRT’s Link to Breast Cancer Confirmed

HRT’s Link to Breast Cancer Confirmed

  United States researchers have recently brought forth new evidence linking hormone...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 19:33
Beach Vacations May be Linked with an Increased Risk of Skin Cancer

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...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 17:35
Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment

Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment

Kids suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may respond differently to treatment...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 15:01
Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?

Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?

According to findings published in the March 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a preventive procedure to...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 21:21
Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 12:46
Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 12:58
Men Better Than Women In Resisting Food Temptations

Men Better Than Women In Resisting Food Temptations

  When it comes to goodies, who in the world can resist temptations? Apparently, men are able...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 13:05
UnitedHealth Reached A Hefty Agreement With New York Attorney General

UnitedHealth Reached A Hefty Agreement With New York Attorney General

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, resolved a conflict-of-interest...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 22:38
Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies

Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies

The annual report on U.S. tobacco control efforts released by the American Lung Association gave...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 14:00

Illinois Homes Have Too Much Radon

According to a new study released by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 42 percent of...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:05
Gene Predicts the Likelihood of ALL Recurrence

Gene Predicts the Likelihood of ALL Recurrence

  Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL is the most common type of cancer in children affecting...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 15:45
Smoking Ban Proves Effective in Pueblo, Colo., Cuts Heart Attack Rate

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...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 11:11
Smoking Bans Connected To Heart Attack Rates

Smoking Bans Connected To Heart Attack Rates

A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the number of...
» read full story January 02nd, 2009 - 14:13
Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival

Levels of Two Proteins Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 10:58
How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:25
FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case

FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case

The Food and Drug Administration was recently criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 13:31
Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths

Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths

Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:44
Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:06
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