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Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs
Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
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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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Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking
Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
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Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy
Health continues to be an important issue for the United States,
as recent studies have shown that...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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Jimmy Fund Walk Fights Against Cancer
Inspired by a 12-year-old patient of Dr. Sidney Farber,
founder of the Children's Cancer Research...
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Moisturizers Can Cause Melanoma Skin Cancer?
It appears that moisturizing creams are no longer a safe
option, a new study published in the...
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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...
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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...
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Could Soy Foods Affect Male Fertility?
Although many previous studies have shown that soya is good
for humans by lowering cholesterol,...
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Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens
A nationwide survey, by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration carried out...
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Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer
Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass
surgery, appears to have more benefits...
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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.,...
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Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative
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is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more
people together,...
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Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US
Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new
research suggests.
American...
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Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US
Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as
obesity, high blood pressure, different...
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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...
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Health
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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....
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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No Connection Between Breast Cancer And Pregnancy
The researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reached the conclusion that...
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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...
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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...
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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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Genes May Affect The Way Kids With ALL Respond To Treatment
Kids suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may respond differently to treatment...
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Is Preventive Mastectomy Necessary or Not?
According to findings published in the March 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a preventive procedure to...
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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...
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Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life
Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
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Men Better Than Women In Resisting Food Temptations
When it comes to goodies, who in the world can resist temptations? Apparently, men are able...
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UnitedHealth Reached A Hefty Agreement With New York Attorney General
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, resolved a conflict-of-interest...
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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...
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Illinois Homes Have Too Much Radon
According to a new study released by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 42 percent of...
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Gene Predicts the Likelihood of ALL Recurrence
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL is the most common type of cancer in children affecting...
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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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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...
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How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?
A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy
in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
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FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case
The Food and Drug Administration was recently
criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
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Radiation, Hormonal Drugs Halve Prostate Cancer Deaths
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
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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...
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