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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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Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer
A new study by researchers from Marshall University of Medicine in Huntington reveals that eating...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Drinking Hot Tea May Lead to Throat Cancer
Whether it’s warm or cold outside, there’s always room for a cup of hot tea. It is...
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Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?
Many studies have tried to find an answer to this question, but the majority of them ended in...
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Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances
Early detection of a second breast cancer in a woman can cut her risk of dying in half, researchers...
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Be Optimist! You’ll Live Longer
According to the findings of a recent study carried out by the University of Pittsburgh School of...
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FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux
The Food and Drug Administration have declined to approve use of Erbitux as a first-line...
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Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Doing Well after Breast Cancer Surgery
Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive and high-profile Republican, Carly Fiorina,...
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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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Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women
Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
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The American Heart Month – How’s Your Heart Doing?
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in both men and women, claiming the lives of nearly 1 million...
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Can Cord Blood Replace Bone Marrow Transplant In Children?
Amazing as it sounds, researchers from Duke University have just announced that umbilical cord...
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Physical Activity May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Many studies have shown that physical activity helps the body get rid of extra pounds, thus...
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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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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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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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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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No Link Found Between Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer
Women treated with common fertility drugs do not have an increased risk of ovarian cancer, a new...
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Most Cancer Patients Can’t Afford Medical Care
According to a report released February 5 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer...
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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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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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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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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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Women Can Now Make More Informed Decisions on Double Mastectomy
Women who have tumors in one breast usually decide to remove both the affected breast and the...
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Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths
Despite the states’ increased effort to fight smoking, the rate of tobacco-related...
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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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Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!
British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
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Healthy Men Should Take Finasteride to Prevent Prostate Cancer
Healthy men who want to prevent prostate cancer should begin taking finasteride, a drug used to...
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Relay for Life Events to be Held across the U.S.
Relay for Life events are scheduled across the U.S. to bring people together for a common...
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Aspirin Found to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
Long-term use of aspirin or other similar nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce the risk...
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Did You Know that Smoking Pot Raises Testicular Cancer Risk?
Men who smoke marijuana have a higher risk of testicular cancer than those who do not smoke,...
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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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Relay for Life Scheduled to Kick Off February 12 at Capital Banquet
Relay for Life, an event organized by the American Cancer Society, is scheduled to begin on...
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Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine
Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences move one step closer to developing a...
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Purple In Henderson County
Relay for life is a fundraising event focusing on helping out people suffering from all types of...
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Colonoscopies –Not Perfect, But Highly Recommended
A Canadian study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that colonoscopies may...
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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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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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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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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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Vigorous Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk
According to a study published in Breast Cancer Research, regular activity
such as running, heavy...
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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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Scrap Pink Supports the Mission to End Breast Cancer
Scrap Pink events were held all across the nation in the past week to raise funds to support breast...
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Computer-Aided Mammograms as Accurate as Double Reading
Computer-aided mammograms have been in circulation for well
over a decade now but scientists have...
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October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It is high time the battle against breast cancer got more serious and it appears that organizations...
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Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott Has Passed Away
Sunday, the man to whom Newsweek owes its ability to rise to
the challenge of competing...
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Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer
Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage
could benefit from a shorter, more...
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MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned
The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency
of an MRI or magnetic...
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Skin Cancer Odor Could Lead To Early Identification
A study presented Wednesday at the American Chemical Society
National Meeting & Exposition in...
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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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Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned
Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or
older should be stopped because there...
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Tobacco Regulation – A Step Forward to a Healthier Nation
In an attempt to lower the number of people becoming
addicted of cigarettes and also that of the...
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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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