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New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
The latest cancer incidence report has found that survival rates among cancer sufferers are...
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At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
Recently, a
new Canadian campaign has started to promote at home screening for
colorectal...
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Antigenics Vaccine for Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results
Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc
announced on Monday that its experimental cancer treatment...
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Cancer Drug Avastin Meets Endpoint In Late Stage Trial
The outcome of the most recent study of Avastin revealed that the cancer drug is indeed effective...
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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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Staying Active Helps Heart Failure Patients As Well
“Be
active!” is not a message that we hear for the first time. Health care
providers and not only...
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November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Quit Smoking!
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and statistics don’t
look too promising. According to the...
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Genentech Seeks Regulatory Approval for Avastin Use in Brain Cancer
Drug maker Genentech Inc. seeks regulatory approval for its
cancer drug Avastin in patients with...
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Vitamin E, Selenium Don't Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
The National Cancer Institute has announced
its decision to suspend a study on the benefits of...
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Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements Don't Prevent Prostate Cancer
Selenium and vitamin E supplements failed
to prevent prostate cancer – this was the conclusion of...
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Purple Tomatoes May Help People Fighting Cancer
Researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have created a purple tomato which they hope may...
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Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation
Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less
effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer...
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Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
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Genentech’s Avastin reaches Phase 3
Genentech has recently announced that the study of Avastin will continue as planned, reaching phase...
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Vioxx’s Heart Risk Persists for One Year after Use
Merck & Co’s arthritis pill Vioxx was pulled from market
shelves over health risks in 2004,...
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New Guidelines And The Benefits Of A Regular Exercise Regimen
The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of...
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OvaSure May Harm Public Health
The FDA warned the Laboratory Corporation of America about a
test, called OvaSure, that is...
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Colorectal Cancer Screenings Should Stop at Age 75, Government Task Force Recommends
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has
rejected the latest X-ray screening technology, called...
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Colon Cancer Screening Recommended Between Age 50 And 75
According to the US Preventive Services Task Force’ recommendations, people after age 75 who have...
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One Step Further: High Secretion of Adiponectin Lowers Cancer Risk
Medicine is taking vital steps towards identifying the causes of cancers - and perhaps even a cure....
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Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer
Obesity has long been thought to increase the risk for heart
disease and cancer in general. Breast...
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Blacks Develop Colon Cancer at Higher Rates than Whites
Blacks have a higher prevalence of colon polyps compared to
whites and their tumors are harder to...
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Virtual Colonoscopy, an Effective Procedure for Finding Cancer and Polyps
A study published in the New England
Journal of Medicine shows that virtual colonoscopies are able...
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Update: Virtual Colonoscopy Is Better And Not Necessarily Less Accurate
A study on Virtual colonoscopy was published in Wednesday’s issue of New England Journal of...
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Study Finds Virtual Colonoscopy Effective
A large
study performed on 2,600 men and women, which involved 15 medical
centers, has revealed...
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Virtual Colonoscopy Versus Traditional Colonoscopy
A new study showed that virtual colonoscopy
was able to detect 90% of precancerous polyps larger...
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Colon Cancer, A Major Threat, Treatments Need Improvement
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the third most...
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Key Gene's Role in Colorectal Cancer Unveiled
New research has discovered a genetic clue that could prevent the growth and development of...
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“Stand Up to Cancer” Telethon Raises more than $100 Million
The campaign to raise money for cancer
research which included the telethon that aired on ABC, CBS...
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High Levels of Serum Calcium Ups Prostate Cancer Death Risk
Men with high levels of calcium in their
blood are three times more likely to develop prostate...
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Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk
Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
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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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Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life
Scientists have long praised tomatoes’ cancer-fighting powers because of their enriched levels of...
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Scripps Conducts Study to Asses the Effects of Genetic Testing on Lifestyle Habits
San
Diego’s Scripps Translational
Science Institute announced its decision to conduct a study...
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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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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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The Hidden Danger of a Bowl of Cereals
Breakfast cereals can be served easily and
provide sufficient energy at the beginning of a new...
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Fearless War Journalist Leroy Sievers Dies at 53
It is sad to hear when people close to us are suffering from serious diseases, but the feeling...
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Leroy Sievers Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53
Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’
“Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
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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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Evangelist Billy Graham Back Home Following Brain Surgery
World-known evangelist Billy Graham returned to his home in Montreal, N.C.,
early this afternoon,...
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Tammy Faye Messner Succumbs to Cancer
Tammy Faye
Messner, favorite televangelist of many in the 1980s and 1990s, died Saturday at
age...
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Lindsay Lohan's Dad Uses His Father's Death To Slam Ex Wife
Not even death can stop Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, from publicly taking shots at his former...
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Bush Press Secretary, Legendary Tony Snow, Died of Colon Cancer
Tony Snow, the legendary journalist who, despite his criticism of the Bush administration, was...
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The Osbournes’ Garage Sale Raises Thousands For Charity
Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon made the most of the stuff they no longer needed in their Beverly...
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Name Used By Police To Set Up Sting
Who said a little trick doesn’t help sometimes? Cass County Sheriff
Paul D. Laney had a great idea...
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Match Game Panelist Brett Somers Dies
Actress and comedienne Brett Somers, best known for her part on the “Match Game” in the...
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News Legend, Hal Fishman Left An Irreplaceable Anchor Position
The 75 year news legend, Hal Fishman passed away on Tuesday,
3 a.m., in less than a week after...
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Tammy Faye Messner Talks to Larry King
Cancer-stricken evangelist Tammy Faye Messner made what she feared would be her final television...
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Film Critic Joel Siegel Dies At 63
Beloved "Good Morning America" movie critic Joel Siegel has passed away Friday afternoon...
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