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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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Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
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Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence
A drug commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms appears to increase the risk of breast...
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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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Multivitamins Are Not Associated with a Reduced Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Multivitamins failed in preventing cardiovascular disease or cancer in postmenopausal women,...
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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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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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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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Hormone Therapy – Breast Cancer Link Once Again Confirmed
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms once again the link between hormone...
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Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug
An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
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Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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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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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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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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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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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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Your Immune System Is Stronger At Night
Medical research is an on-going process, whether the aim is to find cures for cancer and AIDS or a...
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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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Genetic Test More Accurate in Predicting Breast Cancer
Researchers present Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas said a new genetic...
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FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury
Following the reports of kidney damage in
people who had used some sodium-based bowel cleansing...
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Vitamins Don’t Lower Prostate Cancer Risk, Studies Conclude
It’s time to forget about the saying “a vitamin a day keeps cancer away,” as more and more cancer...
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Mediterranean Diet ‘Dressed’ With Nuts Cuts Cardiovascular Risk
Everyone knows that a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables can do miracles...
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State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First
The health of Americans has recently been under close scrutiny in a study that analyzed health...
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Extended Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work for Some Patients
Patients with chronic hepatitis C who have
not responded to an initial round of antiviral...
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‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State
A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released
Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
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Texans Face Growing Health Risks
Because of the continuously failing health care system in the United States, health risks are...
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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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The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time
The overall incidence of new cancer cases
and death due to cancer dropped for the first time in...
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‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half
Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
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Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops
Patrick Swayze admitted the fact that his pancreatic cancer will kill him in two years tops.
In...
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Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin Supplements in Cancer Prevention
A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, adds to other studies...
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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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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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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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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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Higher Alcohol Taxes Found to Lower Alcohol-Related Deaths
A study funded by the Substance Abuse University of Florida College of Medicine found that raising...
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Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome
Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
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Patrick Swayze Talks about Struggling to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Swayze finally opened about the difficulties he went through as he struggled to battle...
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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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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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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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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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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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Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is
dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
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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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Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study
A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
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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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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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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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Prominent Cancer Researcher Warns About Mobile Phone Cancer Risk
Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, one of the most...
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Tips to Keep a Healthy Skin and Avoid Skin Cancer
As the new summer season approaches, more people will desire
to stay out for as long as possible,...
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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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