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Health

Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

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...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:14
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence

Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence

A drug commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms appears to increase the risk of breast...
» read full story February 19th, 2009 - 14:00
Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery

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...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 13:46
Multivitamins Are Not Associated with a Reduced Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Multivitamins Are Not Associated with a Reduced Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Multivitamins failed in preventing cardiovascular disease or cancer in postmenopausal women,...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:00
Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say

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...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 15:20
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
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
Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer

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...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:58
Hormone Therapy – Breast Cancer Link Once Again Confirmed

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...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:00
Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug

Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug

An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 14:12
Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs

Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs

  Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 14:20
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
January Is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month

January Is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month

January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month, a time of the year when any...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 14:22
Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths

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...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 14:18
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
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
Your Immune System Is Stronger At Night

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...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 19:12
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
Genetic Test More Accurate in Predicting Breast Cancer

Genetic Test More Accurate in Predicting Breast Cancer

Researchers present Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas said a new genetic...
» read full story December 13th, 2008 - 12:41
FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury

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...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 12:22
Vitamins Don’t Lower Prostate Cancer Risk, Studies Conclude

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...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 10:34
Mediterranean Diet ‘Dressed’ With Nuts Cuts Cardiovascular Risk

Mediterranean Diet ‘Dressed’ With Nuts Cuts Cardiovascular Risk

Everyone knows that a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables can do miracles...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 14:27
State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First

State Health Rankings – Louisiana Last, Vermont First

The health of Americans has recently been under close scrutiny in a study that analyzed health...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 20:39
Extended Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work for Some Patients

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...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 15:35
‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State

‘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...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 13:52

Texans Face Growing Health Risks

Because of the continuously failing health care system in the United States, health risks are...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 22:16
New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

The latest cancer incidence report has found that survival rates among cancer sufferers are...
» read full story November 30th, 2008 - 14:40
At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

Recently, a new Canadian campaign has started to promote at home screening for colorectal...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 18:03
The Incidence of New Cancers in the U.S. Drops for the First Time

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...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:00
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Movies

Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Chemotherapy, Working 12-hour Days

Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Chemotherapy, Working 12-hour Days

Eight months since Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the actor is speaking...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 00:30
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U.S.

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
The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

For many people trying to kick the noxious habit of smoking, the Great American Smokeout is a...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:38
Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007

Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007

In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA. Gardasil is a drug designed to...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 08:45
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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
Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 16:37
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People

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fights Pancreatic Cancer

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fights Pancreatic Cancer

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced last week that was diagnosed with pancreatic...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 19:38
Patrick Swayze Describes His Treatment As A “Miracle”

Patrick Swayze Describes His Treatment As A “Miracle”

Patrick Swayze, the Dirty Dancing star, looked healthy during his appearance at LAX airport in...
» read full story July 21st, 2008 - 22:09
Patrick Swayze Doesn’t Let Cancer Stand In The Way Of His Career

Patrick Swayze Doesn’t Let Cancer Stand In The Way Of His Career

Someone as multitalented as Patrick Swayze does not allow anything to cut down his enthusiasm when...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 16:27
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Specials

‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

‘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...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 14:14
Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops

Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops

Patrick Swayze admitted the fact that his pancreatic cancer will kill him in two years tops. In...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 17:30
Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin Supplements in Cancer Prevention

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...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 10:13
New Genetic Test May Predict Better Breast Cancer Risk

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...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 16:30

Cancer – A Leader by 2010

The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 14:01
Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

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...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 12:22
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
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
The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life

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...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:30
Higher Alcohol Taxes Found to Lower Alcohol-Related Deaths

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...
» read full story November 16th, 2008 - 14:10
Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 21:12
Patrick Swayze Talks about Struggling to Battle Pancreatic Cancer

Patrick Swayze Talks about Struggling to Battle Pancreatic Cancer

Patrick Swayze finally opened about the difficulties he went through as he struggled to battle...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 13:01
US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08
Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease

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...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 15:40
Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

More girls in the United States are vaccinated with Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 15:30
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
Scrap Pink Supports the Mission to End Breast Cancer

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...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 15:00
Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 16:01
Computer-Aided Mammograms as Accurate as Double Reading

Computer-Aided Mammograms as Accurate as Double Reading

Computer-aided mammograms have been in circulation for well over a decade now but scientists have...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 15:08
Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study

Eprex Under Close Scrutiny After German Trial Study

A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 18:56
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
Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:20
MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency of an MRI or magnetic...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 14:45
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
Prostate Screening’s Efficiency In The Elderly Questioned

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...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 14:01
Prominent Cancer Researcher Warns About Mobile Phone Cancer Risk

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...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 18:35
Tips to Keep a Healthy Skin and Avoid Skin Cancer

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,...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 11:26
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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Science

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
Study Says Immune System Works Stronger At Night

Study Says Immune System Works Stronger At Night

Medical research is an on-going process, whether the aim is to find cures for cancer and AIDS or a...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 23:46
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
DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

Canadian scientists have conducted a study in proving that a genetic trait can be a reliable...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 11:30
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
Mammograms Readings Depend on Radiologist

Mammograms Readings Depend on Radiologist

This Tuesday researchers reported that the accuracy of a diagnostic in reading a mammogram depends...
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 06:24
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Business

Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs

Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs

  Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 21:27
OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 06:58
Fresenius Acquires APP for $4.6 Billion

Fresenius Acquires APP for $4.6 Billion

Fresenius SE, the biggest European producer of intravenous medicines, will purchase APP...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 13:24
Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the failure of its TOCOSOL® Paclitaxel breast cancer drug...
» read full story September 24th, 2007 - 21:04
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Technology

Yahoo Launches Two New E-mail Domains Ymail And Rocketmail

Yahoo Launches Two New E-mail Domains Ymail And Rocketmail

In order to address the growing demand for e-mail accounts, Yahoo has decided to introduce two new...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 08:24
Laser Printers Can Be A Risk For Your Health

Laser Printers Can Be A Risk For Your Health

The laser printer from your office or home could be in fact “a silent killer”. A new study...
» read full story July 31st, 2007 - 22:58
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