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Glaxo’s Avodart Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk
GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s drug Avodart appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 23...
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Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial
German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
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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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Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke
Two genetic variants appear to significantly increase the risk of ischemic stroke, US researchers...
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57 Percent of Nonsmoking New Yorkers Have High Levels of Nicotine in Their Blood
A study by New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noted that 57 percent of...
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Belly Fat Tied to Increased Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Chemical in Broccoli Fights H. Pylori Infection
Besides lowering the risk of cancer and coronary heart disease due to high levels of vitamin C and...
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All
People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
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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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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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Soy Intake during Childhood May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
A study involving Asian-American women appearing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers...
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Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!
Eating too much red meat might put you at risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease and...
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Mushrooms Can Prevent Breast Cancer in Women
A diet rich in mushrooms and green tea may considerably lower the risk of developing breast...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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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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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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House, Senate Ban BPA Use in Food, Drink Containers
House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill yesterday to introduce a federal ban on bisphenol A (BPA)...
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Group: Baby Care Products Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals
A health advocacy group found out that more than half the baby shampoo, lotion and other infant...
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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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Optimism Is the Best Medicine Ever!
A study of 100,000 women ages 50 and over since 1994, presented at the American Psychosomatic...
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Six Manufacturers Announce Decision to Stop Selling Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A
Baby bottles containing bisphenol A, a controversial chemical widely used in plastics but...
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Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Wine May Lower Risk of Esophageal Cancer
A glass of wine on daily basis could lower your chance of developing Barrett’s Esophagus, a...
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Caffeine Prevents Skin Cancer?
Caffeine might offer some protection from skin cancer, researchers at the University of...
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Alcohol and Cancer Risk
A new study in the current edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute changes...
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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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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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Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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Drug Found to Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer
Avodart, a drug currently approved for the treatment of noncancerous enlarged prostate, also lowers...
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Broccoli Might Reduce Your Stomach Cancer Risk
The summer is that time of the year when you can get advantage of everything that nature has to...
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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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Cut Back on Red, Processed Meat Intake in Order to Live Longer
Doctors always advise patients to consume lots of fruits, vegetables and white meat in order to...
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FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products
Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
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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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BPA-Containing Baby Bottles No Longer on the US Market
Bisphenol A or BPA widely used in plastics has long been a subject of controversy among...
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Radiation Exposure for Americans Is 7 Times Higher
A recent study revealed the staggering fact that the radiation levels to which American citizens...
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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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Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumed in moderate amounts prevents diseases. One glass of...
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Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol
Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
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Coffee “Addicts” May Have Lower Risk of Stroke
Drinking two or more cups of coffee per day appears to reduce the risk for stroke among women,...
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Migraines May Now Have An Explanation: Too Much Belly Fat?
Excess fat around the waistline has long been blamed for increasing the risk of heart disease,...
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Your Waist May Offer a Picture of Your Migraine Risk
A new study shows that overweight people are more likely to have migraines than those who are...
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Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking
Would you quit smoking for money? A new study suggests that money may be a strong reason to...
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Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again
Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
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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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Not All Woman With Breast Cancer Should Have Double Mastectomies
Having to undergo a double mastectomy is usually a tough decision to make. Unfortunately, many...
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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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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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Quit Smoking Today!
What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
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Vitamins Unable To Lower Cancer Risk
Beta carotene and vitamin C and E supplements failed in preventing cancer in women, the authors of...
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Vitamins C, E And Beta Carotene Don’t Prevent Cancer
New research shows that vitamin C and E supplements and beta carotene don't prevent cancer 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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Low-Glycemic Diet Keeps Diabetes under Control
For people who have type 2 diabetes,
following a low-glycemic diet designed to keep blood sugar...
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Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium
A hormone therapy for breast cancer can
reduce the chances of the disease spreading by a...
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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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Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells
Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
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Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?
The popularity of social networking sites has reached sky-high over the last years, but so have...
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Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life
The battle against pollution has been one of the biggest concerns over the past two decades. And...
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Obese Women at High Risk of Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
It is a known fact that obesity has something to do cancer. New research appearing in the journal...
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Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Spread Identified
Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene...
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Researchers Will Test Breast Cancer Vaccine
Good news for cancer fighters all around the world! Scientists at the University of Arkansas for...
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Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome
A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
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New Method Of Treatment Could Lower Prostate Cancer Death Rate
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer who undergo radiation plus long-term hormone treatment...
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Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening
Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the
United States
this decade, but the racial gap in...
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Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Research: Exercise May Diminish Cancer Risk
Regular exercise can help sufferers in the fight against cancer, according to new research....
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Avastin Drug Linked To Blood Clots
Research
conducted by United States scientists has revealed that the
Avastin cancer drug...
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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,...
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A Migraine A Day Keeps Breast Cancer Away!
The good part of a migraine is that it indicates that you have a lower risk of developing breast...
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Answer For Lack Of Sexual Desire In Older Women: Testosterone Patch
Lack of sexual desire among women is not something new. Just
last week, a study by...
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Alcohol Abuse Reduces Brain Volume, But Not The Brain’s Function
Alcoholism can severely damage your body and its functions, the most common and destructive...
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IUCN Red List: 1/4 Of World’s Mammal Species on the Verge of Extinction
The world’s population of mammals is in constant decline,
and at least one fourth of them are on...
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Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer
Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative
medicine by developing a safer way of...
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Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation
Rice University physics Professor W.J. Llope alleges that according to his yet unpublished...
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Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome
Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving
humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
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Prolonged Exposure To Carbon Nanotubes May Increase Cancer Risk
Carbon nanotubes are as
promising as they are dangerous, scientists warned, associating the...
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Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity loss and species extinction may lead to losing new
medical treatments for cancer,...
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Birth Control Pills Save Women’s Lives
A new research study shows that
birth control pills can protect women against developing ovarian...
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The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people
A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
in Hinxton, England,
the Beijing...
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Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements
No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
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Genetic Link between Colon and Prostate Cancer Found
Four scientific studies have confirmed that the presence of a gene variant called rs6983267- which...
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