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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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HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend...
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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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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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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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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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Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers
Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
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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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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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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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Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk
People with the highest levels of calcium intake had significantly fewer cancers of the digestive...
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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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Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors
A rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy described in the journal PLoS Medicine raises...
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Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk
Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing heart...
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The Excessive Presence of B-Cell Clones Signals an Increased Risk of Common Leukemia
A new study conducted by Maryland’s National Cancer Institute finds a connection between the...
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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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Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases
Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
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People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed
People who get paid to stop smoking are three times more likely to kick the habit for at least...
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New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
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Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset
A new study says that there is no evidence to support the theory that brain exercise programmes...
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Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits
According to a new study, taking a multivitamin does not help you reduce your risk of developing...
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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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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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February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston
Starting today, many Bostonians will breathe healthier air thanks to a tobacco ban implemented by...
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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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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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The Necessity of PSA Test in Prostate Cancer Questioned Once Again
Two new studies appearing online in the March 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
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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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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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Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others
A new study from researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center concluded...
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Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
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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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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for 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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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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Colonoscopies –Not Perfect, But Highly Recommended
A Canadian study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that colonoscopies may...
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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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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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Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
Two large trials revealed that selenium, vitamin E and C didn’t reduce the risk of developing...
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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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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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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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Gardasil Might Get Clearance For Preventing Genital Warts In Boys
Gardasil can also be given to men as a way to prevent genital warts, a study presented Thursday at...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Reveals
In 2006, Merck & Co.’s Gardasil made headlines when it was approved by the Food and Drug...
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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Testosterone Patch Helps Postmenopausal Women Recover Their Libido
Postmenopausal women may often suffer from no or low libido. On average, studies have shown that...
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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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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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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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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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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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Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging
As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s
the secret of living a longer healthy...
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Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography
New research published in this week’s New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...
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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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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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Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome
Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
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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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Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim
Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
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Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists
The 2008 Nobel Prize
for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
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Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women
Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the
deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
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Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy
The results of a new study conducted by a research team at
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
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PVC Shower Curtains Hazardous to Your Health
A U.S.
environmental non-profit organization warned last week that polyvinyl chloride
(PVC)...
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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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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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By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat
A new study from John Hopkins University reveals that if Americans continue with their bad habits...
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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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