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Health

Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer

A new study by researchers from Marshall University of Medicine in Huntington reveals that eating...
» read full story April 23rd, 2009 - 22:14
HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended

HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended

HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend...
» read full story April 03rd, 2009 - 14:06
Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 15:07
Drinking Hot Tea May Lead to Throat Cancer

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...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 16:02
Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows

Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows

Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 18:48
Mushrooms Can Prevent Breast Cancer in Women

Mushrooms Can Prevent Breast Cancer in Women

A diet rich in mushrooms and green tea may considerably lower the risk of developing breast...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 14:55
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
Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances

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...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 15:30
Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers

Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers

Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.   Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
» read full story March 13th, 2009 - 14:22
Alcohol and Cancer Risk

Alcohol and Cancer Risk

A new study in the current edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute changes...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 14:54
Choosing a Healthier Living Could Save Us from Cancer

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...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 16:00
Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 13:57
Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 01:15
Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

People with the highest levels of calcium intake had significantly fewer cancers of the digestive...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 14:09
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
Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors

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...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 14:57
Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk

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...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:57
The Excessive Presence of B-Cell Clones Signals an Increased Risk of Common Leukemia

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...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:30
Worried about Prostate Cancer? New Urine Test May Offer You an Answer

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...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:20
Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 14:29
People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed

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...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 13:52
New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New Urine Test That Detects Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a urine test to help distinguish...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 22:00
Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset

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...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:00
Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

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...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 00:21
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
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
February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

Starting today, many Bostonians will breathe healthier air thanks to a tobacco ban implemented by...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 13:48
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
Beach Vacations May be Linked with an Increased Risk of Skin Cancer

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...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 17:35
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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
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U.S.

Obama Lends an Ear to Americans' Health Care Issues

Obama Lends an Ear to Americans' Health Care Issues

Monday, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Barack Obama’s nominee as health and human...
» read full story December 30th, 2008 - 20:14
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
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Music

Growth On James Levine’s Kidney Found To Be Malignant

Growth On James Levine’s Kidney Found To Be Malignant

Doctors found that the growth on a kidney removed from conductor James Levine was cancerous, but,...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 12:13
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Movies

Patrick Swayze to Start Filming "The Beast" Series

Patrick Swayze to Start Filming "The Beast" Series

Actor Patrick Swayze will start soon filming a television series called "The Beast" in...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 18:22
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Video Games

The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

Sony announced today that the total number of users who donated their PlayStation 3’s power for...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 23:35
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Specials

Drug Found to Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer

Avodart, a drug currently approved for the treatment of noncancerous enlarged prostate, also lowers...
» read full story April 28th, 2009 - 15:06
The Necessity of PSA Test in Prostate Cancer Questioned Once Again

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...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 16:27
Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women

Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women

Many studies have shown that alcohol consumed in moderate amounts prevents diseases. One glass of...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 14:35
Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

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...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 09:55
Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking

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...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:00
Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:39
Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others

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...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:25
Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:13
Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:54
Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again

Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again

The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 12:59
Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine

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...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 16:50
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
Colonoscopies –Not Perfect, But Highly Recommended

Colonoscopies –Not Perfect, But Highly Recommended

A Canadian study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that colonoscopies may...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 14:55
Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

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...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:09

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
Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

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...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 07:48
Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

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...
» read full story November 29th, 2008 - 10:49
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
Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 16:48
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
Supplements Don't  Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk

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...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:25
Gardasil Might Get Clearance For Preventing Genital Warts In Boys

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...
» read full story November 16th, 2008 - 13:36
Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?

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...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 08:51
Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Reveals

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...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 22:38
Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 15:08
Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

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...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 15:20
Testosterone Patch Helps Postmenopausal Women Recover Their Libido

Testosterone Patch Helps Postmenopausal Women Recover Their Libido

Postmenopausal women may often suffer from no or low libido. On average, studies have shown that...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 14:10
Vigorous Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk

Vigorous Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk

According to a study published in Breast Cancer Research, regular activity such as running, heavy...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 13:00
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
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Business

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

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

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...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 09:29
Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Sony announced an update for the distributed Folding@Home project initiated by the Stanford...
» read full story August 22nd, 2007 - 17:28
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Science

Obese Women at High Risk of Ovarian Cancer, Study Says

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...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 21:21
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

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...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
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
Obese Older  Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

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...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 21:03
Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

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...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:00
Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography

Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography

New research published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 19:16
Research: Exercise May Diminish Cancer Risk

Research: Exercise May Diminish Cancer Risk

Regular exercise can help sufferers in the fight against cancer, according to new research....
» read full story November 23rd, 2008 - 16:56
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
Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:00
A Migraine A Day Keeps Breast Cancer Away!

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...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 07:56
Answer For Lack Of Sexual Desire In Older Women: Testosterone Patch

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...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 07:16
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

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...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

The 2008 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 19:44
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
Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy

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...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 11:36
PVC Shower Curtains Hazardous to Your Health

PVC Shower Curtains Hazardous to Your Health

A U.S. environmental non-profit organization warned last week that polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 12:56
Birth Control Pills Save Women’s Lives

Birth Control Pills Save Women’s Lives

A new research study shows that birth control pills can protect women against developing ovarian...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 15:13
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat

By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat

A new study from John Hopkins University reveals that if Americans continue with their bad habits...
» read full story July 22nd, 2007 - 18:38
Genetic Link between Colon and Prostate Cancer Found

Genetic Link between Colon and Prostate Cancer Found

Four scientific studies have confirmed that the presence of a gene variant called rs6983267- which...
» read full story July 09th, 2007 - 17:00
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World

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 18:35
Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Increased levels of pollution have made cancer the number one cause of death in China, said a...
» read full story May 21st, 2007 - 11:51
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