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Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of brain tumor
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 01 10
Coffee and tea lovers may have a decreased likelihood of developing the most common form of malignant brain tumor in adults, a new…
Patients With Cancer Who Stop Hospice Care Boost Health Care Costs
• Cancer • • Public Health • Sep 23 10
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the costs of care for patients with cancer who disenrolled from hospice were…
Alternative therapies don’t help kids’ cancer stress
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Jul 12 10
Massage, humor therapy and relaxation don’t seem to make life much easier for children with cancer who go through stressful bone marrow transplants, disappointed…
Turning a painkiller into a cancer killer
• Cancer • • Pain • Jun 14 10
Without knowing exactly why, scientists have long observed that people who regularly take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin have lower incidences of certain…
Allergy sufferers ‘less prone to cancer’
• Allergies • • Cancer • May 24 10
Scientists found children with allergies to airborne substances were 40 per cent less likely to develop leukaemia than other youngsters while asthma sufferers were…
Young Women Burned by Addictions to Tanning
• Cancer • • Gender: Female • • Skin Care • May 18 10
Amber Peterson, 31, used to visit tanning booths every other day for 10 years until she was diagnosed with the deadliest form of skin…
Women with diabetes may develop cancer
• Cancer • • Diabetes • Apr 28 10
A new study has revealed that women with diabetes are 25 per cent more likely to develop cancer.
The study, led by Tel Aviv…
No link between infertility, rare infant cancer
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 26 10
Children conceived with the help of infertility treatment are no more likely than those conceived naturally to develop infant leukemia, according to the…
Chip may detect spreading cancer cells in blood
• Cancer • Apr 19 10
Researchers have found a way to test blood for the cells that spread cancer and said they might be able to use the…
Fast machines, genes and the future of medicine
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analyzed until last summer. And he was…
Children with cancer often use alternative medicine
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Mar 24 10
Many children undergoing treatment for cancer use herbal remedies, vitamins or other types of alternative therapies, a new research review suggests.
The review, of…
Birth control pill poses no added health risk
• Cancer • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 13 10
One of the world’s largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are…
Obesity Linked with Worse Colon Cancer Outcomes
• Cancer • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
Compared with healthy-weight patients, obese colon cancer patients have a higher risk of cancer recurrence and death. These results were published in Clinical Cancer…
Inadequate access to opioid-based pain relief is a human rights issue for cancer patients
• Cancer • • Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 22 10
Many cancer patients in Europe are being denied access to adequate pain relief because of over-zealous regulations restricting the availability and accessibility of opioid-based…
Link Between Obesity and Enhanced Cancer Risk Elucidated
• Cancer • • Obesity • Jan 21 10
Epidemiological studies indicate that being overweight or obese is associated with increased cancer risk. The most dramatic effect of obesity on cancer risk has…
Gene linked to schizophrenia may reduce cancer risk
• Cancer • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 10
People who inherit a specific form of a gene that puts them on a road to schizophrenia may be protected against some forms of…
Cancer Stem Cells Suppress Immune Response Against Brain Tumor
• Cancer • • Immunology • Jan 15 10
Cancer-initiating cells that launch glioblastoma multiforme, the most lethal type of brain tumor, also suppress an immune system attack on the disease, scientists from…
Alzheimer’s Disease May Protect Against Cancer and Vice Versa
• Brain • • Cancer • • Neurology • Dec 24 09
People who have Alzheimer’s disease may be less likely to develop cancer, and people who have cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s…
Two Genes That Drive Aggressive Brain Cancers Discovered
• Cancer • • Genetics • Dec 23 09
A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain…
Drop in smoking cuts cancer deaths in Europe
• Cancer • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 30 09
A decline in smoking in Europe and better screening mean fewer people are dying of cancer, but lung cancer deaths in women are…
Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment does not increase cancer Risk in RA patients
• Arthritis • • Cancer • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 30 09
A recent study by Swedish researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first 6…
Helping Children With Cancer go Back to School
• Children's Health • • Cancer • Oct 19 09
A one-day free conference dedicated to educating teachers, nurses, social workers, guidance counselors, and other educators about the medical and educational issues that children…
Thyroid Nodules in Children Pose Greater Risk of Malignancy
• Cancer • • Endocrinology • Sep 23 09
When the American Thyroid Association (ATA) holds its 80th Annual Meeting September 23-27, 2009 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, Andrew Bauer,…
Children with Cancer Face Unique Nutritional Needs
• Children's Health • • Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 31 09
Proper nutrition is important for all children, but especially for those undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Some treatments for cancer and…
Eating less red meat can prevent cancer, heart attacks and global warming
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Heart • Aug 31 09
Raising livestock also accounts for around 18% of greenhouse gases. It is therefore possible to act against climate change and reduce cardiovascular and cancer…