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Environmental Exposures May Damage DNA in as Few as Three Days
• Cancer • • Genetics • • Public Health • May 18 09
Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation…
Smoking Associated With Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer and Death
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 16 08
An analysis of previous studies indicates that smoking is significantly associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer and death, according to an article…
Researchers Identify New Anti-Tumor Gene
• Cancer • • Genetics • Dec 16 08
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a new anti-tumor gene called SARI that can interact with and suppress a key protein that is…
One More Reason to Quit: Smoking Causes Bladder Cancer
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 17 08
The Great American Smokeout is this Thursday, and the American Urological Association (AUA) gives smokers another good reason to quit: Smoking causes bladder cancer.…
Disease diagnosis in just 15 minutes
• Cancer • • Neurology • Oct 01 08
Testing for diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis could soon be as simple as using a pregnancy testing kit.
A team led by…
Shortage of Cancer Drugs Impacts Iraqi Children with Leukemia
• Cancer • • Drug News • • Public Health • Jul 24 08
A study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers revealed that some Iraqi children diagnosed with leukemia paid a steep price for economic sanctions imposed…
Healthy Eating Tips for the Summer Barbecue Season
• Cancer • • Dieting • Jul 03 08
As we head deeper into the summer barbecue season, experts at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are encouraging healthy eating choices in…
Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer?
• Cancer • • Diabetes • Mar 19 08
Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease.…
Studies Review New Drug and Indications for Heated Chemotherapy
• Cancer • • Drug News • Mar 16 08
Studies have shown that surgery combined with Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) can improve survival rates for select patients with peritoneal carcinoma (cancer of the…
Scientists discover how cigarette smoke causes cancer: Study points to new treatments, safer tobacco
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 28 08
Everyone has known for decades that that smoking can kill, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells…
Laser light may be able to detect diseases on the breath
• Asthma • • Cancer • • Respiratory Problems • Feb 18 08
A team of scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU)…
Nicotine metabolism among African American and white smokers
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 07
Nicotine metabolism among African American and white smokers: Group and intraindividual differences in glucuronidation
It has long been known that African-American smokers have a…
Patients with Mild Cushing Syndrome may benefit from Adrenalectomy
• Cancer • • Endocrinology • • Surgery • Dec 07 07
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that patients with a mild form of Cushing syndrome, a metabolic disorder caused by adrenal tumors,…
Acupuncture does not reduce radiotherapy-induced nausea, but patients believe it does
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Sep 26 07
Despite widespread belief among cancer patients and health care professionals that acupuncture helps relieve nausea caused by cancer treatment, new research in radiotherapy has…
More muscle for the argument to give up smoking
• Cancer • • Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 09 07
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have got more bad news for smokers. Not only does it cause cancer, heart attacks and strokes but…
Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection
• Cancer • • Dental Health • May 30 07
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at…
Aspirin saves lives of cancer patients suffering heart attacks, despite fears of bleeding
• Cancer • • Drug News • • Heart • Jan 22 07
Many cancer patients who have heart attacks often are not treated with life saving aspirin given the belief in the medical community that they…
Multipronged strategy subdues cancer pain
• Cancer • • Pain • Dec 28 06
For most patients with advanced cancer, pain can be controlled when it is approached by specialists with different areas of expertise, according to report…
Merck, Vertex leukemia drug shows promise in trial
• Cancer • • Drug News • Dec 11 06
An experimental drug from Merck & Co. showed effectiveness in treating certain types of leukemia that have proven resistant to both Novartis AG’s Gleevec…
Skipped Pap test behind many cervical cancers
• Cancer • May 10 05
Failure to get a Pap test - as well as failure of the test itself - are common for women who have been…
Test to spot early ovarian cancer
• Cancer • May 10 05
A new blood test may save lives by detecting Ovarian cancer at an early stage when treatment is most likely to be successful.
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Ecstasy can block cancer growth
• Cancer • May 10 05
Ecstasy and anti-depressant drugs such as Prozac have the potential to stop cancer cell growth, research has found.
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Blood test accurately detects early ovarian cancer
• Cancer • May 09 05
US researchers may have come up with a test that reliably detects Ovarian cancer in its early stages, when it is more easily curable.
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Folic acid may ward off colorectal cancer
• Cancer • May 04 05
New research hints that a suboptimal intake of folic acid may play a role in the development of Colorectal cancer, which points to a…
Female factors don’t predict pancreatic cancer risk
• Cancer • May 04 05
There is no consistent pattern linking reproductive factors, estrogen exposure, and the risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a new report.
“If we consider…