9.23.2004
Breast cancer and melanoma link suspected
Breast cancer and melanoma link suspected
Women with breast cancer may be at increased risk of malignant melanoma and vice versa according to new research.
A study published this week in the International Journal of Cancer examined whether compared the expected number of cases for each disease to the observed number of cases in female breast cancer survivors.
[Medical News Today]
Women with breast cancer may be at increased risk of malignant melanoma and vice versa according to new research.
A study published this week in the International Journal of Cancer examined whether compared the expected number of cases for each disease to the observed number of cases in female breast cancer survivors.
[Medical News Today]
Careful supplementation may reduce chemotherapy side-effects
Careful supplementation may reduce chemotherapy side-effects
Breast cancer patients who take a multivitamin or supplement with vitamin E experience a smaller decrease in important immune cells, a common side effect of chemotherapy, new research suggests.
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Cancer
Breast cancer patients who take a multivitamin or supplement with vitamin E experience a smaller decrease in important immune cells, a common side effect of chemotherapy, new research suggests.
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Cancer
For Elderly, Mediterranean Diet Adds Up
For Elderly, Mediterranean Diet Adds Up
A new study shows that elderly people who stick to a Mediterranean diet, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, and have moderate alcohol use can cut their risk of dying in half. The diet is rich in plant foods and fish, low in meat and dairy and has a high ratio of monounsaturated fats to polyunsaturated fats. Approximately 1,500 people were studied in the Netherlands over a 12-year period. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.
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A new study shows that elderly people who stick to a Mediterranean diet, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, and have moderate alcohol use can cut their risk of dying in half. The diet is rich in plant foods and fish, low in meat and dairy and has a high ratio of monounsaturated fats to polyunsaturated fats. Approximately 1,500 people were studied in the Netherlands over a 12-year period. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.
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Cannabis may help combat cancer-causing herpes viruses
Cannabis may help combat cancer-causing herpes viruses
The compound in marijuana that produces a high, delta-9 tetrahydrocannbinol or THC, may block the spread of several forms of cancer causing herpes viruses, University of South Florida College of Medicine scientists report.
scienceblog.com - Sep 22 2004 20:54:46 GMT
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Sept. 15 in the online journal BMC Medicine,
The compound in marijuana that produces a high, delta-9 tetrahydrocannbinol or THC, may block the spread of several forms of cancer causing herpes viruses, University of South Florida College of Medicine scientists report.
scienceblog.com - Sep 22 2004 20:54:46 GMT
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Sept. 15 in the online journal BMC Medicine,
Arnold Palmer, Golf Legend and Prostate Cancer Survivor, Speaks Out...
Arnold Palmer, Golf Legend and Prostate Cancer Survivor, Speaks Out...
In the time it takes to play a round of golf, 18 men will lose their lives to prostate cancer.
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patient story
In the time it takes to play a round of golf, 18 men will lose their lives to prostate cancer.
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patient story
Cancer: An inflammatory link
Cancer: An inflammatory link
The NF-[kappa]B protein is a key player in inflammation. It now seems that it might also activate signalling pathways, in both cancer cells and tumour-associated inflammatory cells, that promote malignancy.
[Nature]
Nature
The NF-[kappa]B protein is a key player in inflammation. It now seems that it might also activate signalling pathways, in both cancer cells and tumour-associated inflammatory cells, that promote malignancy.
[Nature]
Nature
9.22.2004
Mediterranean Diet Prevents Disease
Mediterranean Diet Prevents Disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of a Mediterranean-style diet appears to prevent metabolic syndrome and improve survival, according to the findings from two studies that appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
[Reuters: Health]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of a Mediterranean-style diet appears to prevent metabolic syndrome and improve survival, according to the findings from two studies that appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
[Reuters: Health]
Prostate cancer: living with the emotional and psychological side effects
Prostate cancer: living with the emotional and psychological side effects
If you are male and over the age of 65 you are at risk of developing prostate cancer (men in their fifties are also at risk)... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
If you are male and over the age of 65 you are at risk of developing prostate cancer (men in their fifties are also at risk)... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Acupuncture reduces nausea and vomiting, pain after major breast surgery
Acupuncture reduces nausea and vomiting, pain after major breast surgery
In the first such clinical trial of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that acupuncture is more effective at reducing nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery than the leading medication... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Sept. 22, 2004, in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia
In the first such clinical trial of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that acupuncture is more effective at reducing nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery than the leading medication... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Sept. 22, 2004, in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia
National Cancer Institute Expands National Faith-based Health...
National Cancer Institute Expands National Faith-based Health...
As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce cancer health disparities, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the expansion of a faith-based initiative to ... NCI is now offering African American churches a new, comprehensive program guide and training materials to help them incorporate the program into their activities.
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As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce cancer health disparities, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the expansion of a faith-based initiative to ... NCI is now offering African American churches a new, comprehensive program guide and training materials to help them incorporate the program into their activities.
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Researchers Develop Fast Track Way To Discover How Cells Are Regulated
Researchers Develop Fast Track Way To Discover How Cells Are Regulated
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and a collaborator at the University of California at Santa Cruz report they have developed a unique computational approach to investigate a regulatory network for gene expression that is implicated in cell growth and development.
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today in the journal Science
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and a collaborator at the University of California at Santa Cruz report they have developed a unique computational approach to investigate a regulatory network for gene expression that is implicated in cell growth and development.
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today in the journal Science
Obesity Raises Breast Cancer Death Risks
Obesity Raises Breast Cancer Death Risks
Women who are obese at the time their breast cancer is diagnosed may be as much as five times more likely to die of the disease, even when it's caught in the early stages.
My.webmd.com - Sep 22 2004 13:25:28 GMT
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September issue of the Archives of Surger
Women who are obese at the time their breast cancer is diagnosed may be as much as five times more likely to die of the disease, even when it's caught in the early stages.
My.webmd.com - Sep 22 2004 13:25:28 GMT
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September issue of the Archives of Surger
9.21.2004
Health experts define menstrual cycle as critical indicator of women's overall health
Health experts define menstrual cycle as critical indicator of women's overall health
Leading women's health advocates met today at a scientific forum titled, "The Menstrual Cycle is a Vital Sign," held at the New York Academy of Sciences... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Leading women's health advocates met today at a scientific forum titled, "The Menstrual Cycle is a Vital Sign," held at the New York Academy of Sciences... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
The World's Healthiest Foods List
The World's Healthiest Foods List
Among the thousands of different foods our world provides, the majority contain at least several of the nutrients our bodies need but to be included as one of the World's Healthiest Foods they had to meet the criteria listed below... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
Among the thousands of different foods our world provides, the majority contain at least several of the nutrients our bodies need but to be included as one of the World's Healthiest Foods they had to meet the criteria listed below... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
How safe are medicinal herbs? Find out
How safe are medicinal herbs? Find out
Should you drink Korean ginseng tea if you're taking medicine for high blood pressure? Will eating nopales (prickly pear cactus) help or harm your diabetes treatment?
Researchers with the University of Texas at El Paso/UT Austin Cooperative Pharmacy Program are providing patients and medical providers answers to these kinds of questions with its Herbal Safety Web site at www... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Should you drink Korean ginseng tea if you're taking medicine for high blood pressure? Will eating nopales (prickly pear cactus) help or harm your diabetes treatment?
Researchers with the University of Texas at El Paso/UT Austin Cooperative Pharmacy Program are providing patients and medical providers answers to these kinds of questions with its Herbal Safety Web site at www... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Study: Cancer risk from smoky bars much greater than polluted outdoors
Study: Cancer risk from smoky bars much greater than polluted outdoors
Telegram.com - Sep 20 2004 20:20:23 GMT
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Telegram.com - Sep 20 2004 20:20:23 GMT
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Cancer survivors report poor quality of life
Cancer survivors report poor quality of life
Another round of research will be necessary to determine why and what can be done to help these patients.
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Sept. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Another round of research will be necessary to determine why and what can be done to help these patients.
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Sept. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore who found that fish oils appear to reduce breast cancer risk have now discovered that the oils may especially benefit women with particular genetic makeups.
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Carcinogenesis
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore who found that fish oils appear to reduce breast cancer risk have now discovered that the oils may especially benefit women with particular genetic makeups.
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Carcinogenesis
Winning Battles in the Prostate Cancer War (HealthDay)
Winning Battles in the Prostate Cancer War (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.
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HotFile
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.
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HotFile
Match Advertises Theraseed in Texas Market
Match Advertises Theraseed in Texas Market
ATLANTA Theragenics Corp. plans to launch a new advertising campaign for its Theraseed prostate cancer treatment next month using champion bull rider Owen Washburn as its spokesman, the company said.
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ATLANTA Theragenics Corp. plans to launch a new advertising campaign for its Theraseed prostate cancer treatment next month using champion bull rider Owen Washburn as its spokesman, the company said.
[Cancer - Topix.net]
9.20.2004
Key stimulator of colorectal cancer identified
Key stimulator of colorectal cancer identified
A new research study identifies a molecule that promotes one of the most deadly cancers in humans and reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying the protective effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) against the disease... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
A new research study identifies a molecule that promotes one of the most deadly cancers in humans and reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying the protective effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) against the disease... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Mayo Clinic first in USA to scan with new computed tomography (CT) system
Mayo Clinic first in USA to scan with new computed tomography (CT) system
Mayo Clinic is the first medical institution in the United States to use a new computed tomography (CT) system that produces images with greater speed and anatomic detail than current scanners... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Mayo Clinic is the first medical institution in the United States to use a new computed tomography (CT) system that produces images with greater speed and anatomic detail than current scanners... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
Talking to your dying child
Talking to your dying child
For the first time a major study is now being presented in which parents of children who died of cancer were given the opportunity to talk about their experiences... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
New England Journal of Medicine
For the first time a major study is now being presented in which parents of children who died of cancer were given the opportunity to talk about their experiences... click link for more info.
[Medical News Today]
New England Journal of Medicine
ZIOPHARM Presents Data on New Class of Arsenic Compounds at...
ZIOPHARM Presents Data on New Class of Arsenic Compounds at...
ZIOPHARM today announced that Dr. Srdan Verstovsek, MD, and his colleagues at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported mouse study data on the company's lead compound, ZIO-101, showing they ...
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ZIOPHARM today announced that Dr. Srdan Verstovsek, MD, and his colleagues at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported mouse study data on the company's lead compound, ZIO-101, showing they ...
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Roche Says Pancreatic Cancer Drug Shows Significant Benefit
Roche Says Pancreatic Cancer Drug Shows Significant Benefit
Roche, Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals today announced positive results from a phase III study of investigational drug Tarceva (erlotinib) in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer patients.
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Roche, Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals today announced positive results from a phase III study of investigational drug Tarceva (erlotinib) in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer patients.
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Double dealing receptor protein on tumors promotes cancer development ...
Double dealing receptor protein on tumors promotes cancer development ...
Researchers at The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center now have evidence that receptors found on tumors that were believed to function only on the surface of cells can actually switch on genes inside ...
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September issue of the journal Cancer Cell
Researchers at The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center now have evidence that receptors found on tumors that were believed to function only on the surface of cells can actually switch on genes inside ...
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September issue of the journal Cancer Cell
