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US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, finds new study
• Cancer • • Public Health • Dec 27 12
The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between…
Web-based info may not increase cancer screening
• Cancer • Dec 27 12
Offering women information on colon cancer screening via the web does not get them to take up screening any more effectively than printed materials,…
Mother loses UK legal fight to stop son’s cancer radiotherapy
• Cancer • • Public Health • Dec 21 12
A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding…
Coffee Linked to Fewer Oral Cancer Deaths
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 19 12
A large study has found that drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk of death from oral cancer.
Researchers studied 968,432 initially healthy…
Obesity Hormone Linked to Pancreatic Ca
• Cancer • • Obesity • Dec 15 12
Low levels of the obesity-related hormone adiponectin are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, researchers reported.
In a case-control study, pancreatic cancer…
Treat nutrition and cancer research cautiously: study
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 06 12
Studies suggesting that everything from cinnamon to lobster either raises or lowers a person’s risk of cancer may sometimes be a bunch of baloney,…
Smokers may fare worse after colorectal surgery
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 11 12
Smoking has long been linked with slower recovery in general from injuries and surgeries, and now a new study finds that smokers face more…
Rethinking body mass index (BMI) for assessing cancer risk
• Cancer • • Obesity • Nov 08 12
A study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that body mass index (BMI) - the most commonly used…
Statins may be linked to cancer survival
• Cancer • • Drug News • Nov 08 12
Danish cancer patients taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were 15 percent less likely to die, of cancer or any other cause, than patients who were…
Drug trio improved effectiveness of cancer treatment, protected heart
• Cancer • • Heart • Nov 06 12
Combining cancer medication with a drug for erectile dysfunction and one for heart transplants helped kill cancer cells and protected the heart from damage,…
Acupuncture may ease cancer-related fatigue
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer • Oct 29 12
Acupuncture may help relieve fatigue in women who’ve had breast cancer, a new UK study suggests.
Researchers found that women who attended six weekly…
Green tea drinkers show lower cancer risks
• Cancer • • Dieting • Oct 23 12
Older women who regularly drink green tea may have slightly lower risks of colon, stomach and throat cancers than women who make no time…
After counseling, people ate more fruit - not more vegetables
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 19 12
African American adults who were counseled to eat more produce and get more exercise as ways to reduce their chances of getting cancer and…
New study sheds light on cancer-protective properties of milk
• Cancer • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 03 12
Milk consumption has been linked to improved health, with decreased risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon cancer. A group of scientists in…
Should aspirin be used to prevent cancer?
• Cancer • Oct 01 12
Aspirin, the everyday drug taken by countless people around the world to ward off pain and reduce their risk of developing heart disease, may…
Cancer Deaths Expected To Drop 17% By 2030
• Cancer • • Public Health • Sep 25 12
Cancer death rates are predicted to drop by 17% (16.8) in the UK by 2030, according to Cancer Research UK’s new report.
This new…
Cancer now No. 1 cause of death for U.S. Latinos
• Cancer • • Mortality and Morbidity • Sep 18 12
Heart disease has fallen to second place for U.S. Latinos, says an American Cancer Society report, which adds that the order is reversed for…
Almost 1 in 5 young children with cancer suffers from a trauma disorder
• Cancer • • Trauma & Injuries • Sep 06 12
People who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder relive their traumatic experiences in the form of flashbacks and nightmares – and in childhood, also in…
Study adds to evidence daily aspirin linked to lower cancer mortality
• Cancer • Aug 12 12
A large new observational study finds more evidence of an association between daily aspirin use and modestly lower cancer mortality, but suggests any reduction…
Fertility Tx May Alter Cancer Risk
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • Jul 15 12
The unsuccessful use of fertility drugs was associated with a reduced risk of young-onset breast cancer, although women who did go on to conceive…
Cancer screening rates comparable for those with and without rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Cancer • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 10 12
New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population. Results of the study, funded…
Allergies Linked to Higher Cancer Risk: Study
• Allergies • • Cancer • Jun 03 12
Can allergies increase your risk of cancer? A new study out of University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests this may be…
Aspirin ‘may prevent skin cancer’
• Cancer • • Drug News • May 29 12
People who take aspirin tablets or similar painkillers on a regular basis cut their risk of developing skin cancer - including the most deadly…
Women get less information on post-cancer fertility: study
• Cancer • • Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 12
Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are far less likely than young men to be informed of this, according to…
Childhood cancer effects may linger in adults
• Cancer • • Hair Loss • May 23 12
Survivors of childhood cancers have an increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss later in life, and for some that may lead to…