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The American Cancer Society said it was looking for half a million volunteers willing to let researchers watch them for the next 20 years to see if they get cancer. The aim is to match similar big studies in Europe and Asia that are looking on a large scale for the environmental and lifestyle factors [...]
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Cancer cases are expected to more than double between the years 2000 and 2030, says the director of the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer. This upward climb will occur primarily in poor countries due to an increase in population growth, longer life expectancy, more smoking, and a lack of health care [...]
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Doctors prescribing anemia drugs for patients with kidney disease and cancer were urged by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday to carefully dispense of these drugs due to an increased risk of death and other serious problems, such as blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks in patients with chronic kidney failure and rapid [...]
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Devastating blood born fungal infections that can be lethal for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and organ transplant patients may be treated more successfully, thanks to a new drug delivery method of Amphotericin B developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Because the oral form of the drug is easier to administer and cheaper [...]
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Discoveries have linked certain viruses to cancer growth. The hepatitis B virus is related to liver cancer. Women who develop cervical cancer have had a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection but not all women with HPV infection will develop cervical cancer. Stomach ulcers are likely caused by Helicobactor pylori, or H. pylori a bacteria and [...]
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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has lost five family members to cancer — and she fears the disease may one day strike her. So she’s taking action now and is trying to beat back the cancer curse that seems to loom over her loved ones. Ever since losing her famous father in 2002 to throat cancer, Paltrow [...]
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Eating watercress every day could help protect against cancer, say researchers. Watercress, a leafy green vegetable favored in salads and soup, could be promoted to the rank of a super food alongside broccoli, blueberries, dark chocolate and baked beans, with new research suggesting it can help reduce the risk of cancer. The vegetable also reduces [...]
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In a radical new approach to attacking cancer, researchers will soon attempt to kill tumors by infecting them with viruses that cause ailments like the common cold. This virus therapy treatment — considered the third pillar alongside chemotherapy and radiation — could one day become standard battle against cancer. One Belfast doctor says anything that [...]
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In a recent study at Denmark, it was found that cell phones don’t cause cancer. This major study tracked 420,000 Danish cell phone users, many of them users for more than 10 years and some for more than 20 years. In the largest ever study to yield good news about the safety of cell phones, [...]
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Common cancer drugs may be more harmful to the brain than the tumor cells they are meant to destroy. Cancer chemotherapy can damage the brain, killing crucial brain cells and causing key parts of the brain to shrink, according to the study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and published in [...]
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