Smoking Bans Beat Cigarette Taxes to Help Smokers Quit: Study
2015-12-17
Bans deter casual smokers from lighting up, possibly becoming heavy smokersContinue Reading
Annual Blood Test Might Help Prevent Deaths From Ovarian Cancer
2015-12-17
Analyzing results over time can detect harmful changes, study suggestsContinue Reading
High School Seniors Now More Likely to Smoke Pot Than Cigarettes: Survey
2015-12-16
More kids believe marijuana isn’t harmful, experts say in explaining findingContinue Reading
Active, Passive Smoking Tied to Infertility, Early Menopause: Study
2015-12-15
Researchers found link between both types of exposure and women’s health problemsContinue Reading
Surgery May Beat Radiation for Men With Early Stage Prostate Cancer
2015-12-15
Analysis of 19 studies suggests surgery has an edge in survival, but experts say each case may be differentContinue Reading
Electromagnetic Waves May Help Fight Deadly Brain Cancer
2015-12-15
Study found using it alongside follow-up chemo prolonged survival by about five monthsContinue Reading
‘Suicide Gene Therapy’ Plus Radiation Fights Prostate Cancer: Study
2015-12-14
Patients’ cancer cells modified to prompt immune system to attack them, researchers explainedContinue Reading
Cancer Rates Dropping in Rich Countries, Rising in Poorer Ones: Study
2015-12-14
Low- and middle-income countries adopting Western lifestyle, which increases risk of disease, experts sayContinue Reading
Suspicious Pigment Spots More Common on Darker Skin
2015-12-14
Screening can detect rare ‘Bob Marley’ skin cancer, study saysContinue Reading
Alecensa Approved for Lung Cancer Tied to Gene Mutation
2015-12-11
Drug to be used for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancersContinue Reading
Alecensa Approved for Lung Cancer Tied to Gene Mutation
2015-12-11
Drug to be used for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancersContinue Reading
Vistogard Approved for Chemotherapy Overdose
2015-12-11
For drugs often prescribed to treat breast, colon cancers
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Early Chemo Less Likely to Help Black Breast Cancer Patients: Study
2015-12-11
More research needed to explain why outcomes differ among black, Hispanic and Asian womenContinue Reading
Laser: A Breast Cancer Treatment Alternative?
2015-12-11
Procedure showed promise on tumors under 3/4 of an inch, but more study is neededContinue Reading