Colon Cancer and Aspirin
2014-04-24
Taking aspirin regularly appears to dramatically lower color cancer risk in certain patients, study finds.
Aspirin’s Ability to Prevent Colon Cancer May Depend on Your Genes
2014-04-23
Benefit was seen only with enzyme present, but study isn’t definitiveContinue Reading
People Seek Out Health Info When Famous Person Dies
2014-04-23
Survey found Steve Jobs’ death in 2011 spurred Americans to learn more about pancreatic cancerContinue Reading
People With Kidney Disease Show Higher Cancer Risk in Study
2014-04-23
More research is needed to understand the link, experts sayContinue Reading
Certain Type of Brain Malformation May Be Best Left Alone
2014-04-22
Saying no to surgery, radiation tied to better outcomes in study of abnormal brain connectionsContinue Reading
Cyramza Approved for Stomach Cancer
2014-04-21
Disease kills more than 10,000 people annuallyContinue Reading
False-Positive Mammograms Don’t Deter Women From Future Screening: Study
2014-04-21
While most experienced short-term anxiety, it was gone within a year, researchers sayContinue Reading
So-Called ‘Apple Shape’ Not a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: Study
2014-04-18
Overweight, not waist size, was tied to higher odds of developing disease in older womenContinue Reading
FDA Warns Against Procedure for Uterine Fibroids
2014-04-17
‘Laparoscopic power morcellation’ may increase women’s cancer risk, agency saysContinue Reading
Quarter of Prostate Cancer Patients May Abandon ‘Watchful Waiting’ Approach
2014-04-17
European study tracked how many men came back for regular checkups over 13 yearsContinue Reading
Placing Donor Windpipe First in Patient’s Arm Helps With Transplant
2014-04-16
Technique allows withdrawal of anti-rejection drugs after a year
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Cancer ‘Vaccine’ for Advanced Disease Passes Early Hurdle
2014-04-16
But research is still in preliminary stages and there’s no proof it will workContinue Reading
Blood Test Aims to Predict Breast Cancer’s Return
2014-04-15
Study found DNA-based screen was more than 90 percent accurate in predicting recurrenceContinue Reading
Cheaper ‘Gene Panel’ Screening May Reveal Cancer Risks
2014-04-14
Study suggests this as alternative to whole genome sequencingContinue Reading