Cancer Risk

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• Cervical cancer link to early sex

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 157
  Having sex at an early age has been found to double the risk of developing cervical cancer.
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• CANCER PREVENTION: approval of the drug tamoxifen to prevent cancer

  
  Medical, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals And Diseases Information — Authority: 126
  http://www.rudramani.com The decision by an advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recommend the approval of the drug tamoxifen to prevent cancer shows we are finally learning how to attack the disease before it occurs.This marks a breakthrough in medicine that doctors and ...
  2 days ago

• Radiation Overdoses from CT Perfusion Brain Scans Spark FDA Investigation

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  When you go in for a medical imaging procedure, youre typically made to understand that theres some risk involved. Even mild procedures like chest X-Rays expose you to small doses of radiation that minutely increase your cancer risk. More advanced procedures can come with larger risks. Original Article: Forum: ...
  2 days ago

• It takes just 15 ciggies to raise lung cancer risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  London, Dec 17 (ANI): A new study has shown that it takes just 15 cigarettes to increase the risk of developing lung cancer.The research team led by Peter Campbell of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge insists that the new discovery may lead to new drugs that target the specific changes to the gene [...]
  4 days ago

• Surprisingly High Cancer Risk from CT Scans

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 147
  Isn’t it nice to know that the medical profession caused 29,000 future cases of cancer in 2007 from the CT scans it performed on patients (a great tool for future business). Think twice before falling for a heart scan add you hear on the radio, the risk for a woman getting cancer from it is 1 in 270. These are ...
  4 days ago

• CT scan radiation - what are the cancer risks?

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 133
  JAMA / Archives - It’s a question on the minds of many patients getting CT scans, which use X-rays, a type of ionizing radiation: What is my risk of getting cancer from CT scan radiation?Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed, and ...
  6 days ago

• Breast Cancer News

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 131
  Heres a good article on assessing your risk of breast cancer, especially timely with the new guidelines for mammograms:    Breast Cancer Risk Is Not So Easy to Figure Out Unfortunately, most of the ways of calculating risk are good for populations, but not so good for figuring out any individual womans risk.  ...
  6 days ago

• Want to Cut Cancer Risk? Try Munching Pistachios

  
  DrEddyClinic.com - Holistic - Integrative Dental Blog — Authority: 109
  (HealthDay News) -- Eating pistachios every day might reduce your risk for lung cancer and other malignancies, according to a new study. Pistachios are a good source of a type of vitamin E called gamma-tocopherol. "It is known that vitamin E provides a degree of protection against certain forms of cancer. Higher ...
  1 week ago

• Can Beer Lower The Risk of Breast Cancer?

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 513
  Can drinking beer lower the risk of cancer of the prostate? Drinking beer may not sound like a formula for good health, but one particular component in beer is showing promise for reducing the risk of cancer of the prostate – a disease that’s all too common among older men. Almost 200,000 new cases of prostate ...
  1 week ago

• This Spice Combination May Reduce The Risk of Breast Cancer

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 513
  No woman has complete control over whether or not she gets breast cancer, but there’s little doubt that lifestyle factors play some role. Not taking hormone replacement therapy, exercising, avoiding alcohol, and eating right can all lower breast cancer risk according to some studies. Eating a healthy diet is another ...
  1 week ago

• Bone-Building Drugs May Cut Breast Cancer Risk

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 157
  Bone-building drugs taken by millions of women to prevent fractures and osteoporosis may also protect them against breast cancer, studies show.
  1 week ago

• Eat pistachios to cut down cancer risk

  
  Jazba's Blog| Growing Pakistani Blog|Latest Pictures|Latest News|Pakistani Cartoons|Stories of the Week — Authority: 136
  Eating pistachios daily can cut down the risk of lung and other cancers, according to a new study. These nuts are known to produce a cholesterol-lowering effect and provide antioxidants that are typically found in food products of plant origin. “It is known that vitamin E provides a degree of protection against ...
  1 week ago

• Indian-origin sisters lose stomachs to cut cancer risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  London, Dec 10 (ANI): Two sisters of Indian origin in the UK with a rare hereditary condition have had their stomachs removed to cut the risk of cancer. Meeta and Ravindra Singh were born with a mutant E-cadherin gene, giving them an 80 per cent chance of developing cancer. The gene has claimed the lives [...]
  1 week ago

• Cancer News Roundup

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 131
  Ive been a vegetarian since I was 14 or 15, and Ive lived in Japan for a total of seven years, so tofu and other soy products have been a part of my diet for decades.  Then, after I was diagnosed with an estrogen-positive breast cancer, I received conflicting advice from my doctors on whether or not I should ...
  1 week ago

• Fight Breast Cancer with Fruits and Vegetables, Breast Cancer: Facts and Fiction

  
  Medical, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals And Diseases Information — Authority: 126
  http://www.rudramani.com Fight Breast Cancer with Fruits and Vegetables For anyone who has had breast cancer , this is important news. A recent study finds that certain breast cancer survivors who load up on fruits and vegetables, eating far more than current U.S. guidelines, can slash their risk the tumors ...
  1 week ago

• Closing In on the Cancer Vaccine

  
  Medical, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals And Diseases Information — Authority: 126
  http://www.rudramani.com Closing In on the Cancer Vaccine After long frustration, researchers are finally learning how to enlist the immune system to destroy tumors. More than a century ago doctors noticed a curious coincidence: Cancer patients’ tumors sometimes shriveled after the patients contracted ...
  1 week ago

• Being Alone and Stressed May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 527
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• Pistachios ‘can cut lung cancer risk’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): A daily dose of pistachios can help keep lung cancer at bay, concludes a new study.According to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, a diet that incorporates a daily dose of may help reduce the risk of lung and other ...
  1 week ago

• Child cancer heart checks urged

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 165
  Children who battle and survive cancer are at increased risk of heart problems and must be closely screened, say experts.
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• Coffee ‘cuts advanced prostate cancer risk’

  
  The Blog at Christian Truckers Network — Authority: 136
  Hey Truckers, drink more coffee. The finding has been presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference. “Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer. It was plausible ...
  1 week ago

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