Recent Cancer Headlines:
Lung cancer screening encouraged
Jan 02, 2006 ... DETROIT, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- US researchers are urging lung cancer screening for smokers with a strong family history of lung cancer. ...
Overweight, obesity raises cancer risk
Jan 02, 2006 ... People who are obese and are physically inactive may have poor odds of survival after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer, suggests a new study appearing in the ...
A few healthful tricks could help cancer-proof your life
Jan 02, 2006 ... By DENISE FOLEY. Whether your risk for being diagnosed with cancer is monumental or blessedly average, we know you want to protect yourself. ...
Screening touted for smokers with family history of lung cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... ... so in the past have been advised to undergo early preventive screening of the lungs with spiral computed tomography for prevalence of cancer, especially those ...
Heart for cancer patients spins a successful yarn
Jan 02, 2006 ... By AMANDA CREEL. OCEAN SPRINGS -- One woman's desire to help cancer patients to honor her mom's memory has turned to big business for a stay-at-home mom. ...
Fruit Nutrient May Fight Resistant Prostate Cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... ISLAMABAD, January 02(Online): Men with prostate cancer who have not responded to conventional treatments may benefit from supplements containing a modified ...
Genetics, environment and lifestyle affect your risk for cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... Who is susceptible to cancer? ... "The majority of the risk, 95% of it comes from how environment and lifestyle are involved to cause disease and cancer," he said. ...
Groton Elks Hosting Dinner To Benefit Kids With Cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... Groton –– The Groton Elks Lodge is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner to benefit children with cancer and their families at 5 pm Wednesday, Jan. ...
ROCK veteran Mike Peters of The Alarm is battling cancer.
Jan 02, 2006 ... Peters, 46, who had hits with Sixty Eight Guns and Rain in the Summertime has been diagnosed with leukaemia. He told fans: "I will ...
Anti-inflammatory drugs may cut risk of esophageal cancer in ...
Jan 02, 2006 ... Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ), such as Ibuprofen, may significantly reduce the risk of esophageal cancer among people with ...
Sagittarius' hard slog to end soon while Cancer can look forward ...
Jan 02, 2006 ... You're never alone as you navigate the year. A friendly sky helps steer you toward success. You are about to come into your power. ...
Weinbaum Yeshiva High School students celebrate Chanukah with ...
Jan 02, 2006 ... ... Some high school students at Yeshiva became 'sisters' or 'brothers' to children from the group Chai Lifeline, which is composed of Jewish cancer victims. ...
Cancer girl Jessica finds TV meanie Chris is big softie
Jan 02, 2006 ... By Paula Murray. EMMERDALE Scrooge Eric Pollard has helped make a young Scottish cancer sufferer's dream come true. Nine-year-old ...
Drug unlikely to treat kidney cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... Mayo Clinic Cancer Center investigators report that imatinib mesylate (Gleevec), the drug used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal cancers (GISTs ...
Type of childhood cancer and treatment received linked to physical ...
Jan 02, 2006 ... A University of Minnesota Cancer Center study is the first to show how the prevalence of some physical impairments that childhood-cancer survivors experience ...
Common viruses may cause cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... ... According to a recent study, however, cell fusion triggered by viruses is a possible contributing factor in the development of human cancer. ...
LIVES LIVED
Jan 02, 2006 ... By BARRY MACDOUGALL. Husband, father, electrochemist. Born Jan. 26, 1927, in London, England. Died July 9 of cancer in Ottawa, aged 78. ...
Young women who smoke higher risk of breask cancer
Jan 02, 2006 ... ... women supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with ...