June 8, 2015 | By Brian T. Smith Not if. When. When David Quessenberry proudly hoists a pair shoulder pads over his thickening body, straps a blue and red helmet across his bearded face, and...
ReadBy BreastForms | June 7, 2015 | Riverside, California Pals Breast Forms brand, “The brand behind the world’s only non silicone gel mastectomy prostheses” is asking, If there was a way to manifest change within...
ReadBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Updated 8:30 PM ET, Fri June 5, 2015 (CNN)If you're one of the nearly 3 million men currently living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer, listen up: A new study says...
ReadTHURSDAY, June 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Certain patients with lung cancer that's spread throughout the chest could live longer by undergoing surgery to remove diseased lung tissue, instead of receiving only chemotherapy and radiation,...
ReadTHURSDAY, June 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Many breast cancer patients wrongly believe that having both breasts removed -- a double mastectomy -- will improve their chance of survival, a new study finds. "Our finding...
ReadTUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A two-pronged immune-boosting drug could provide new hope for people stricken with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, according to clinical trial findings. The...
ReadTUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma, the potentially deadly skin cancer, has increased by 250 percent among U.S. children and young adults since the 1970s, researchers report. Young women appear to be especially...
ReadTUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer is genetically different in older and younger patients, and young adults may require different treatments, a new study suggests. While the overall rate of colon cancer...
ReadMONDAY, June 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer patients with an unhealthy, high-fat diet have a significantly higher risk of death from the disease, a new study suggests. "There is currently very little evidence...
ReadMONDAY, June 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The emotional health of cancer caregivers may affect the mental health of the loved ones they are caring for, a new study suggests. When their husbands, wives or...
ReadSUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Another study finds that a new immune system-focused drug, called nivolumab, may help treat a common form of lung cancer. On Saturday, a study presented at the annual...
ReadSUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Using radiation on the entire brain to prevent new tumors from forming in patients whose cancer has spread to the brain can have a devastating effect on their...
ReadSUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Early trials of a new form of gene therapy may give hope to patients battling glioblastoma, the most deadly form of brain cancer. Called AdV-Tk therapy, the new...
ReadSATURDAY, May 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Adding a new drug called Ibrance (palbociclib) to standard hormone therapy helped keep a common type of breast cancer under control measurably longer than the hormone therapy alone,...
ReadSATURDAY, May 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of breast cancer patients in the United States might be spared a second surgery if more tissue was removed during initial breast-conserving, partial mastectomy surgery, a new...
ReadTHURSDAY, May 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A greater percentage of deaths worldwide are now caused by cancer, a new report shows. Between 1990 and 2013, the proportion of all deaths caused by cancer rose...
ReadTuesday 26 May 2015 at 12am PST Written by Honor Whiteman Men who are very overweight or obese during late adolescence may be more than twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer by middle age....
ReadMedical Xpress May 25, 2015 Ovarian cancer is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, making it an especially fatal disease. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have...
ReadFriday 22 May 2015 at 12am PST Honor Whiteman Cancer-related mutations can be found in around a quarter of skin cells belonging to healthy individuals. This is according to a new study published in the...
ReadWEDNESDAY, May 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients who have a family history of the disease often worry that their outlook is worse and their chances for recurrence is higher. But a new...
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