MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Recent research has raised the possibility that low-dose aspirin could add extra years to the lives of colon cancer patients. Now, a new study suggests that only certain...
ReadFRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- With between 40 percent and 100 percent of lung cancer patients vulnerable to some form of persistent sexual dysfunction, experts say the issue can no longer be sidelined...
ReadTHURSDAY, March 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of invasive cancers in the United States fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, and widespread adoption of colon cancer screening and other measures could push those rates...
ReadTUESDAY, March 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Using radio-frequency waves to treat certain cases of Barrett's esophagus can substantially cut people's risk of progressing to esophageal cancer, a new clinical trial suggests. The trial, reported...
ReadMONDAY, March 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive treatment that delivers radiation directly to tumors may slow progression of breast cancer that has spread to the liver, a new study suggests. The treatment...
ReadMONDAY, March 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Where you're treated for ovarian or other gynecologic cancers makes a difference. Women with these conditions live more than a year longer on average if they're treated at...
ReadSATURDAY, March 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, but there are ways of reducing your risk. "Colorectal cancer is largely preventable with early screening and detection,"...
ReadFRIDAY, March 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- It's been 20 years since Congress required that research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) include minorities, but non-whites still account for less than 5...
ReadTHURSDAY, March 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Getting more than an hour of physical activity each day can reduce women's risk for breast cancer, new research suggests. Although the type of tumor a woman has...
ReadWEDNESDAY, March 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Having radiation therapy after a mastectomy benefits patients with breast cancer that has spread to just a few lymph nodes under their arms, a new study suggests. Researchers...
ReadWEDNESDAY, March 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new at-home stool test screens for colorectal cancer with more than 90 percent accuracy, researchers report. "That kind of result is really unprecedented for a noninvasive stool-based...
ReadMonday 17 March 2014 - 5am PST According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, rates of colorectal cancer - commonly called colon cancer - are decreasing steeply among older people in the...
ReadFRIDAY, March 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Meditation could help improve mood, sleep and quality of life in teens with cancer, according to a small new study. Canadian researchers assigned eight teens with cancer to...
ReadTHURSDAY, March 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients with diabetes are more likely to die than those without diabetes, and the risk is especially high for those taking insulin, a new study finds. The...
ReadWEDNESDAY, March 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug may extend the lives of people with certain hard-to-treat forms of leukemia and lymphoma -- without the need for traditional chemotherapy, according to two studies...
ReadTUESDAY, March 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new report reveals that excess weight raises the risk of yet another kind of cancer, with the latest results linking levels of body fat to ovarian tumors....
ReadFRIDAY, March 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People who've had nonmelanoma skin cancer are at increased risk for melanoma and other types of cancers, and this link is especially strong among young people, a large,...
ReadTUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who practiced yoga had lower levels of stress hormones and reported less fatigue and better quality of life, new research shows. "Yoga is having...
ReadBy Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer | March 04, 2014 People who eat a high-protein diet during middle age are more likely to die of cancer than those who eat less protein, a new study finds....
ReadTHURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Teens and young adults who don't have health insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with advanced forms of cancer than other young people who do have...
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