Researchers Gain Insight into How BRCA Mutations Increase Breast Cancer RiskAlice G. Walton
Researchers discover exactly what makes BRCA mutations so dangerous for breast cancer risk...
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Snacking may be hazardous to your diet. It can be a sign of mindless eating.
Read more >Yevgeniya Ioffe, M.D., and Israel Zighelboim, M.D
Endometrial carcinoma can be detected early if you know what to look for.
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Being overweight is a risk factor for colorectal cancer.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Some studies of supplements actually found they increase the risk of death. But it may depend on how you crunch the numbers.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
For some women, nipple-sparing surgery can help their breasts look more natural after breast cancer surgery.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Can listening to their own encounters with patients help doctors become more responsive...
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Eating a wide variety of plant foods is the best way to fend off the oxidation that "rusts" our cells.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Colon cancer tissue was infected with a specific bacterium. Could this mean a cancer antibiotic...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Drug shortages have more than tripled. Patients in smaller hospitals suffer as less profitable...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Having a faulty RAD51D gene means a 1 in 11 chance of ovarian cancer. Knowing your status can help..
Read more >Neil Wagner
It pays to do a little research to be sure that water bottle is BPA-free, especially if you plan to drink hot liquids from it.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Proof that public health must be seen in a broader light than it currently is...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A new review study finds no good evidence of a cell phone-brain tumor connection...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Eating lots of cruciferous vegetables - like broccoli and cauliflower - appears to be related to a longer life.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
From a chance discovery, scientists develop a new way to shut down cancer growth.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Coffee reduces the risk for cancers — some cancers, anyway. But is coffee always good for you?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Hospitals rated the best by big publications may not be any better than others.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Some of the connections between genes and disease that we accept as fact may not be so strong after all.
Read more >Neil Wagner
A popular blood pressure medication appears to increase the risk of recurrence among survivors.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Doctors would often choose different treatments for themselves than those they would recommend...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A laser probe finds deadly melanomas better than current methods, potentially saving time, lives...
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Sun exposure in childhood and adolescence than can set the stage for skin cancers and problems later.
Read more >Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., Ph.D.
High Disease Rate May Not Mean Poor HealthNeil Wagner
We tend to think a low disease rate means that doctors are doing a good job...
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Tomatoes are one of the few fruit and vegetables that are even better for you when cooked.
Read more >Neil Wagner
You may be able to avoid this dreaded test with fecal occult blood tests or flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Cancer patients on opioid painkillers often experience confusion, disorientation and forgetfulness.
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
There's more evidence that at high doses vitamin D greatly reduces cancer risk. But what about...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Doctors are ordering surgical breast biopsies when needle biopsies would suffice. What's the cost...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Waiting longer than five years to begin hormones after menopause may reduce the risk of breast cancer associated with HRT.
Read more >Neil Wagner
The cancer drug Avastin appears to reduce a person's chance of surviving when administered with certain chemotherapies.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause may actually have a protective effect when it comes to certain cancers.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Success rate in treatment is linked to the surgical skill and radiation strategy of your oncologist.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Women without a family history of breast cancer are still at risk: so talk to your doctor about the right time to screen.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Men who have had prostate cancer can improve their chances of survivial considerably by being active.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Is it that smoking actually increases cancer pain, or that greater pain increases smoking?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
In certain conditions, cancer cells signal the immune system to "eat" them, leading to powerful...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Wisconsin passed a law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. Now the air in them is not dangerous
Read more >Alice G. Walton
According to the Surgeon General, there is no safe level of cigarette smoke, even if it is secondhand.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
CT scans can detect lung cancer early and save lives, but there are risks and costs to be weighed.
Read more >Neil Wagner
A study found that low daily doses of aspirin greatly reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Just in: Another new study finds that early mammograms may bring big benefits to women under 50.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Don't smoke at home. Secondhand smoke appears to affect children even more than it does adults.
Read more >Robin Baradarian, M.D., FACG
A primer on colon cancer screening, from virtual colonoscopies to the real thing. Don't sweat it. Do it.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Low doses of aspirin may be quite effective in fighting off colon cancer in those at high risk — but how it works is still a mystery.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Hormone replacement therapy may increase the risk of developing breast cancer and of dying from it.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Doctors are over-prescribing some colon cancer screening, and ignoring other tests. Healthcare...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Afraid you won't like whole grains? Popcorn is a whole grain. And there are many ways to eat and prepare them. Experiment.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Two new studies add to the debate about whether mammograms should be standard for women in their 40s
Read more >Alice G. Walton
HRT may affect how doctors interpret the tests, leading to diagnoses diagnoses of breast cancer...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Reduced messenger RNA activity appears to be behind the sleep and mood problems in drinkers.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The idea that one's personality can contribute to cancer has not been found to be true.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Smoking just one cigarette a day, or being around smokers, can lead to damage to your airways.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Cancer cells actually prefer fructose over glucose to fuel themselves and multiply.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Mice "stressed" by living in stimulating environments fought cancer better than those not stressed.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Screening for prostate cancer may pick up small cancers that really shouldn't be treated.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
HDL, the “Good” cholesterol, has been linked to lower cancer risk in addition to its contribution to heart health.
Read more >Jennifer Barrick, M.S., C.G.C., Nancie Petrucelli, M.S., C.G.C., and Michael S. Simon, M.D., M.P.H.
Genetics plays a role in breast cancer risk, so do other hereditary syndromes. Learn what to look for.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A compound in broccoli called sulforaphane may stop the growth of breast cancer stem cells.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A new approach yields cells that provide a look at a genetic marker which may predict cancer...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Significant weight gain (over 30-pounds) during middle-age can increase a woman's risk of breast cancer after menopause.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
While the exact relationship between fruits, vegetables, and cancer risk has not yet been determined, it can't hurt to continue eating...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Beta-blockers appear to help reduce the spread of cancer.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Heavy alcohol consumption and a fatty diet raise the risk of breast cancer by up to 20%.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Aprepitant, already FDA approved, offered nausea relief to bone marrow transplant recipients.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Exercise can reduce the anxiety people may feel when living with a chronic illness.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Nicotine patches tend to be more effective when used for longer periods of time.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Two studies have identified different to detect the risk and presence of pancreatic cancer early...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
It's never too late to quit smoking. When people diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer quit smoking, they double their chances of survival.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Selenium is found in meats, grains and nuts. It can be toxic if too much is taken, but adequate amounts seem to reduce cancer risk.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
It appears apples provide beneficial bacteria and a pH environment that keep the intestines healthy and the doctor away.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Giving breast cancer patients acupuncture can help ease the side effects of hormone therapy and improves sex drive in some.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The genetic mutations causing skin and lung cancer have been mapped, and nearly all of them are the result of exposure to sun or smoke respe
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The search is on to develop nanosensors that would detect biomarkers in blood or sputum to catch cancers early.
Read more >Neil Wagner
CT scans have benefits, but they also have some very real cancer risks.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The herb milk thistle appears to help keep levels of two key liver enzymes low during chemotherapy.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Soy-based foods mimic estrogen's effects and may lower women's risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Compounds in tumeric and pepper slow the growth of cancer stem cells, which can in turn prevent tumor formation.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A video game in which virtual smokers stomp out their cigarettes actually helped real smokers quit
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Low cholesterol may be a sign of undiagnosed cancer.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Researchers have found a way to protect healthy cells from radiation therapy, using a cell signaling inhibitor and making the therapy far more effective.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Hormone replacement therapy often causes breast tenderness, which appears to be associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Drinking lots of green tea can reduce the risk of cancers of the blood and lymph system.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Pancreatic cancer is treatment-resistant, as evidenced by the death of Patrick Swayze. New research has found a way to turn off the TAK-1 enzyme...
Read more >Neil Wagner
Prostate cancers are classed from low to high risk based on three factors: size, location and microscopic appearance.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
There are a number of things to consider when thinking about beginning hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Vaccinating against HPV (Human Papillomavirus) may also prevent against certain forms of breast cancer.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
For women with Stage 1 ovarian cancer, it may not be necessary to remove the uterus or both ovaries, thus preserving fertility.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Working out with moderate to high intensity for at least 30 minutes per day may cut your overall risk of cancer by half.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Glycemic load is significantly correlated with estrogen receptor-positive/progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Cancers that spread to the brain but originate in other parts of the body outnumber those that begin in the brain by about 10 to one.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A growth factor (GCSF) often used to increase white blood cell production in the bone marrow of cancer patients may actually reverse Alzheimer‘s
Read more >Neil Wagner
Engineers have come up with a device that prevents cancer cells from spreading or metastasizing. It uses tiny molecular channels...
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Cancer patients suffering from ill effects of chemotherapy reported significantly less nausea if they took ginger supplements.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Butyrate, an end-product of the breakdown of fiber in the gut, acts as an anti-cancer agent in a couple of different ways.
Read more >Even a brief exposure to cigarette smoke can have a negative cardiovascular effect.
Read more >Heavily cooked and charred meats are strongly linked to pancreatic cancer risk.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Wearing a wristband during radiation therapy may lessen the nausea that often accompanies the treatment — and this may not by due to placebo effect, a new study reports.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
The more Omega-3 fatty acids mice consumed, the more their tumors shrank. Other variables also showed improvement.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
While some forms of prostate cancer may never pose a health threat, other forms are quite malignant and can be life-threatening.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
When healthy cells are damaged by the chemicals used in the chemotherapy, the patient may experience unwanted side-effects.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Cooking meat at high temperatures produces suspected carcinogens. Marinating meat before cooking lowers the amount of these substances.
Read more >Neil Wagner
A Mediterranean diet is a diet that's rich in grain, fruits, vegetables, nuts, olive oil and includes a moderate amount of red wine.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Some dogs are able to detect skin cancer because its cells emit an odor that is distinct from that of normal skin.
Read more >Kelli Dunham
In order to avoid melanoma, young women should wear plenty of sunscreen and avoid the hottest parts of the day.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A new fertility treatment for women facing cancer treatment significantly increases the odds that they will be able harvest their eggs.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
When people close to you quit smoking, you are more likely to quit as well.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
A few years ago they told us gum disease was associated with a higher risk of heart attack and stroke.
Read more >Renata Urban, M.D., and Jonathan S. Berek, M.D., M.M.S.
By the time most women seek treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer, the disease has already reached an advanced stage.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Results suggest that any woman who have taken combination HRT should continue to have regular mammograms.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Using strong cleaning products while pregnant may put your child at risk for breathing problems.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Anemia, or a shortage of red blood cells, is a common side effect of many serious diseases, including cancer.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Multivitamin use can create an overabundance of folic acid which may put people at risk for cancer.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
It is important to know if the information you are gathering on the Web is from a credible source.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Caffeine reduces the risk of ovarian cancer; and alcohol and cigarette use had no ill effect. More
Read more >Tom Gilbert
There are five known genetic risk factors for prostate cancer.
Read more >Frederick Sweet, Ph.D.
Why Stopping Smoking Does Not Always Stop CancerTom Gilbert
As researchers have long known, when cigarette smokers quit, they reduce their risk of developing many — but not all — smoking-related diseases.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Many fruits and vegetables get their color from chemical compounds called anthocyanins.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Many studies show that lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) is one of the most important things we can do to prevent heart disease.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Red Wine Protects the ProstateTom Gilbert
In the past few years, researchers have found evidence for all sorts of healthful effects of red wine, particularly on the heart.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Studies find that consuming alcohol increases your chance of rapid tumor growth.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
New data suggest that long-term and intense physical exercise may help protect women against some types of breastcancer.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
When it comes to breast-cancer surgery, a new study suggests that experience is crucial — far fewer patients die at hospitals that perform more surgeries.
Read more >Believe it or not, the number of brothers and sisters you have, especially younger ones, could predict your chances of developing a brain tumor, according to a new study.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
We have long known that certain behaviors such as smoking and consumption of fatty foods lead to an increased risk of developing cancer.
Read more >Eric Siu, M.Sc., Nael Al Koudsi, H.B.Sc., Man Ki Ho, H.B.Sc., Rachel F. Tyndale, M.Sc., Ph.D
Nicotine's addictive properties are a result of the activation of the special receptors in the brain.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
A recently released study has produced an improved understanding of the process of skin tanning, a breakthrough that may lead to a new way of protecting fair-skinned people from skin cancer.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
A common treatment for prostate cancer puts men at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
For decades, women with breast cancer have struggled with a decision — whether or not to undergo chemotherapy.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
While lung cancer is one of the more preventable cancers — the vast majority of the 160,000 annual deaths it causes in the United States result from smoking — it is also one of the deadliest.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
More than half of men with lower-risk prostate cancer received surgery or radiation treatment, when a wait-and-see approach might have been a better option, according to a new study.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Women who take a combination of estrogen and testosterone to treat the symptoms of menopause may be putting themselves at greater risk for breast cancer.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Experts have long wondered why testicular cancer survivors like seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong do so much better than people with other advanced cancers.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Pomegranate juice greatly reduced the doubling time in prostate cancer patients.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
Modern medicine's battle against cervical cancer is a tale of two worlds.
Read more >Woondong Jeong, M.D., Brier Rolando, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Woondong Jeong is a hematology/oncology fellow, Brier Rolando is an internal medicine resident and Robert G.
Read more >Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
New hope for patients with treatment-resistant lymphoma.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Genetic Counseling and Breast CancerDharmen Patel, M.D., Lawrence Shapiro, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Both women AND men can get breast cancer from inherited breast cancermutations.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Researchers find a link between showers and cancer, clear evidence shows the transfer of THM's from shower water into the blood.
Read more >Rami Y. Haddad, M.D.
Earky detection is important for prostate cancer. All men 50+ should havean annual digital rectal exam.
Read more >Manoj Mittal, M.D., and Joseph H. Flaherty, M.D
Sit the terminally ill patient upright if they're having trouble breathing.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Drinking green tea may help protect women from getting breast cancer — that's the good news from a study by researchers at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
The more sexual partners a man has, the greater his risk of prostate
cancer.
Read more >Leo Zacharski, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Heparin may be the most effective treatment for cancer patients with bloodclots in their legs.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
Cherries — whether fresh, frozen, dried, or canned — are a powerful triple threat in the body's battle against cancer.
Read more >Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult males.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
There is an odd perception that colorectal cancer (CRC) is a man's disease.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
Everyone of us has had a friend or relative concerned about their family history of breast cancer.
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