Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other  studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.


Osteoporosis - Cancer - Bisphosphonate - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:02:41 GMT]
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The popular diabetes drug Metformin could stave off lung cancer in smokers and deserves further study, a new study finds.
Cancer - Lung cancer - Health - Lung - Diabetes mellitus
[Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:11:53 GMT]
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Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
Cancer - Ovary - Ovarian cancer - Conditions and Diseases - Oophorectomy
[Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:02:15 GMT]
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They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up.


Medicare - United States - Health - Health care - Tobacco
[Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:27:32 GMT]
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Rates of oesophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, scientists said on Saturday.
Esophageal cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Gastrointestinal
[Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:41:24 GMT]
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Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.

Tumor - Cancer - Uterus - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:27:12 GMT]
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An experimental targeted cancer drug shrank advanced melanoma tumors in 81 percent of patients with the deadly and hard-to-treat cancer, doctors said Wednesday.


Cancer - Melanoma - Tumor - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:14:22 GMT]
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The National Institutes of Health named a committee on Monday to help guide research into the environmental and genetic causes of breast cancer.
Breast cancer - Cancer - National Institutes of Health - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:21:16 GMT]
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Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.
Cancer - American Cancer Society - Health - Conditions and Diseases - China
[Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:05:29 GMT]
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New research is uncovering the age-defying, disease-fighting, fat-blasting superpowers of common foods you already love.

Health - Conditions and Diseases - Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders - Cholesterol and Other Fats - Food
[Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:51:19 GMT]
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An "electronic nose" could be used as a simple breath test to detect lung, breast, bowel and prostate cancers, Israeli scientists said Wednesday.
Cancer - Prostate - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Prostate cancer
[Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:39:44 GMT]
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The sophisticated biological systems that protect our brains and keep them running also make it difficult for doctors to treat brain tumors. But a new three-pronged attack developed by researchers could help doctors get past our bodies' defenses.
Brain tumor - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Brain and CNS
[Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:38:45 GMT]
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Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same.


Cancer - Tumor - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Gastrointestinal
[Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:58:53 GMT]
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A large study in Japan into possible genetic causes for prostate cancer has uncovered five new gene variants which have never been seen in previous studies in Caucasians, researchers said on Monday.
Cancer - Prostate cancer - Research - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:02:30 GMT]
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For researchers, a key to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Now scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've found just that -- a specific type of cell that gives rise to prostate cancer.
Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary
[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:09:35 GMT]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who enjoy their morning cup of coffee can drink a little easier. A new research review finds that java lovers appear no more likely to develop prostate cancer than other men.


Prostate cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary
[Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:18:29 GMT]
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Federal health advisers say unanimously that a follow-up study of the Roche drug Avastin failed to show meaningful benefits for breast cancer patients.
Breast cancer - Food and Drug Administration - Bevacizumab - Health - Cancer
[Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:20:54 GMT]
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Melanoma is on the rise among certain groups of dark-skinned Floridians, new research shows.
Melanoma - Cancer - Skin - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:15:56 GMT]
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A large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived.
Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - In vitro fertilisation - Organizations
[Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:28:35 GMT]
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New York health officials are ramping up their regulation of more than 2,000 tanning salons and gyms offering indoor ultraviolet rays even as health advocates push for a law banning exposure by anyone under 18.


Health - Cancer - Ultraviolet - New York - Law
[Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:31:28 GMT]
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A panel of cancer experts said Tuesday that the government should remove its endorsement of Roche's drug Avastin for breast cancer after follow-up studies failed to show benefits for patients.
Breast cancer - Health - Cancer - Food and Drug Administration - Tumor
[Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:36:29 GMT]
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The American Cancer Society and three federal agencies named 19 chemicals and shift work on Thursday as potential causes of cancer that deserve more investigation.


Cancer - American Cancer Society - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:16:49 GMT]
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Sherrie Cramer has gone to China desperately searching for a bone marrow donor to save the life of her daughter, adopted from there as a baby, who may die within weeks of leukemia.

Leukemia - Bone marrow - Health - Hematology - Medicine
[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:41:14 GMT]
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The same powerful chemotherapy drugs that have saved hundreds of thousands of patients? lives for decades have at the same time taken a potentially deadly toll on the hospital and clinic workers who handled them.

Chemotherapy - Hospital - United States - Health - Cancer
[Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:44:32 GMT]
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Women who take fish oil supplements may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who don't, a study published Thursday suggests.

Fish oil - Breast cancer - Cancer - Health - Omega-3 fatty acid
[Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:00:42 GMT]
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At least 10,000 people and possibly far more die in the United States each year because they have not been screened for colon or breast cancer, according to a government report released Tuesday.
United States - Cancer - Health - Breast cancer - Colorectal cancer
[Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:19:00 GMT]
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An extensive study into the merits of screening men between the ages of 50 and 65 for prostate cancer has found it can cut death rates from the disease by as much as half, Swedish scientists said on Thursday.


Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary
[Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:39:02 GMT]
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New guidelines urge cancer survivors to exercise more, even, difficult as it may sound, those who have not yet finished their treatment. Growing evidence shows it can help fend off a serious decline in physical function that can last long after therapy is finished.
Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Physical therapy - Support group
[Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:48:01 GMT]
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Underinsured African-American women die more often from breast cancer than underinsured white women, even when treated at the same hospital by the same doctors.
breastcancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Breast
[Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:41:41 GMT]
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Children who live close to a mobile phone tower don't appear to be at any higher risk of cancer than those who don't live in the neighborhood, a new study says.


Cancer - Mobile phone - Cellphones - Science and Technology - Telecommunication
[Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:03:16 GMT]
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Coffee might stave off more than just sleep, according to research showing that those who chug a lot of java have a lower rate of head and neck cancers.
Health - Cancer - Surgery - Medicine - Otorhinolaryngology
[Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:44:14 GMT]
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first prostate cancer chemotherapy drug found to extend the survival of men no longer being helped by other treatments.
Food and Drug Administration - Prostate cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:11:58 GMT]
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It is an unthinkable notion for a generation raised on the message that early cancer detection saves lives, but specialists say more tumors actually are being found too early ?  raising hard questions about how aggressively to treat them.

Cancer - Tumor - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Organizations
[Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:24:51 GMT]
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Smokers who have higher levels of vitamin B6 and certain essential proteins in their blood have a lower risk of getting lung cancer than those deficient in these nutrients, according to study by cancer specialists.


Lung cancer - Cancer - Health - Lung - Conditions and Diseases
[Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:37:52 GMT]
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Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a new study.
Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Health care - Support Groups
[Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:36:56 GMT]
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Some of the world's most popular blood pressure pills may slightly increase your risk of getting cancer, but doctors say it's too soon to ditch the drugs, according to new research.


Cancer - Health - Blood pressure - Conditions and Diseases - Drug
[Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:17:45 GMT]
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British scientists have found three new genetic risk factors for testicular cancer, the most common form of the disease in young men, and say their findings should aid efforts for better treatments and earlier diagnosis.
Cancer - Testicular cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary
[Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:17:49 GMT]
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A U.S. senator Sunday called on the FDA to reveal findings on a possible link between a chemical found in most sunscreens and skin cancer.
Sunscreen - Skin cancer - Food and Drug Administration - Cancer - Environmental Working Group
[Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:14:09 GMT]
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Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone treatments.
Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Prostate
[Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:45:47 GMT]
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[Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:45:47 GMT]
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An experimental breast cancer drug made from sea sponges added months to the lives of breast cancer patients whose cancer had come back despite several rounds of chemotherapy, doctors reported on Sunday.
Breast cancer - Cancer - Chemotherapy - Health - Conditions and Diseases
[Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:42:10 GMT]
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When your hair turns white it is usually a sign of old age, but in advanced melanoma patients taking a new type of cancer treatment, it may be a very good sign, researchers said on Saturday.
Cancer - Melanoma - Health - Conditions and Diseases - United States
[Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:16:13 GMT]
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