Search Results for 'Cancer'

Women Should Eat Plenty Of Fruits And Vegetables To Combat B...

According to a recent study, a healthy diet not only decreases weight, but can also decrease the chances of breast cancer from returning.However to get the benefit, women need to eat more than the recomended number of servers for fruit and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away

Cancer researchers have known for years that it was possible in rare cases for some cancers to go away on their own. There were occasional instances of melanomas and kidney cancers that just vanished. And neuroblastoma, a very rare childhoo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Cancer survivor now picture of health

Hailey Melnyk was 18 when a tattoo saved her life.Melnyk had finished a whirlwind trip through the United States and Europe when she decided to have a pair of swallows tattooed on her hips, adhering to an old sailor tradition symbolizing th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Women's health - Cervical cancer

Most women assume that they are enjoy good health and the though of cervical cancer is rather remote from them. In Ghana I doubt if our health care system have a programme for helping women with cervical cancer. Most women are unaware tha [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Vitamin D tied to cancer outcome

Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D when they're diagnosed have a higher risk of their cancer spreading and are more likely to die from the disease, according to new research from scientists in Toronto. Women with vitamin D [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Some Lip Gloss May Promote Cancer

Spring is here, legs have been reacquainted with the razor and women are buying lots of shimmery lip gloss on impulse. But have you heard the buzz that cheap, fun, non-SPF gloss can possibly increase your skin cancer risk? Here's the theo [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Study Links HPV to Lung Cancer

A newly published study links the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, to lung cancer, adding lungs to the list of organs scientists say are susceptible to cancer as a result of contracting the most common sexually transmitted [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Smoking, Cancer May Be Linked By Genetics

It’s seemed such a mystery why some cigarette smokers develop lung cancer while others smoke all their lives and never develop the disease. Researchers studying the human genome may have finally solved that mystery. In a joint study [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Scientists Find "Master" Breast Cancer Gene

Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs, according to a study released Wednesday. Described by the US researchers as a "m [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Cancer pill could affect women's fertility: report

Long-term use of the cancer pill Gleevec may produce fertility problems in women, Greek doctors reported on Wednesday. Chemotherapy and radiation have long been known to damage the fertility of patients, but little is known about more targ [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Treatment Combo for Pancreatic Cancer Has Limited Benefit

In patients who had surgery for pancreatic cancer, adding the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine to chemoradiation prolonged survival, but the improvement was not statistically significant, a new study finds. Among patients who have surgery to [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Vitamin E Supplements May Raise Lung Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin supplements won't protect people against lung cancer and taking vitamin E may even heighten the risk, a new study finds. The survey covered the supplement-taking habits and lung cancer incidence [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer ...

One of California's largest for-profit insurers stopped a controversial practice of canceling sick policyholders Friday after a judge ordered Health Net Inc. to pay more than $9 million to a breast cancer patient it dropped in the middle [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Diet tied to breast and ovarian cancer risks

A new study suggests that women who eat diets rich in meat and dairy may have a decreased risk of breast cancer, while those who bulk up on fiber, fruits and vegetables show a lower risk of ovarian cancer. The findings, published in the In [...]