Posts Tagged ‘cancer’

Study: Diabetes is linked with risk of cancer and mortality
Results of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study revealed that diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women.

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Cancer Patients Are At An Almost Five-Fold Increased Risk Of Developing Listeria
Research by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has shown that cancer patients have a five-fold increased risk of developing listeria than people with other underlying conditions – and that those with cancers of the blood have the greatest risk. These findings are published in the journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Listeriosis is a rare but serious foodborne illness caused by the bacterium …

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Awareness and new treatments provide hope for prostate cancer patients
It wasn’t long ago that prostate cancer was a taboo topic in polite society. It was a hushed-up disease that men would suffer quietly.

Radient Pharmaceuticals Showcasing Its Onko-Sure In Vitro Diagnostic Cancer Test at Prestigious AACC Annual Meeting …
TUSTIN, CA–(Marketwire – 07/22/10) – Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (RPC) (AMEX: RPC – News ) announced today it will present at the 2010 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center July 25-29. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is an international society of clinical laboratory …

How Prostate Cancer Packs a Punch
Researchers uncover a mechanism that determines prostate cancer aggressiveness, providing new targets for diagnosis and treatment.

Common Blood Pressure Pills Linked To Cancer
Doctors were fast to say the analysis was not definitive, and one drug’s maker is contesting the res

I’m a 12 year old kid with nothing to do, so i thought y not fundraise to help people over the Martin Luther King Break, but for what. Which group needs it more. It is a stupid question, but I’m a kid and kid ask stupid questions. Please answer cancer or diabetes.

Worst cancer risk: Environmental toxins or bad habits?
The US President’s Cancer Panel says the risk of cancer due to environmental toxins is grossly underestimated. Is this a distracting exaggeration, asks Wendy Zukerman

Older women with diabetes face higher risk for colon cancer
Physician researchers have found that older women with diabetes face a more than doubled risk for some types of colorectal cancer.

Diabetes drug tied to reduced breast cancer risk
Women who have used the diabetes drug metformin for more than five years may have a lower risk of breast cancer than diabetic women on other treatments, a new study finds. Breast cancer – Metformin – Diabetes mellitus – Health – Cancer