Reuters – Exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, Canadian scientists said on Thursday. …
» More: Study links chemical exposure to breast cancer (Reuters)
Archive for March, 2010
Study links chemical exposure to breast cancer (Reuters)
March 31st, 2010More Women Urged to Get Radiation After Mastectomy (HealthDay)
March 31st, 2010HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Women who have a
mastectomy for breast cancer are less likely to receive follow-up
radiation therapy than those who have a lumpectomy, even if the treatment
would be potentially lifesaving, a new study has found. …
» More: More Women Urged to Get Radiation After Mastectomy (HealthDay)
Help for Depressed Latinos Often Hampered by Stigma (HealthDay)
March 31st, 2010HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Low-income Latinos who
have depression but stigmatize mental illness are less likely to take
medications, keep scheduled appointments and control their illness, a U.S.
study has found. …
» More: Help for Depressed Latinos Often Hampered by Stigma (HealthDay)
Prostate drug cuts cancer risk: study (AFP)
March 31st, 2010AFP – A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostates in men has been found to also cut the risk of developing cancer in the same glands, a new study said. …
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Prostate drug cuts cancer risk: study (AFP)
March 31st, 2010AFP – A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostates in men has been found to also cut the risk of developing cancer in the same glands, a new study said. …
» More: Prostate drug cuts cancer risk: study (AFP)
Human Genome Turns 10 (HealthDay)
March 31st, 2010HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — A decade after the
sequencing of the human genome, scientists muse on how far they’ve come
and how far there is still to go. …
» More: Human Genome Turns 10 (HealthDay)
Parent in Recovery Room Tied to Behavior in Day Surgery Kids (HealthDay)
March 31st, 2010HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Having their parents in
the recovery room doesn’t calm children when they wake up after surgery,
but does offer long-term behavioral benefits, new research suggests. …
» More: Parent in Recovery Room Tied to Behavior in Day Surgery
Kids (HealthDay)
Study Revives Debate on Prostate Drug (HealthDay)
March 31st, 2010HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — A new study to determine
whether a drug prescribed to fight the problems of an enlarged prostate
gland can also reduce the risk of prostate cancer promises to prolong a
debate that started with an earlier study of a similar drug. …
» More: Study Revives Debate on Prostate Drug (HealthDay)
FDA evaluating cancer link in Parkinson’s drug (Reuters)
March 31st, 2010Reuters – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating clinical data that may suggest Novartis AG’s Parkinson’s disease treatment Stalevo is linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer. …
» More: FDA evaluating cancer link in Parkinson’s drug (Reuters)
Higher vitamin K intake tied to lower cancer risks (Reuters)
March 31st, 2010Reuters – People with higher intakes of vitamin K from food may be less likely to develop or die of cancer, particularly lung or prostate cancers, than those who eat relatively few vitamin-K- containing foods, a new study suggests. …
» More: Higher vitamin K intake tied to lower cancer risks (Reuters)
