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Unraveling Family Cancer Ties
Having a family history of any kind of cancer isn’t a bright spot for your own odds. It’s just part of nature over which we have no control. In terms of colorectal cancer, new understandings may help avoid a nightmare journey.
HPV Just Won't Go Away
Teenage girls have been targets of HPV campaigns over the last several years. But older women should be the focus as well, especially as repeat cases pop up in those already infected.
Binge Eating Lowers Work Productivity
A company is only as good as its workforce. Getting the most out of workers could be optimized with binge eating interventions and obesity health initiatives.
From Diabetes Risk to Depression
Living with diabetes can take a toll on your mental health. Research has shown links between diabetes and depression. Now it even looks like people with early signs of diabetes may have a risk for depressive symptoms.
Videos Help Cancer Patients Understand Options
Doctors can talk to patients until they are blue in the face, but sometimes a short video can convey the clearest message. End-stage cancer patients may benefit from video learning.
Does New Drug Treat Parkinson’s Disease?
Current available drugs for Parkinson’s disease (PD) treat symptoms and improve function but do not slow or halt the progression of the disease. A new drug recently tested in a clinical trial may be changing that.
Search Your Cancer Away
If you’re reading this article, chances are you have a healthier attitude about cancer prevention. That is, you don’t link cancer with luck and/or fate. In other words, you're not a fatalistic about cancer.
Battle of the Brain Trauma
Moods shift. Personalities change. Memories are difficult to form and recall. All are signs of the brain breaking down over time and researchers are getting a better understanding of how to diagnose the condition.
FDA Approves Raxibacumab to Treat Inhalational Anthrax
The US Food and Drug Administration today approved raxibacumab injection to treat inhalational anthrax, a form of the infectious disease caused by breathing in the spores of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
One Cancer - Many Diseases
Stomach cancer is not one disease, but many. Understanding the different types of this complex cancer could lead to improved treatments.