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Cancer Hates These Healthy Holiday Treats
Take advantage of holiday merry making and entertaining to try your hand at some new ways to prepare cancer-fighting goodies.
Breathalyzer Test for Lung Cancer
You're standing in the grocery store and breathe into a hand-held device. This machine tells you if you're at risk of lung cancer. Just such technology exists, though you may or may not see it at the grocery store.
Ladies First - and Only - For HPV Shot?
Parents and policymakers confounded by the best practices for reducing HPV transmission could look to mathematical models to determine a good vaccination strategy for the sexually transmitted infection.
Waging War Against Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
A possible new front runner is emerging in the drug war against chronic myeloid leukemia ( CML ). While still considered experimental, this drug is showing itself to be a powerful agent against advanced forms of the disease.
Former Beauty Queen Dies of Breast Cancer at 28
She was crowned Miss Venezuala in 2000 at the age of 17. The next year, she was third runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant. On Saturday, Eva Ekvall died of breast cancer at the age of 28.
Developing Lung Cancer Screening Strategies
After one of the largest clinical trials ever conducted, the medical community has demonstrated that screening for lung cancer saves lives. The next step is to put these and other research findings into perspective to develop screening strategies that work around the globe.
Telling Toenails
You'd think that your levels of trace elements would be assessed with a blood sample. Or maybe a hair sample. No, the best way to measure your levels of trace elements is through your toenails. Recently, scientists have found some fascinating information from examining toenails.
Cancer Survivors at Greater Risk of Melanoma
Cancer patients and survivors just can't get a break it seems. Now, they have another increased risk to live with, according to newly published research.
Preventing Blood Clots in Cancer Patients
Cancer patients can sometimes develop life-threatening blood clots at some point during treatment. One expert says there's a proactive way to prevent blood clots from forming and save lives in the process.
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Better Understood
It's a rare but exceptionally aggressive form of prostate cancer. Scientists are beginning to learn more about how euroendocrine prostate cancer ( NEPC ) behaves and how it might be treated.