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Breast guidelines test American tolerance for risk

The uproar over new breast cancer screening guidelines in the United States underscores the delicate balance scientists and...

Burden of proof: Breast cancer changes fall short

Making drastic changes to U.S. breast cancer screening guidelines will take much stronger evidence than that offered by a...

Eat and drink your way to a healthy colon?

Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection...

New guidelines: Pap smears should start at age 21

Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according...

UK's NICE says Bayer liver cancer drug too costly

Britain's health watchdog has blocked a critical liver cancer drug, saying it is too pricey for the state health service,...

Folic acid supplements may raise cancer risk: study

Heart patients in Norway -- where unlike many countries foods are not enriched with folic acid -- were more likely to die...

New US guidelines: routine mammograms start at 50

Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s,...

By Julie Steenhuysen

Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s,...

Cervical cancer vaccine hope for African women

So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment centre that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her...

Does cataract surgery make eye disease worse?

Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision...

Australian scientists plan to regrow breasts after cancer

Australian scientists have developed a surgical technique that may allow cancer-suffering women to regrow their breasts after...

Men more apt than women to leave partner with cancer

Women are six times more likely to end up separated or divorced if they are diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis than...

Acrylamide not tied to thyroid, head-neck cancers

The chemical acrylamide, which is classified as a probable cancer-causing agent, does not appear to increase overall risk...

Pain often persists years after breast surgery

In a study of Danish women who had surgery for breast cancer, nearly half still reported pain 2 to 3 years later, according...

Post-cancer treatment needs go unmet in some

Most adults transition to their post-cancer treatment lives needing minimal or no healthcare support, but a significant proportion...

Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer

Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a...

Thyroid cancer may be more common near volcanoes

People who live in volcanic areas may have an elevated risk of developing thyroid cancer, a new study suggests. Italian researchers...

Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases: report

Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans...

Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy

Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated...

Italy's waste woes taking toll on citizens' health

Decades of illegal waste disposal in southern Italy may be having dire consequences for the health of people living in the...

Experimental vaccine cures pre-cancer vulvar growths

An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major improvement...

Red, processed meats linked to prostate cancer

Men who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who limit...

Low cholesterol may be sign of undiagnosed cancer

Low total cholesterol may be a sign of cancer rather than a cause, as some researchers have suggested, and men who have low...

Brain trouble often persists after brain cancer

Survivors of childhood brain tumors often suffer lasting problems with memory and other "cognitive" functions, results of...

Many doctors overuse Pap testing: survey

Many U.S. primary care doctors are out of step with guidelines on Pap testing for cervical cancer -- largely because they...

Working with poultry linked to certain cancers

in particular, the shots against measles, mumps, and yellow fever, according to the researchers. However, scientists have...

REFILE: Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?

Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in...

Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?

Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in...

Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk

Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have...

NSAIDs tied to reduced death after colon cancer

Women who regularly use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have better survival after a colorectal cancer diagnosis,...

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