Cancer - Prevention
Controversy is brewing about whether routine PSA testing for prostate cancer is beneficial and whether it saves lives.
Find out what links your diet and your risk for developing this form of cancer.
Learn about a surprising side effect of this common therapy.
Find out what makes this form of cancer so fatal.
How can this procedure help you? Find out here.
Find out how you can catch prostate cancer before it takes hold.
Learn how to catch this form of cancer before it takes hold.
This simple blood test measures the level of PSA, a protein produced in the prostate, present in a man’s body.
Colonoscopy isn't the only way to screen for colon cancer.
In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved Gardisall, a vaccination to prevent cervical cancer. We know for a fact that HPV—human papilloma virus—causes cervical cancer. Although less common, HPV can also cause other cancers as well.
Study sheds new light on the diabetes and breast cancer link.
Find out if getting some support is the boost you need to kick the habit.
Who would have thought that your allergies could be a blessing in disguise?
Here's a simple way to get to know your moles.
As fans mourn the passing of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, learn about this deadly disease and how to reduce your risk.
Younger men who are very active sexually seem more prone to prostate cancer.
Just because some are more notorious than others, doesn't make these cancers less deadly.
Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, or thermography, may be the best breast cancer screening tool you’ve never heard of.
Here, the link between diabetes and pancreatic cancer and a diabetes medication that can lower the risk.
It's not possible to be addicted to tanning...is it?
Ted Kennedy’s dies from a rare but lethal cancer. Here’s a look at the five deadliest cancers and the factors that may increase your risk.
Is brain cancer treatable? The death of Ted Kennedy has sounded the alarm of this rare disease. New advances in treatment offer more hope than before.
Learn how to protect your fertility when you have cancer.
Research indicates that chemicals in sex toys can be dangerous.
If detected early, many forms of cancer can be successfully treated. Here, a look at the disease by the numbers.
Numerous studies over the past seven years have produced conflicting results as to whether certain antidepressants reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen, a drug women with breast cancer often take.
Find out how this one procedure make all the difference.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews the safety of autoimmune disorder drugs.
If you have Crohn’s disease, you are probably already familiar with what it’s like to have a colonoscopy. Physicians use this procedure to diagnose bowel disease and it’s invaluable in screening for colon and rectal cancer.
Getting a colonoscopy is one of the best ways to prevent colon cancer. However, there are a few things you should know before heading into this procedure.
