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Dietary Supplements May Pose Risk to Older Cancer Survivors
Older cancer survivors need to listen to warnings about the potential risks of dietary supplements, say Duke University Medical Center researchers and colleagues.
They noted that many older cancer patients who’ve survived five years or more take vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements in an effort to remain disease-free. However, this supplement use may backfire.
Massage Envy Employee Raises Breast Cancer Awareness
With two survivors of breast cancer in her family, Copperfield Massage Envy’s Clinic Administrator Stacy Jones is all too familiar with the disease.
So the fact that her employer is giving free massages to benefit a cure on Sept 15 is more than just a labor of love.
After Jones’ mother, Mary Moran of West Virginia, underwent […]
Diagnosing Skin Cancer By Smell
Scientists in the US have found that skin cancer has a distinctive smell that can be detected by sensitive laboratory equipment and they hope the discovery opens the door to developing a new non-invasive way to diagnose basal cell carcinoma and other cancers of the skin using “odor profiles”.
The research was led by scientists at […]
Osteo Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
The osteoporosis drug Zometa (zoledronic acid) prevented bone loss at 12 months in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy after they had surgery for early stage breast cancer, a new study found.
The multicenter, phase III study is the first to evaluate the use of zoledronic acid in premenopausal breast cancer patients. The 101 women (85 completed the […]
Cervical Cancer Prevention Should Focus On Vaccinating Adolescent Girls
The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent girls, by targeting initial “catch-up” efforts to vaccinate women younger than 21 years of age, and by revising current screening policies, according to an analysis […]
Cancer Research and Study : Scientists Identify Chemical Odor of Skin Cancer
US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.
The creation of a “profile” of the chemical odors linked to skin cancer, may lead to a day when diagnoses can be made by waving a […]
Cancer Food Nutrition, Turning Up The Heat On Tomatoes Boosts Absorption Of Lycopene
Turning up the heat on the red tomato during processing has the potential to give the popular garden staple added disease-fighting power, Ohio State University research suggests.
Scientists have found that lycopene molecules in tomatoes that are combined with fat and subjected to intense heat during processing are restructured in a way that appears to ease […]
Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the most conclusive evidence to date that inadequate levels of vitamin D, obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, lead to substantially increased risk of death.
In a study set to appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine online Aug. 11, the Johns […]
Colon Cancer Symptoms Often Ignored
Though New Zealand’s second highest cancer killer is colorectal, people often ignore symptoms of the disease and pay no attention to keeping their bowel healthy, Dunedin gasteroenterologist Dr Michael Schultz says.
The disease causes about 1200 deaths a year.
Dr Schultz said surgeons from overseas who came to New Zealand were surprised at the number of advanced […]