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Paxil Blocks Tamoxifen, Lowers Survival Odds Against Breast Cancer (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who take both tamoxifen and the antidepressant Paxil may increase their risk of dying because Paxil reduces tamoxifen's effectiveness, Canadian researchers report.




Soft Drinks Could Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People who down two or more soft drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggests.


Financial Woes Add Anxiety to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. study has found.


Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study (AFP)

A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows.





Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study (AFP)

The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.





Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug (Reuters) Reuters - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.


Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study (Reuters) Reuters - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug (Reuters) Reuters - Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.


UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up (AP)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social and personal care, in London, Monday Feb. 8, 2010. In a major pre-election speech, to the health think-tank the King's Fund, Brown will pledged a broad reform of community healthcare, giving people the option of chemotherapy and dialysis without having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and said that it would also be easier to access palliative care and care for the elderly at home.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.





Men who eat soy may have lower lung cancer risk (Reuters) Reuters - Men who don't smoke and eat a lot of soy may have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study.


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