Home Page
News Lines
Classifieds
Real Estate MLS
Profiles
Arcade
Business Directory
Hotels
Advertise
Long Island New York
Google Web Site
 
 

CANCER NEWS LINES

Advertisement



Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found.




Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that living near a volcano puts people at higher risk of getting a type of thyroid cancer.


Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study (AFP)

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.





Moderate exercise may lower prostate cancer risk (Reuters) Reuters - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds.


Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases, group says (Reuters)

A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.





Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study appears to add to growing evidence that green tea might help protect against cancer.


Red, processed meats linked to prostate cancer (Reuters)

Hamburgers are seen on a barbecue in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Newscom/HandoutReuters - Men who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who limit such foods, a large study of U.S. men suggests.





Experimental vaccine cures pre-cancer vulvar growths (Reuters) Reuters - An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major improvement in nearly four out of five, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.


Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Three-year survival was 100 percent for people with early-stage lung cancer and good lung function who were treated with radical stereotactic radiosurgery using CyberKnife, according to a new study funded by the product's maker.


Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A shorter, more intense course of whole-breast radiation works as well as the traditional six-week course, at least for some early-stage breast cancers, a new study shows.


You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites: Social Bookmark News

All News Lines - Local and World Wide, Updated Hourly

RSS news lines are HTML instructions and not actual copy. They are displayed here through the doctrine of fair use in the U.S. Copyright Act which allows us to show snippets and links to news and other materials. The fair use doctrine protects limited uses of content, such as indexing to make it easier to find. This allows us to send visitors to breaking news web sites. If your news appears here against your wishes please contact us for removal, disable your RSS feeds or implement simple technical standards such as robots.txt or metatags to prevent search engines (Yahoo and MSN) from feeding us your snippets and links.

 

 
   By using this site you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please exit the service.
   Copyright © 2002 - 2009 Long Island Exchange ®. All rights reserved. Internet Marketing by Searchen Networks ® Inc.