Killing Ourselves? Reported July 02, 2009 ROCKVILLE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We are spending more money to fight disease and cure cancer than any other country in the world, but Americans are still managing to kill themselves. The number one cause of death for both men and women is preventable.   What do the latest stats reveal about you?   … [Read more...]

Killing Cervical Cancer Reported June 13, 2008 MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, more than 11,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. Worldwide, more than half a million women will learn they have the disease. One doctor is hoping to change those statistics with a new device that is already saving lives. At age 68, Dorothy Smith … [Read more...]

Killing Cancer Reported January 09, 2008 (TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, it’s estimated one and a half million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. More than half a million will die of the disease. But researchers may have found a new way to attack cancer. When Jonathan Lopez was a … [Read more...]

Kids Living with Leukemia Reported October 22, 2009 LAS VEGAS (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's a struggle 10,000 new children are faced with every year: cancer. Leukemia is the most common cancer in kids. About one in 1,000 children will be diagnosed with leukemia by age 19. Today, more children than ever before are winning the battle against the disease.   Three years ago, the … [Read more...]

Kidney Disease Linked to CancerReported May 04, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Men with even moderate kidney disease may be at increased risk for certain cancers, including those of the lungs and urinary track. Australian researchers arrived at that conclusion after following more than 3,600 men and women between the ages of 49 and 97 over a 10-year period. Men – but not … [Read more...]

Key Breast Cancer Maker FoundReported December 09, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A newly identified protein may contribute to the spread of breast cancer, making it a potential maker for metastatic breast cancer. Until now, early markers of metastatic breast cancer have been hard to find. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University … [Read more...]

Tooth loss strongly linked to risk of esophageal, head and neck, lung cancer Reported May 14, 2008 Studying thousands of patients, Japanese researchers have found a strong link between tooth loss and increased risk of three cancers – esophageal, head and neck, and lung. They suggest that preservation of teeth … [Read more...]

Physical Activity Decreases Risk of Developing Cancer in Japanese Men and Women Reported August 15, 2008 Researchers from Japan have reported that increased daily physical activity decreases the risk of cancer development in a “relatively lean population”. The details of this study appeared in the August 15, … [Read more...]

Lung Cancer Is a Woman's Disease SATURDAY, Jan. 22 SATURDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Think lung cancer, and most people picture a disease that primarily strikes older men who smoke. What many don't realize is that lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of women, responsible for 27 … [Read more...]

Japanese women have lower recurrence of breast cancer 07 August, 2007 Early-stage breast cancer patients of Japanese descent that are treated with a lumpectomy and radiation therapy are more likely to be cured of their cancer than women of other ancestries, according to a new study published in the May 2005 … [Read more...]

Health checks lead to diagnose 17% cancer: study Reported November 14, 2009 Health checkups lead to diagnose 17 per cent of cancer patients who visited key hospitals designated for its treatment across Japan for the first time in 2007, a recent study has shown. The figure ranges from 7 per cent to 24 per cent by prefecture, … [Read more...]

Drinking lots of green tea could ward off stomach cancer in women Reported October 05, 2009 Drinking five cups of green tea a day could help women reduce the risk of developing stomach cancer by 20 percent, Japanese researchers say. Green tea is made from unfermented leaves and has the highest concentration of a key … [Read more...]

Colorectal Cancer and Vitamin D, Calcium Reported December 10, 2008 TOKYO—Findings from a recent Japanese study indicate a potential decrease in the risk of colorectal cancer with higher dietary intake of calcium among middle-aged Japanese men, who have a relatively low dietary intake of calcium (Am J Clin Nutr.) … [Read more...]

Coffee and liver cancer 05 August, 2007 After lung and stomach cancer, liver cancer is the third largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. A new study on the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) confirmed that there is an inverse association between coffee … [Read more...]

Boozing Old Women At Higher Risks Of Endometrial Cancer 8 November, 2007 A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California, reports that postmenopausal women who consume alcohol frequently double their risks of endometrial cancer. “This is the first prospective study to report a significant … [Read more...]

Smoking raises breast, kidney cancer risks (MediResource) -- The link between lighting up and a number of cancers, including lung, mouth and throat, has long been established. But two new studies support the link between smoking and breast cancer in some women and smoking and kidney cancer in men and women. A team of researchers … [Read more...]

  (Reported by Susan Aldridge) PhD, medical journalist Europe has one of the world's highest rates of ovarian cancer, but it is declining in some countries, while increasing in others. Risk factors for ovarian cancer include family history, having few or no children and, perhaps, diet, while oral contraceptive use may be protective. A team in Lyon, France, has been … [Read more...]

Lung cancer: A woman's disease Think lung cancer, and most people picture a disease that primarily strikes older men who smoke. What many don't realize is that lung cancer accounts for 25% of all cancer deaths involving women. And women may be more susceptible to the disease than men, research suggests, a fact … [Read more...]

Italy Is First Country To Launch Government-Sponsored Cervical Cancer Screening Program Using HPV Test As Primary Diagnostic June 14, 2007 Italy has become the first country to launch a government-sponsored cervical cancer screening program using the HPV test as the frontline diagnostic tool, followed by cytology (Pap) for women who are … [Read more...]

Germany, Italy Recommend Girls Receive HPV Vaccine Gardasil July 22, 2007 Germany and Italy have recommended that girls receive Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, Sanofi Pasteur, a joint company of Merck and Sanofi-Aventis, announced on Monday, Reuters reports (Reuters, 3/26). Gardasil in clinical trials has been shown to be … [Read more...]

Birth Weight Linked to Cancer Risk MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women who were larger than average at birth have a sharply higher rate of breast cancer before age 50, a study by British and Swedish researchers suggests. The study, of more than 11,000 babies born in Sweden in the first three decades of the 20th … [Read more...]

Is Medical Imaging Worth the Cancer Risk? Reported August 28, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- From CT scans to nuclear stress tests, America is receiving skyrocketing rates of radiation through medical imaging. Experts say research is necessary to determine whether the benefits outweigh the known cancer risks of radiation. In a study including about 1 million … [Read more...]

Inherited Breast Cancer and Red WineReported October 13, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals a common thread between inherited breast cancer and red wine. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health looked for the method by which mutations in tumor suppressor genes such as BRCA-1 lead to breast cancer. They found the normal form of BRCA-1 helps … [Read more...]

Informed Women Unlikely to Take Tamoxifen Reported December 07, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- While as many as 10 million women could be eligible to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, side effects like hot flashes, sexual problems and blood clots discourage many from taking the step. A new study suggests women at high risk for breast cancer … [Read more...]

Income Impacts Cancer Care Reported September 29, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests that the more money you have, the better chances you have to survive prostate cancer. According to a new Swiss study, conducted by Elisabetta Rapiti, M.C., M.P.H., of the University of Geneva, and her colleagues, prostate cancer patients who have low socioeconomic status are … [Read more...]

Women face increased cancer risk, says report in Gorakhpur Feb 16 [Health India]: Gorakhpur, Feb 16 : Early marriage and frequent pregnancies leads women to increased cancer risk, a study in Gorakhpur reveals. Poor literacy levels and lack of awareness compounds the problem, statistics released by the only … [Read more...]

Test best bet to catch cervical cancerReported September 14, 2009 BANGALORE: One of the deadlier forms of cancer, cervical cancer, can be kept at bay by a simple test or pap smear. But in India, which has the highest number of cases, there is little awareness and no intervention in the form of screening. Globally, cervical cancer kills 3 lakh women a year -- 4/5th of cases … [Read more...]

Research may pave way for brain cancer cure: Jan 9 [Health India]: Toronto, Jan 9 : New treatment for brain cancer may be possible thanks to some pioneering research done by Indo-Canadian neurosurgeon Sheila Singh here.Her paper on identification of cancer stem cells in human brain tumours won Singh, a doctor at the Hospital for … [Read more...]

Obese women face greater cancer risk: StudyReported October 02, 2009 NEW DELHI: Two separate medical findings simultaneously released on Friday have sounded the tocsin for Indian women.   In the first study, nearly six crore women in India above the age of 15 have been found to be overweight, bordering on obesity. Shockingly, a separate study found obesity to be the … [Read more...]

Now a Simple Blood Test can Accurately Detect Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Reported February 13, 2008 A team of researchers at Yale School of Medicine has developed a blood test, which has enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer with 99 percent accuracy.The findings are based on a previous study conducted by Yale … [Read more...]