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Each Canadian Cigarette Will Carry Health Warning
Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes. The move was first announced last year by Health Canada and is aimed at helping people quit the habit. The regulations take effect Aug. 1 and will be phased in....
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Qigong Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue, Improves Mood
When the late Brown University researcher Catherine Kerr had cancer, she benefited from an ancient Chinese practice known as qigong and began looking into its impact on others. Now, her colleagues are building on Kerr's work, studying how practicing qigong affects a person's...
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Israel Multiple Myeloma Treatment 90 Percent Effective
Israeli researchers have developed a treatment that has been significantly successful in treating multiple myeloma. The groundbreaking therapy is said to have a 90% success rate at bringing patients with this deadly disease into remission. According to the American Cancer...
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Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Effective
Minimally invasive surgery works just as well as full-scale open surgery in removing early-stage pancreatic cancers, allowing patients a faster recovery with less infection risk, a new clinical trial has found. The ability to remove all the cancer and the rate of cancer...
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Microbiome Changes Linked to Colon Cancer in Young
With colon cancer on the rise among younger Americans, researchers are working to figure out why. A new study suggests the microbiome - the community of microorganisms in the body - may play a role. "Younger people with colorectal cancer have more biologically aggressive...
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Drug Combo Effective Against Endometrial Cancer
AstraZeneca said on Friday a combination of its cancer drugs Imfinzi and Lynparza when added to platinum-based chemotherapy showed positive results in a late-stage trial in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. The treatment followed by either Imfinzi plus...
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Jeff Bridges Reveals Tumor Has Shrunk to 'Size of a Marble'
Jeff Bridges, the 73-year-old "Big Lebowski" actor, in an interview with AARP, revealed a tumor had shrunk "to the size of a marble" following extensive chemotherapy.
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Only 25% of Sunscreens Are Safe and Effective
Scientists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) have released its 2023 Guide to Sunscreens just in time for Memorial Day weekend. This year's guide reviews the effectiveness and ingredients of more than 1,700 SPF products, including sunscreens, moisturizers, and lip...
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Signs You Are Fighting Chronic Inflammation
Some inflammation in your body is good. It's a sign that your body is trying to heal itself. Symptoms of redness, warmth, swelling and pain that are short-lived mean that your immune system is activating and sending inflammatory chemicals to the wound or injured site to...
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Fatty Muscles More Harmful to Health Than Obesity
It's well known that it's unhealthy to have belly fat accumulating around your abdominal organs, but there's a more insidious form of fat that could be even more hazardous to your health, a new study says. Fat that infiltrates your muscles appears to dramatically increase...
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Extra Weight in Youth Linked to Later Prostate Cancer
When young men pack on excess weight during their teens and 20s, they may inadvertently drive up their risk for prostate cancer later on. The concern stems from new research that examined several decades' worth of weight fluctuations and prostate cancer rates among nearly...
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Obesity Increases Risk for Gastrointestinal Cancers
Maintaining a healthy weight may be important for reducing the risk of gastrointestinal cancer, a new study suggests. The research adds to the evidence that excess weight and weight increases in adulthood increase the risk for colon and other gastrointestinal (GI)...
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Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Trial
A gene-targeted personalized vaccine may delay the return of pancreatic cancer according to a small, but promising, trial. The mRNA vaccine, which was tailored to the genetic makeup of each patient's tumor, worked in half of those who received it during 18 months of...
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New Treatment Eases Skin Issues From Radiation
When Ann Alexander underwent chemotherapy to treat breast cancer a decade ago, she was warned about potential hair loss, nausea and vomiting. The 73-year-old wasn't, however, told about the potential side effects of radiation therapy, namely acute radiation dermatitis....
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Panel Now Recommends Mammograms Start at Age 40
In a major change from its longstanding advice, an influential medical panel now recommends that women start mammography screening for breast cancer at age 40. The new guidance, from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, says women at average risk of breast cancer should...
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Healthy Habits Reduce High-Risk Breast Cancer Return
High-risk breast cancer patients can take action to help stop their disease from coming back or killing them.The same healthy habits that leading cancer organizations recommend to prevent cancer appear to make a big difference in heading off its return in these patients,...
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Radiology Group Urges Breast Cancer Assessment by 25
While the typical recommendation is for women to start getting mammograms at age 40, the American College of Radiology has released new guidelines that call for all women to have a breast cancer risk assessment by age 25 to determine if they should start screening...
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Study: Medical Marijuana Safely Controls Cancer Pain
Medical marijuana can safely reduce cancer pain, and is apparently so effective that patients wind up taking lower amounts of opioids and other pain meds, a new study reports. Weed produced clinically significant reductions in cancer patients' worst pain, average pain and...
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Ultrasound Delivers Chemo to Brain to Fight Tumors
Brain cancers are notoriously difficult to treat because most chemotherapy drugs can't breach the blood-brain barrier, a microscopic layer of cells that protect the brain from toxins. But researchers now say they can temporarily open that barrier and get more chemo to brain...
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10 Skin Cancer Myths Debunked
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and a good time to set up a visit with your dermatologist for a skin cancer screening. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, over 5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed annually, making it America's most common cancer....
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Surgeon General: Loneliness as Deadly as Smoking
Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say...
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Tons of Toxic Chemicals Released Into Homes Each Year
Many common household products emit airborne toxins that can harm your health in ways up to and including cancer, a new study reports. Dozens of different types of consumer products contain toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chemicals that escape as gases and...
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FDA Panel Backs Restricted Use of Prostate Cancer Drug
A panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday voted for the restricted use of British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc's experimental treatment, jointly developed with Merck & Co, for a type of prostate cancer. The FDA panel voted 11-1 with one abstention, in...
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Researchers Uncover New Breast Cancer Risk Factor
A new study has uncovered a possible risk factor for breast cancer that could help doctors more accurately weigh a woman's chances of developing the disease. While it's known that women with dense breast tissue have a greater risk for developing breast cancer and that breast...
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Don't Ignore These Pancreatic Cancer Warning Signs
Controversial talk show host Jerry Springer died Thursday at age 79 from pancreatic cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, about 50,550 people will die in the U.S. this year from the disease, which also claimed the lives of Alex Trebek, Aretha Franklin, Steve...