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Jan 30, COLONOSCOPY WHICH GUIDE ME TO SURGERY...

Updated: 2013-01-30 15:31:05

I AM GREEK. I LIVE IN ATHENS. EXCUSE MY ENGLISH, THEY ARE NOT VERY GOOD, BUT I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND... MY FATHER DIED FROM COLON-RECTAL CANCER IN AGE

More evidence that beta blockers help stop cancers from spreading

Updated: 2013-01-30 09:56:00

US researchers have taken a step forward in understanding how beta blockers may slow the spread of cancer.

Gastric Botox shot does not aid weight loss

Updated: 2013-01-30 09:11:42

Secondary links Login Register Health News My Health Industry News Conferences Events Diagnostics Equipments Pharma Recalls Research Development Rulings Blogs Find a Doctor near you Beta Primary links Diet Nutrition Fitness For the Soul Healthy Heart Healthy Skin Kids Parenting Health Hubs Cancer Diabetes Obesity Obstetrics Gynaecology ADHD Hypertension Stress Management Home Gastric Botox shot does not aid weight loss Last edited by Dinesh Dhiman on January 30, 2013 15:48 Author : Jyoti Pal Getting a Botox shot into the stomach is believed to slow down the emptying of the stomach , prolonging the feeling of fullness and helping in reducing body weight . But the latest findings suggest no such . link According to the findings of the latest study conducted by the researchers at the Mayo

Study Lungs From Heavy Smokers OK for Transplant

Updated: 2013-01-30 00:04:04

: Health News Study : Lungs From Heavy Smokers OK for Transplant Print E-mail TUESDAY , Jan . 29 HealthDay News Lungs of heavy smokers can be donated safely for use in adult double-lung transplants , a new study . contends Researchers from Temple University in Philadelphia found that lungs from carefully selected donors who smoked at least a pack a day for more than 20 years may be used in certain transplant situations without affecting recipients' survival rates or deaths from lung . cancer The study authors said the use of lungs donated by heavy smokers could help more patients get the life-saving double-lung transplant they . need Our findings demonstrate that the current criteria for lung transplantation can potentially be revised to include donors with a heavy smoking history , Dr .

Breast Cancer Gene May Be Tied to Early Menopause

Updated: 2013-01-30 00:04:03

Health News Breast Cancer Gene May Be Tied to Early Menopause Print E-mail TUESDAY , Jan . 29 HealthDay News Women with the BRCA gene , who are already at greater risk for breast and ovarian cancer , may also be at increased risk for early menopause , according to a new study . Researchers at the University of California , San Francisco found a harmful mutation in the BRCA gene may give women fewer childbearing years and may also increase their risk of infertility . And heavy smokers who carry the mutation may go through menopause even earlier than non-smoking women with the . mutation The researchers suggested that women with the BRCA mutation consider having children at a younger age . They noted that doctors should encourage their patients who carry this mutation to get fertility

Cancer mapping laboratory opens in London

Updated: 2013-01-29 15:16:00

A new London-based laboratory is set to help personalise cancer treatment over the coming decade.

For Early Cancer Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival Study

Updated: 2013-01-29 06:33:58

, : Health News For Early Cancer , Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival : Study Print E-mail MONDAY , Jan . 28 HealthDay News Breast-conserving surgery for early stage breast cancers may result in better survival than mastectomy , according to a new . study For those with early stage breast cancer , lumpectomy is just as effective if not more effective than mastectomy , said researcher Dr . Shelley Hwang , chief of breast surgery at Duke Cancer Institute in Durham , . N.C There are lots of women who think the more treatment they do , the better they will do , she said . This refutes that . The findings , published online Jan . 28 in the journal Cancer are especially strong for women over 50 with hormone-sensitive cancers , the researchers . found Earlier research had also concluded

Cancer death rates over a third higher in men than women

Updated: 2013-01-29 00:01:00

Men are over 35 per cent more likely to die from cancer than women in the UK, according to a new report.

Radiotherapy 'needs to be modernised' in Europe

Updated: 2013-01-25 09:47:00

Access to radiotherapy varies dramatically between countries across Europe, according to a study led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Austria.

6 Weird Clues to Your Prostate Cancer Risk Prostate Cancer Center Everyday Health

Updated: 2013-01-24 21:34:03

Peculiar Prostate Cancer Predictors 6 Weird Clues to Your Prostate Cancer Risk Worried you might be at risk for prostate cancer Your hands , hair , height , and even your hometown could help you predict your chances of developing the disease later in life . Find out . how By Wyatt Myers Medically reviewed by Pat F . Bass III MD , MPH 1 image As men get older , they may become more concerned about their risks of prostate cancer After all , prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among men in the United States , with about 230,000 new cases diagnosed each year . Your family history , age , and race are the most common risk factors for the disease , but recent research has unearthed some other more unusual links as well . Read on for six strange signs that you may be at risk for

Women smokers' death risk soars

Updated: 2013-01-24 16:54:00

Women who smoke are now far more likely to be killed by their habit than they were in the 1960s, a major US study has found.

Evaluation: Programme to Support Palliative and Hospice Care in the Republic of Ireland: Final Report

Updated: 2013-01-24 11:18:24

Investment in end-of-life care has made Ireland a world leader in advancing palliative and hospice care but regional inequities persist, according to an evaluation by Professor Mary McCarron and coread more

Prostate cancer lifetime risk trebles in 25 years

Updated: 2013-01-23 00:01:00

Boys born in 2015 will have almost three times the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lives than those born in 1990.

Docetaxel significantly increases survival for incurable gastric cancers

Updated: 2013-01-23 00:01:00

Survival for advanced stomach and oesophagael cancer patients increases by 40 per cent when treated with the chemotherapy drug, Docetaxel – providing evidence to prescribe it as a second-line treatment, according to the results of a Cancer Research UK trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal cancers symposium today.

Late ovarian cancer diagnoses 'are costing lives'

Updated: 2013-01-23 00:01:00

Delays in diagnosis are cutting short the lives of women with ovarian cancer, according to a UK charity.

Israeli researchers developing BRCA 'radiation' test

Updated: 2013-01-22 18:00:00

A new blood test that measures cells' response to radiation could detect inherited faults in a person's BRCA genes, according to Israeli researchers.

Alliance of translational research centres established to accelerate global drug development

Updated: 2013-01-21 15:18:00

Six of the world's top translational health research centres today announced that they have come together to form a new Global Alliance of Leading Drug Discovery and Development Centres. The aim of this alliance is to strengthen the international academic and/or not-for-profit drug development and commercialization network to ultimately improve the rate at which academic research is translated into new medicines.

Smoke-free legislation reduces childhood asthma hospital admissions

Updated: 2013-01-21 15:00:00

The ban on smoking in July 2007 has led to a drop in children being admitted to hospital for asthma in England.

Jan 20, 38

Updated: 2013-01-20 13:38:25

I am 38 yrs old with a 38lb weight loss in 3 months with no dieting. I have diarrhea and constipation. Feeling very fatigued. Finally went to Dr. He did

Cancer Research UK takes investigational multi-cancer drug from laboratory into unique trial

Updated: 2013-01-18 00:01:00

Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office (DDO) and AstraZeneca have opened a new trial of a drug called AZD0424.

Jan 17, colon cancer

Updated: 2013-01-17 18:46:12

I had and operation June 22, 2012, to remove a cancer in my colon, they sent some samples away to be tested and I have rectal cancer. I had radiation treatment

Jan 17, the infamous Doctor Nancy Kemeny strikes again

Updated: 2013-01-17 18:42:12

I am on my way back to Phila tonight after hugging my daughter and Dr Nancy Kemeny. I went from Jefferson University Hospital to Abington Hospital to

Study calls for tobacco profits cap

Updated: 2013-01-17 10:06:00

Setting up an independent regulatory agency to cap cigarette manufacturers' profits would raise an extra £500 million a year, academics say.

Sunbed skin cancer risk double that of mediterranean midday summer sun

Updated: 2013-01-17 00:01:00

THE AVERAGE skin cancer risk from sunbeds is more than double that of spending the same length of time in the Mediterranean midday summer sun – according to new research from the University of Dundee and published today in the British Journal of Dermatology.