Cancer Prevention
The Impact of Stress on Our Health
There’s no escaping it: stress is a part of our lives. How we handle that stress can have an impact on our health. Every day, we hear more and more ...
What Plastics Do to Our Bodies
By Martha Miller Johnson, Positively Green 2/2009 News of possible health threats associated with plastic bothered Jeanne Haegele of Chicago so much that she has quit using plastic. The 28-year-old ...
What Are Clinical Trials?
Introduction to Clinical Trials Clinical trials are research studies designed to find ways to improve health and cancer care. Each study tries to answer scientific questions and to find better ...
Cancer Vaccines
A vaccine helps the body fight disease. Most people are familiar with vaccines for diseases like chicken pox or the flu. Vaccines (sometimes called vaccinations) help train the immune system ...
What you need to know about the HPV Vaccine
Q: What is the HPV vaccine? A: This vaccine prevents cervical cancer and genital warts due to HPV. It works by protecting against the four types of HPV that most ...
Alcohol Linked to Cancer Risk in Woman
Study Shows Even Low-to-Moderate Drinking Raises Risk of Cancer Researchers followed more than 1.2 million middle-aged women for an average of seven years. The women were participants in the ongoing ...
Colorectal Cancer Called “Most Preventable”
For Immediate Release: March 10, 2008 Contacts: Shannon Campbell 202-328-7744 x235 Glen Weldon 202-328-7744 x312 WASHINGTON, DC – On the heels of a comprehensive new report showing that colorectal cancer ...
Experts Highlight Inroads to Preventing Cancer
Folic acid supplements, smoking and genetics are among research targets Posted April 20, 2009 By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists looking at everyday factors ...