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Ovarian cancer symptoms hard to detect: What every woman should know

(Credit: istockphoto) (CBS) Think detecting ovarian cancer symptoms is easy? Think again. Even doctors have a hard time making the call. In part, that's because many of the symptoms, like ...

Public Health Risks Of Radon

Lung cancer kills thousands of Americans every year. Smoking, radon, and secondhand smoke are the leading causes of lung cancer. Although lung cancer can be treated, the survival rate is ...

Eliminating Packaged Foods Can Lower BPA Exposure

The endocrine-disrupting chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is in the news again following the release of a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. This time it is good news.  In ...

Brain-cancer device now FDA-approved

Brain tumors may soon encounter a new weapon. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device that uses electrical energy to kill brain cancer cells. The device, approved ...

Ten Simple Ways to Improve Your Health This Spring

Eating foods that resemble their original state -- like APPLES! -- are a delicious way to boost your health this spring. People who have been bundled up and hunkered down ...

Get the most nutrients out of your food

The way you prepare your food can be just as important as what you eat. Is there any point in eating broccoli, for example, if you cook the life out ...

Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S., killing slightly more men than women, new statistics show. The rates of smoking-related deaths ...

Add Cancer to Health Risks of Diabetes: Study

Colon, rectum, liver cancers increased in people with diabetes, researchers say Diabetes is already linked to a number of complications, but emerging evidence suggests an increased risk of cancer can ...

Overall Health May Be Key to Beating Breast Cancer

Poorer wellbeing linked to a 65% raised risk of death from any cause in study patients WEDNESDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Poor overall health seems to be associated with ...

Helix BioPharma Corp. – New directions in cervical cancer prevention

ADVOCACY AWARENESS Helix BioPharma welcomes the opportunity to raise awareness about its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b program for low-grade cervical lesions among advocates dedicated to the prevention and elimination of cervical ...

Monthly Aspirin Use Linked to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk

But the study does not prove if the association is due to the drug or other factors, expert says MONDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Taking aspirin even once per ...

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