Cancer

Go to Source A retired Tampa Bay area Coast Guard veteran told local reporters today that doctors at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center at Bay Pines took over five weeks to begin treating him for inoperable…

New research has shown that male sex hormones could be responsible for some cases of breast cancer. Scientists in the United States say that they have now designed drugs that will block male <a title="reblog: Cross-Sex Hormones for…

It may become a usual event that we see doctors regularly using computer predictions in judging how to treat their cancer patients. This has come after scientists constructed mathematical formulas that have been able to outperform…

Pancreatic cancer is known to be very deadly because it has a tendency to spread, or metastasis, to other parts of the body before the symptoms of the disease appear. In previous work in mice, Claudia Gravekamp of the Albert…

Go to Source Hope Cancer Help Centre assists Saskatoon cancer patients with uninsured care costs When Sharon Poole was told she had stage four ovarian cancer in March 2013, it wasn't just the diagnosis…

Go to Source Think back on what you were doing at age 16. Sneaking out at night in your parents car? Talking too much on the phone? Odds are you weren't spending almost all your free time starting a business that…

Go to Source Lisa Niemi, who was married to the 'Dirty Dancing' actor for 34 years before his death from pancreatic cancer in September 2009, tied the knot with jeweller Albert DePrisco in Palm Beach, Florida. The…

Here are five ways to help you avoid getting cancer. Stop Smoking Giving up smoking is one of the single most important things you can do to ensure that you have less of a chance of developing cancer. The only way for you to lower…

If you want to guard your wellbeing against cancer, you need to punch a hole in it. This is according to a new study presented this month at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, which…

Cancer wellness may more alien than you might think, as researchers have said that advanced strategies to fight cancer are taking inspiration from experiments in the final frontier of outer space. Cell behaviour is usually masked by…

Go to Source One of the city’s most eclectic and loved ‘running’ events is moving to Canalside. The Stiletto Run will no longer be held on Elmwood Avenue. Instead it will be transitioned to the waterfront, a site that the event…

Go to Source Meet Jack Andraka. When he was 16 he set out to change the world. How? He invented a way to detect early stage pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is one of those ‘no tomorrow’…

Researchers in California have highlighted a serious risk to wellness that is not often considered. Following an in-depth study, they have revealed that exposure to fumes from car exhausts could result in certain types of childhood cancer.…

For years, we've associated cigarettes with lung cancer. But the reality is that there are many triggers which can increase your risk of developing lung cancer. While smoking is extremely damaging for your health and should be avoided,…

In the last 35 years, the number of men whose wellbeing is affected by bowel cancer has increased by over a quarter. This is according to a new report from Cancer Research UK, who say that male cases of bowel cancer have increased from 45…

Dr. Adam McLeod at Yaletown Naturopathic Clinic congratulates Ronnie Hawkins on receiving his Order of Canada award today in Ottawa. Legendary rocker Ronnie Hawkins was among 45 new appointees to the Order of Canada…

Cathy O'Leary Medical Editor Having a burst ovarian cyst was traumatic but it probably saved the life of Perth nurse Helen Clark after it led to a routine check that discovered cancer. Luckily her ovarian cancer…

I work in a health service and as I have since discovered, I am an assertive patient, but it still took nearly a year to convince people I was unwell. I had major surgery, which involved not only the removal…

If your wellness is damaged by terminal cancer, you could spend your dying days tangled in bureaucratic tape, trying to get the treatments you need. This is according to charities who say that a governmental decision to drastically scale…

Dr Neal Barnard of the US Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has stated that colorectal cancer could be increased by hotdogs! Baseball fans, he suggests, will consume more than 20 million hotdogs during the 2013 season in the US,…

If your wellness is affected by chronic hepatitis C, you’re less likely to develop liver cancer if you take cholesterol-lowering drugs. This is according to new research from Taiwan, published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology,…

In a recent study, researchers from the World Cancer Research Fund found that women that breastfed their newborns for sixth months apparently reduced their risk of cancer by ten percent. The research on the lifestyle and habits of…

In the UK, approximately 207,000 children aged 11-15 start smoking every year. This is according to new research from Cancer Research UK, which shows that this shocking wellness statistic has jumped by an extra 50,000 from the previous…

The cause has been around for many years, but Frank Martin always wanted to do more than wear a lapel pin or sport sneakers on the sideline for a game or two. When cancer directly touched him and his family, he took action. “I…

A Queensland woman who helped bring attention to hereditary cancer has died after losing her battle with ovarian cancer. Elisha Neave was only 30 years old when she decided to delay elective surgery after…

If you have cancer, your wellbeing may be at risk thanks to belated secondary treatment. This is according to the Scottish Labour Party, who says that cancer patients have to wait too long for follow-up treatment after surgery, and have no…

It was a dream come true for an Omaha teen battling cancer. She got to fly to New York City and meet a celebrity, all thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Walking in Cancer Survivors Park in Omaha,…

Fruit and vegetables help protect against common pancreatic diseases, Auckland University researchers say. The biggest risks came from smoking, obesity and heavy drinking. A team led…

A new genetic study by US scientists has found some of the key underlying faults that cause oesophageal cancer, which is also known as adenocarcinoma. The cells which cause this particular type of cancer often feature in a particular…

Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG  ) is one of the most prolific deal makers in the biotech industry, inking dozens of collaborations with emerging biotechs working on the next big thing in medicine. Celgene's collaborations aim to expand…