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According to a new Mayo Clinic study, 40 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are diagnosed with diabetes prior to their pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
The onset of diabetes appears to be many months (in some cases up to two years) prior to cancer diagnosis.
The said study, providing new evidence to the diabetes-pancreatic cancer association – was published […]
Before it was an aspirin a day keeps the heart doctor away.
Now, according to a study published in Gastroenterology (the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute), the use of regular, long-term aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduces the risk associated with colorectal cancer.
According to Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General […]
Last week, came out interesting new findings on ovarian cancer.
New developments revealed that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption do not have an effect on ovarian cancer risk.
However, caffeine intake may lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, particularly in women not using hormones.
Such were the findings published in the March 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, […]
By this time, I am enjoying the sun and the beach in the beautiful Panglao Island of Bohol, Philippines.
Me and my 5-year-old son have joined Ruth’s family in their stay at the Bohol Beach Club. Three days-two nights of nothing but sand on my feet and sun over my head.
That said, I have saved entries […]
‘Desperate Housewives’ star Marcia Cross went to Capitol Hill last week, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end “drive-through” mastectomies for women forced to leave the hospital hours after surgery.
Marcia Cross is campaigning to give women the choice to recuperate for at least 48 hours following a mastectomy […]
According to a study that appeared online in the January 22 issue of Lancet Oncology, patients taking Nexavar® (sorafenib) need to be carefully monitored and treated.
In clinical testing, Nexavar improved overall survival by 44 percent among people with HCC. Median overall survival was 10.7 months among those treated with the drug, versus 7.9 months among […]
Just like cancer patients undergoing treatments at the the St. Luke’s Medical Center-Cancer Institute in Quezon City, Philippines can focus on beauty even for just one day.
Six cancer patients got makeovers from the metro’s popular beauty salons and tips on how to look beautiful even in the worst of times.
Rosalia Cruz, 50, of Baliwag, Bulacan, […]
In Ireland, the rate of cervical cancer deaths increased by 40%.
Dr. Tracy Murray of the Irish Family Planning Association reported that it is not the unavailability of cervical cancer vaccines, but the lack of education and information on the disease, that it is preventable.
Over 180 women are diagnosed with the disease here every year and […]
Extra virgin olive oil or EVCOO as Rachel Ray fondly calls this main component of a Mediterranean diet.
Widely studied, we already know that olive oil has antioxidant properties. It contains polyhenols making it potentially anti-degenerative diseases.
The study was completed with the collaboration of the Institut of Nutrition and Food Technology of the Universidad de Granada […]
What if you submitted yourself to various cancer tests and you are asked to undergo the same thing again because the hospital screwed up the samples?
I bet you’ll be angry! I will be too.
Like what this woman experienced n in a Welsh hospital.
Deborah Martin, 43, has been told three separate biopsies for breast and stomach […]
Cancer therapies, healing, and society.
Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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