Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away November 25, 2008, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/health/25breast.html Cancer researchers have known for years that it was possible in rare cases for some cancers to go away on their own. There were occasional instances of melanomas and kidney cancers that just vanished. And neuroblastoma, a very rare childhood tumor, [...]
A paper by American Cancer Society researchers published this week in Cancer, one of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals, offers one of the largest and most detailed portraits of complementary and alternative therapy use among cancer survivors in the United States. Complementary therapy refers to treatments, techniques, or methods that are used along with standard or [...]
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A recent research study found links between insurance coverage, ethnicity and a cancer diagnosis. Those who are uninsured and those who are covered by a Medicaid insurance plan often do not receive a diagnosis until the condition has reached the point of an advanced stage cancer. Twelve common cancer sites were studied: breast [female], colorectal, [...]
“What we found is alarming,” Dr. Sara Forhan, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a teleconference Tuesday. “One in four female adolescents in the U.S. has at least one of the four most common STDs that affects women.””These numbers translate into 3.2 million young women nationwide who are infected with [...]
Information to share, not out of fear, but to encourage judiciousness. By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women run a significant risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) from their very first sex partner, according to a new report. Human papillomavirus or HPV is the cause of genital warts, as well as most [...]
