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Gene polymorphisms identified that are responsible for breast density and cancer risk

It has long been known that breast density, or mammographic density, is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, and that estrogen and progestin hormone therapy increases dense breast tissue. Now, a study published in BioMed ...

Cancer created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antiviral therapy may halve risk of liver cancer after chronic hepatitis C infection

Treating chronic hepatitis C infection with antiviral drugs could halve the risk of developing the most common form of liver cancer, in some cases, indicates an analysis of the published research in one of the new BMJ Op ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of Barrett's Esophagus

Patients with Type 2 Diabetes may face an increased risk for Barrett's Esophagus (BE), regardless of other risk factors including smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according ...

Diabetes created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Difficulty breathing, chest pain, and cough key symptoms for embolism

Difficulty breathing, chest pain, and cough may sound like symptoms of a heart attack; however, new research shows that these are the key symptoms for pulmonary embolism (PE), a potentially fatal blockage in the lung.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metabolic factors may increase men's risk of dying from prostate cancer

High blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and body mass index—characteristics that are often lumped together as the metabolic syndrome—are jointly linked with an increased risk of dying from prostate cancer. That ...

Cancer created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Satiation hormone, neurotensin, linked to increased risk of disease, premature death in women

Researchers in Sweden have discovered that neurotensin, a satiation hormone produced in the human brain and intestine that circulates in the blood, could raise the risk of heart attack, breast cancer and ...

Medical research created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows breastfeeding reduced risk for ER/PR-negative breast cancer

Breast-feeding reduces the risk for estrogen receptor-negative and progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer, according to a study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Researchers examined ...

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Education about risk factors for both cancer and CVD led to increased fruit consumption in targeted population

Disease education about overlapping behavioral risk factors for both cancer and cardiovascular disease led to small changes in dietary behavior among a community-based sample of African-American adults, according to data ...

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Common birth control device may be cost-effective treatment for early endometrial cancer

A common birth control device is effective in treating early-stage endometrial cancer in morbidly obese and high-risk surgery patients, said Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center researchers, and ...

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Study identifies characteristics of sunbed users, motivation for tanning

A telephone survey of 4,851 individuals in Germany suggests the overall prevalence of sunbed use was nearly 40 percent for participants who had ever used one and 14.6 percent had used a tanning bed within the last 12 months, ...

Health created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For women with gestational diabetes, study shows reduced risk of type 2 diabetes solely through dietary modification

(Medical Xpress)—By sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy, women who develop diabetes during pregnancy can greatly reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study supported by the National Institutes ...

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Gene variant linked with reduced lung cancer risk

A variant in a gene involved with inflammation and the immune response is linked with a decreased risk of lung cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...

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Melanoma up to 2.5 times likelier to strike transplant, lymphoma patients

Melanoma is on the rise nationally, and transplant recipients and lymphoma patients are far likelier than the average person to get that form of skin cancer and to die from it, a Mayo Clinic review has found. That is because ...

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Study suggests stem cell transplant survivors at increased risk of developing heart disease

New research appearing online today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), suggests that long-term survivors of hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT) are at an increased risk of developing hear ...

Cardiology created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study links tanning beds to non-melanoma skin cancer

Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer – and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.

Cancer created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast