Retesting of tissue samples in breast cancer patients is in the process to make sure they are on the right treatment for their disease.
Around 2,730 breast cancer patients that live in Quebec, with breast cancer are to be retested.
Health Minister Yves Bolduc stated that if the new results of the tests determine the treatment that [...]
Celebrities are used to life in the public eye, but sometimes even those who are used to the constant shutterbugs need their privacy.
Such is the case for Farrah Fawcett. The sixty-two year old actress has had a long and public struggle with cancer, with tabloid reports trying to keep tabs on every development of her [...]
New York - According to three new studies published in a recent medical journal retaining brown fat or ‘good’ baby fat into adulthood might actually help avoid serious problems with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
White fat stores energy. Brown fat burns calories for heat. Scientists had long believed brown fat was no longer present after [...]
New York - A Harvard study has found that infants that gain weight quickly during the first six months of life, are prone to obesity as toddlers. The study, which is schedule to be published in the April issue of Pediatrics, may be the key that medical professionals have been looking for. By being able [...]
Research has found that playing action video games is actually good for your eyes.
No evidence was linked to poor eyesight and playing video games.
The study further provided the information that vision was improved by about 20% after playing action video games for a few hours every day for one month.
It was also discovered through this [...]
New York - Studies have shown that a person who consumes up to a quarter pound of red meat per day faces significant increased risk of cancer, ulcers, Alzheimer’s disease and other medical illnesses that can shorten a life span.
Most Americans are told to eat a balanced diet, but beef and pork are a major [...]
New York - One might think that early detection of cancer is the best way to save lives — we all know the statistics for breast cancer survival based on early detection. But what about other forms of cancer, such as prostate cancer in men?
You’d think early detection would also be key here, but recent [...]
New York - Radio host Don Imus used his microphone on Monday morning to announce to his audience that he has begun a battle fighting prostate cancer. The longtime radio personality, who is now 68 years old, let his listeners know that he had been diagnosed with state II of the disease.
According to news sources [...]
New York - Physician recommendations for colon cancer screening may change.
Currently physicians recommend that routine screening for colon cancer begin at age 50 for those with no family history of the disease or younger if there is a family history of hereditary colon cancer such as Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.
Yet a recent study in Singapore found [...]
New York - Researchers from the Framingham Heart Study are reporting that people who have extra fat on their necks might have an increased risk of heart disease. The study compared the neck sizes of 3,000 men who averaged 51 years old, and those with a neck size of more than 40.5 centimeters were more [...]