Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 649 views
This week one of our readers asked a picture about Lung Cancer. I think so in put more pictures about cancer in this blog. These are strong images and I advise you to don't see them. But if even in this case you want to see them I have none ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 289 views
The prostate cancer is the most common tumor in men over 50 years of age. With the progress of medicine and other areas that interfere with health, it is expected for the next decades a growing population of men reaching age well above that. It is, therefore, that more cases ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 296 views
The pancreatic cancer is the type of cancer / cancer of the pancreas more common - 90% of cases of malignant neoplasm of the body. Currently, is the 5th cause of cancer death in the West. Data from the National Cancer Institute (INCA) to pose as 2% of all types ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 356 views
American scientists to ensure that aspirin lowers the risk of developing breast cancer, in addition to the known anticoagulant properties that prevent the heart problems. In a study published by the Journal of the Medical Society of the United States, scientists at the University of Columbia in New York, say ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 325 views
A study by the Pharmachemical Research Institute of Milan, Italy, indicates that the ingestion of aspirin may reduce the chances of developing different types of cancer in the digestive system. The research involved nearly three thousand patients and concluded that regular consumption of aspirin for five years or more like ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 285 views
She belongs to a group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can block the effects of chemical Cox-2. Researchers in the United States discovered that the protein helps in the growth of cancerous tumors of the ovary. During a conference of the American Association for Cancer Research, the scientists ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 269 views
Seven years with a search conducted by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School shows that a daily dose of aspirin may be effective in reducing the risk of colon adenomas - benign tumors that can turn into cancer if left in the intestine.
The multi-center study confirms indications of no statistical studies ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 410 views
As according to Reuters:
Playing a specially designed video game can help adolescents and young adult cancer patients adhere more closely to their prescribed treatment, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
"Targeted video games can help improve the lives of young people with cancer, most importantly improve their adherence to ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 510 views
Scientific evidence so far shows that using mobile phones doesn't increase your risk of any type of cancer.
What does the evidence say?
The largest study so far on mobile phones and cancer is a Danish study, which looked at over 420,000 people. It found no link between mobile phones and any ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008 361 views
There are two closely linked research areas in the fight against cancer: microtubules and epothilones. Microtubules are linear polymers of tubulin, a globular protein, that transport vesicles, chromosomes and other biological matter in cells, and epothilones are natural products that can stabilise microtubules and in turn inhibit cancer-cell growth.
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