ScienceDaily- For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone treatment alone, according to a randomized study presented September 22, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – Sticking strictly to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers substantial protection against cancer, heart disease and other major chronic illnesses, Italian researchers said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking during pregnancy appears to affect children’s birthweight, and possibly their risk of becoming overweight, but it may not directly harm other aspects of physical and cognitive development, a large study suggests.
The findings, from a study of nearly 53,000 U.S. children born in the 1960s, found that those whose mothers [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese men and women may enhance a weight-loss program of lifestyle changes by adding a drug to lower blood sugar levels, researchers report.
Pramlintide, currently approved by the FDA for diabetes to take in combination with insulin to control their blood sugar levels. Previous research also linked pramlintide to weight loss, [...]
BOSTON —Treating abdominal cancers is unusually complicated. Unlike most types of cancers that spread inside internal organs, abdominal cancers tend to grow on the outside of them, said Dr. Martin D. Goodman, a surgical oncologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
So traditional chemotherapy injected intravenously often fails to penetrate tumors in the belly and offers [...]
London (PTI): When it comes to matters of heart, men are more prone to heart diseases compared to women of similar age — blame it on sex hormones, says a new study.
The findings of a study by Maciej Tomaszewski of the University of Leicester, suggest that this “male disadvantage” may be related to the [...]
London (PTI): Here’s yet another reason why you should cut the flab — obesity could give you cancer. A new research, published in the latest edition of the ‘British Journal of Cancer’, has found that overweight people are at a significantly higher risk of developing a range of common cancers.
In fact, according to researchers, an [...]
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