SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 5 /PRNewswire/ — While occupational risks are inherent in many jobs, workers who make a living toiling in the sun face an increased threat of skin cancer from repeated overexposure to the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Now, new research finds that workers who need skin exams the most by nature […]
Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may stop breast cancer cells from growing and could become a new weapon in the fight against the killer disease, scientists said on Tuesday.Laboratory tests using human breast cancer cells show the mushroom called Phellinus linteus has a marked anti-cancer effect, probably by blocking […]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ — CNN’s recent expose on asbestos in children’s toys demonstrates the shocking reality that the deadly carcinogen is virtually everywhere in our environment.
For decades, asbestos was used heavily in Navy ships and shipyards; in workplaces; in common building materials including drywalls, flooring, roofing materials, and cement pipes; in automotive […]
That can’t be good news. I actually bad meat twice last week when I was in the US… that’s can’t be good, at all!
Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten.
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Federal officials called the recall by Westland/Hallmark […]
Want to live until 100? It’s not as hard as one might think:
Those who managed to avoid lifestyle-related ailments also increased their chances of functioning well physically and mentally two decades later.
The study followed 2,357 men for about 25 years or until death, starting in their early 70s. About 40 percent survived to at […]
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ — January 1, 2008 will mark the ritualistic day of New Year’s promises as many vow to stop smoking. The New Year also brings added pressure to smokers as January 1 marks the first day of the Illinois Smoking Ban.
For those resolving to make 2008 the start of a smoke-free […]
Latest stats on cancer deaths:
About 7.6 million people will die this year worldwide from various types of cancer, with lung cancer — heavily driven by smoking — killing 975,000 men and 376,000 women, the American Cancer Society said on Monday.
In all, about 12.3 million people will develop cancer this year, the organization projected, using data […]
What happened to the 7M, you ask?
Earlier, the U.N. AIDS agency slashed its estimates of how many people are infected from nearly 40 million to 33 million, mainly due to revised figures for India. It said better methods of collecting data showed it is not quite a common as feared..
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Heart disease, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries - conditions that are usually associated with the senior population - are creeping into young adulthood. According to new research conducted by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS - News), prescription drug use by younger adults for heart […]
Death rates from cancer continue to fall in the United States, dropping more than 2 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, cancer experts reported on Monday.They found important declines in deaths from lung, prostate and colorectal cancers in men, as well as in breast and colon cancer among women. Lung cancer deaths were still […]