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October 03, 2008
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Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: Insurance Needs to Step Up
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertOK, take your choice: Have breast cancer, go through treatment, and spend the rest of your life... Read more »
11 Ways to cut your cancer risk for life (according to All you)
By Angi , Health ExpertOk, ok, so I'm a little behind on my reading. It's been a busy past month seeing doctors, doing... Read more »
Evista FAQs - Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertQ. My family history of breast cancer (both my mother and sister have had it) puts me at high risk... Read more »
Hard to swallow: Understanding Dysphagia
By Amy Thomas , Health ExpertDifficulty swallowing, also called dysphagia, can occur in cancer patients for many reasons,... Read more »
Benefits of Smoking Cessation for Your Heart
By Melanie Thomassian , Health ExpertThe good news is that in recent years fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes, however many still... Read more »
Health Guide
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Investigative Agents
Investigative AgentsAccording to a 2001 article, of the nearly 500 cancer drugs currently in development, 58 of them (about 13%) are aimed at fighting lung cancer. Only the number of breast cancer... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Chemotherapy Treatments
Chemotherapy TreatmentsChemotherapy employs drugs given orally or by injection to destroy cancer cells that may have spread beyond the tumor. Until recently, there has been some doubt about the... Read more »Pneumonia: Causes
CausesBacteria are the most common cause of pneumonia. However, pneumonia can also be caused by viruses, fungi, and other agents. It is often impossible to identify the specific culprit.Many bacteria... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Travel Precautions
Travel PrecautionsVector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by insects that harbor parasitic, viral, or bacterial organisms. Common diseases include yellow fever and malaria, but there are... Read more »Stop Smoking Methods
Quitting SmokingIt's never too late to quit smoking. According to the American Cancer Society, about half of all smokers who keep smoking will die from a smoking-related disease. Quitting has... Read more »
Related News
The Effects of Vitamins on Cancer
November 05, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What effects -- if any -- do vitamins have on cancer? Two new studies have some answers. The first one from researchers at the... Read summary »
Preventing Lung Cancer
December 01, 2006NASHVILLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Marilyn Cohn was shocked when her doctor told her what was in the cards. "He said, I had lung cancer, and... Read summary »
Understanding Lung Cancer
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although it's the deadliest cancer, not all smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors are one step closer to... Read summary »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
July 16, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot... Read summary »
Could Emphysema Start in Childhood?
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Everyone knows secondhand smoke can hurt young lungs, but most of the time the risk is associated with asthma or later... Read summary »
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