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Cancer Death Statistics
June 23, 2009
French researchers say that cancer is the second leading cause of death for people with schizophrenia. In a new study, the investigators found that cancer death rates among schizophrenics are four times the rate of the general population. This means that cancer is second only to suicide as a cause of death for people with this condition. Researchers say their finding suggests that doctors should pay closer attention to cancer prevention and detection for their schizophrenia patients.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Christine Kennard
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Health Expert
...another medical condition such as heart disease or cancer. from the interplay of another...
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By Beth Brophy
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Health Expert
The headlines are full of the good news: Cancer deaths in the U.S. declined for the second straight...
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By Dr. Justin Harmon
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Health Expert
...that the patient has "organ confined disease," or cancer that is only within the prostate and...
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By PJ Hamel
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Health Expert
...million American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and about 40,000 will die of breast...
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Health Guide
...Therefore, as a known cause of
death in the US, AAA is about equal to HIV/AIDS or several forms of
cancer. Â What are the risk factors for AAA? Risk factors for AAA include being over the age...
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...The study was supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the National
Cancer Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the Leducq Foundation, the Doris Duke...
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...the uterus. The main function of the uterus is to nourish the developing fetus prior to birth.Ovarian
CancersOvarian
cancers are potentially life-threatening malignancies that develop in one or...
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...Conditions. Pneumonia is also very dangerous in people with diabetes, cirrhosis, sickle cell disease,
cancer, and in those who have had their spleens removed.Risk by OrganismsSpecific organisms...
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...platelets.Lymphomas. Patients with SLE and other autoimmune disorders have a greater risk for developing lymph system
cancers such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). A 2005 study reported that...
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