health - "cancer"

Three sisters say they are living under a 'death sentence' after all of them were diagnosed with breast cancer.

A patient who refuses traditional breast cancer treatment : 'Apparently, this woman was a die-hard believer in 'alternative medicine.' And I do mean 'die hard,' as she will quite likely die very hard for her ...

A new University of Michigan study in mice suggests that a drug recently approved to fight cancer tumors is also able to reduce the effects of graft-versus-host disease, a common and sometimes fatal complication for people who have had bone marrow transplants.

As demand for paddlefish caviar has grown, health officials have become  uneasy  about a variety of toxins found in the eggs, including mercury, chlordane and cancer-causing PCBs.

As demand for paddlefish caviar has grown, health officials have become uneasy about a variety of toxins found in the eggs, including ...

A new study shows that women who get breast conserving surgery, or lumpectomy, to treat breast cancer are more likely to have depression symptoms and worse quality of life if there is pronounced breast ...

The National cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) will make $2.5 million in grants to support research on smokeless tobacco.

Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson cancer Research Center have developed a method that allows for the early detection of a common mechanism of resistance on drug treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Diet and exercise have long been associated with reducing risk factors for heart disease and cancer. Emerging research suggests a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders. “Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain,” said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery [...]

It's now easier than ever for cancer patients (and their relatives who come bearing presents) to find skin-care lines made specially for them.