health - "cancer"

Investigators found out by accident that two common ingredients in moisturizers increased the number of non-melanoma skin cancers, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, in mice who were exposed...

The Parkway cancer Centre in Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital gives new hope for cancer patients seeking treatment by being the first, and only centre in Southeast Asia to utilise TomoTheraphy technology as ...

Members of minority groups who perceive racial discrimination from their health care providers are less likely to be screened for breast or colon cancers, according to a recent study published in the journal cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, Reuters Health reports. For the study, researchers from

A NEW campaign has been launched to promote the health benefits of the world's 'original supernutrient' - fibre.

Neuroblastoma is one of the most devastating diagnoses a child can receive. The cancer's victims average 2 years old when the disease is detected, most often by a parent feeling a lump in a child's abdomen. By then, the disease has often reached an advanced stage, and advanced neuroblastoma kills more than 50 percent of the children in whom it develops, despite aggressive treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

Advocates, including those for breast cancer patients, are concerned about their relationship with pharmaceutical company Genentech following Roche's bid for the company, the