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Less educated Americans encounter higher cancer risks—study

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 19:13 by Anupreet Kaur

The American Cancer Society’s annual cancer report unveiled Friday reveals that less educated Americans confront higher cancer risks as compared to their educated counterparts.

Soon a frog-skin drug to treat cancer

Thu, 06/09/2011 - 17:11 by NeelamGoswami

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland have discovered that proteins in the skins of some little-known frogs and toads have the potential to treat a number of ailments like cancer, diabetes and stroke.

Women's lung cancer deaths drop for the first time in 40 years

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 17:09 by Neka Sehgal

In what could be termed as a turnaround for lung cancer deaths in American women, a new government study found the rates of women succumbing to the malignancy has declined for the first time in 40 years.

Salmonella bacteria may help fight cancer--study

Thu, 03/10/2011 - 17:25 by Jaspreet Virk

Did you ever imagine that salmonella, a dangerous bacteria, linked to many food recalls could come as a rescue to people suffering from cancer?

Toenails can tell if you will develop lung cancer

Tue, 03/08/2011 - 13:42 by Yasser Ali

Your toenails can predict your risk for lung cancer, according to findings of a recent study carried out by researchers from the University of California-San Diego Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health.

Facebook photo helps diagnose toddler with cancer

Fri, 03/04/2011 - 17:40 by Jaspreet Virk

Facebook might have received flak for encouraging unhealthy eating habits among teens and rising divorce rate, but the social networking site has helped save a critically ill 4-year-old boy.

Red wine effective in breast cancer treatment--study

Tue, 02/15/2011 - 16:38 by Jaspreet Virk

Women who are undergoing breast cancer treatment should drink a glass of wine everyday, as it increases the drug's ability to fight cancer, a new study finds.

'Last Tango in Paris' star Maria Schneider dies at 58

Fri, 02/04/2011 - 17:33 by Neka Sehgal

French actress Maria Schneider, best remembered for her most famous role as Marlon Brando's young and sexy lover in the 'Last Tango in Paris', died this morning after a battling a long illness, reportedly cancer. She was 58.

Heavy smoking ups breast cancer risk--study

Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:23 by Jaspreet Virk

Here's another reason why women should quit smoking. Apart from causing heart attack or lung cancer, puffing the smoke increases breast cancer risk.

Hidden Stocks for High Returns

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 12:44 by Rich Duprey

Like the song says, investors are looking for stocks to love in all the wrong places. They'll pile into the momentum stocks everyone else buys, but ignore lesser-known opportunities for fear of straying from the crowd.

86 and ill, Pa. hunter crowns career

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 09:48 by Prince damin

York, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man had an auspicious start to what may be his last deer hunting season, bagging an 8-point buck with one shot, the largest he's ever shot.

Lester Warner, 86, has metastatic prostate cancer and recently stopped treatment, the York Daily Record reported.

He wanted to spend the opening day of hunting season with his family, as he has for decades, but his sons, Brian and Scott, were not sure he would make it.

The sons brought a recliner for their father use on Broadtop Mountain in Huntingdon County. At dawn Sunday, they drove him to the summit, watched the sun rise and waited for a deer.

Low-dose aspirin cuts cancer risk--study

Tue, 12/07/2010 - 12:59 by Anter Prakash Singh

A recent study has suggested that aspirin may lower the risk of cancer-related-death by as much as 20 percent, if taken regularly for a long period. Till now, aspirin has been associated with lowering the risk of heart disease, but the study found that it curtails the risk of solid tumor cancers also.