Cancer
Be proud and get rid of bad luck!
Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- This day will make you more idealistic person, but also it will bring you some floating and problems in concentration and staying focused. Today’s horoscope advices you not to make important decisions and not to participate...
Hopes raised of blocking return of leukaemia
Scientists are working on a way to stop one of the most aggressive forms of acute leukaemia returning after a patient has received treatment. Recurrence of the blood cancer caused by rogue leukaemic stem cells is a major problem for doctors. But a team...
Coffee mooted as a breast cancer preventer
Women who drink lots of coffee may cut their risk of developing one type of breast cancer, according to a new study, but experts are urging caution. The Karolinska Institute findings are based on nearly 6,000 women and suggest drinking more than five...
Drinking over recommended limit 'raises cancer risk'
Drinking more than a pint of beer a day can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research suggests. The Europe-wide study of 363,988 people reported in the British Medical Journal found one in 10 of all cancers in men and one in 33 in women...
Skin cancer rates: Fears for young in UK
More than two people under 35 in Britain are diagnosed each day with malignant melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - new figures reveal. Cancer Research UK says there has been a tripling in melanoma rates among 15- and 34-year-olds since the...
Cancer charity to tidy up wikipedia
Cancer Research UK is turning its specialists loose on the internet to get them to tidy up the online encyclopaedia - wikipedia. The charity said many people researching the subject are turning to the website. But it said there were problems with accuracy...
Women's lung cancers has doubled since 1970s in over-60s
Lung cancer rates have more than doubled for women over 60 since the mid-1970s, figures show. Cancer Research UK figures say the rate rose from 88 per 100,000 in 1975 to 190 per 100,000 in 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available. Lung...
Cancer rise and sperm quality fall 'due to chemicals'
Sperm quality significantly deteriorated and testicular cancers increased over recent years, a Finnish study says. The study in the International Journal of Andrology looked at men born between 1979 and 1987. The University of Turku research suggests...
Stop, rewind: the scientists slowing the ageing process
Scientists are slowly unlocking the secrets of ageing, and some suggest treatments may soon be at hand to slow or even reverse the ageing process. But what can science really achieve, and what are the dangers of meddling with our biological clocks...
BBC: Setback for cervical cancer test hopes
By Helen Briggs Testing for human papillomavirus during cervical screening does not help doctors identify women at risk of cancer, a study suggests. A positive HPV test does not accurately predict which women need an urgent follow-up, say doctors...
