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Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs dies of liver cancer

Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs dies of liver cancer

Disease And Conditons

25 Oct 2010
Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs died of liver cancer in London Monday morning. Isaacs was diagnosed with cancer of the liver which spread to other organs. He ...

Michael Douglas recovering from throat cancer: Plans to have another baby

Michael Douglas recovering from throat cancer: Plans to have another baby

Disease And Conditons

24 Oct 2010
Michael Douglas has now finished his eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatment for stage 4 throat cancer and it seems unlikely that he will ...

UPDATE: 33% of adults in the United States have diabetes

UPDATE: 33% of adults in the United States have diabetes

Disease And Conditons, Science

22 Oct 2010
The CDC released a study that says 33% of all Americans currently have diabetes and that number could triple in the next 40 years. "It's alarming," ...

 
33% of U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050

33% of U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050

Disease And Conditons

22 Oct 2010
A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 1/3 of U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050, ...

UPDATE: Aspirin could cut colorectal cancer, study finds

UPDATE: Aspirin could cut colorectal cancer, study finds

Disease And Conditons, Science

22 Oct 2010
A new study shows that low doses of aspirin taken to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes can also lower the risk of ...

Study shows aspirin lowers colorectal cancer risk

Study shows aspirin lowers colorectal cancer risk

Disease And Conditons, Science

21 Oct 2010
According to a new study, Long-term aspirin therapy is associated with a reduced risk of Colorectal cancer. A team of researchers from Oxford University found ...

 
listeriosis bacteria forces massive recall at SanGAr plant

listeriosis bacteria forces massive recall at SanGAr plant

Disease And Conditons

21 Oct 2010
Health officials in Texas, investigating five deaths closed SanGar Produce & Processing Co. on Wednesday and ordered the recall of fresh cut fruit and vegetables, ...

Common prostate cancer drugs increased risk of diabetes and heart attacks

Common prostate cancer drugs increased risk of diabetes and heart attacks

Disease And Conditons

21 Oct 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday new warnings on the labels of commonly used hormonal prostate cancer drugs because of evidence ...

Hormone therapy to control estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk

Hormone therapy to control estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk

Disease And Conditons, Science

19 Oct 2010
New findings from a landmark nationwide study offers new information about hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Not only does it increase the risk of getting breast ...

 
Tom Bosley dies after brief battle with lung cancer

Tom Bosley dies after brief battle with lung cancer

Disease And Conditons

19 Oct 2010
Tom Bosley, the actor best known as the "Happy Days" dad, died today after what his family called a "brief battle" with lung cancer. He ...

Father of fractal geometry dies from pancreatic cancer: Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Father of fractal geometry dies from pancreatic cancer: Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Disease And Conditons

17 Oct 2010
Benoit B. Mandelbrot, the inventor of “fractal geometry” died of in Cambridge on Thursday of pancreatic cancer. He was 85. The wold famous mathematician was ...

Yoga can reduce symptoms of fibromyalgia

Yoga can reduce symptoms of fibromyalgia

Disease And Conditons, Science

16 Oct 2010
According to a new study, women with fibromyalgia (FM), a painful disease that affects more than 11 million Americans, yoga can reduce symptoms of the ...

 
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