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Radiation tag for mobile phones
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetThe government has said all cellphones should carry radiation tags. NEW DELHI: The government has said all cellphones should carry radiation tags and all indigenous manufacturers have been instructed to display Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value on mobile handsets on or b...
Discovery of mechanisms predicting response to new treatments in colon cancer
PhysOrg
| Colon cancer is a disease caused by a malignant tumour in the large intestine. When detected early the tumor is removed through surgery and patients are treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, eliminating the disease in the majority of cases. However, ...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
Austin American Statesman
| CHICAGO — New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. | The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger o...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
| New lung cancer screening guidelines recommend annual CT scans but only for current or former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74. | The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits. That's according to guidelines issued ...
Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
Atlanta Journal
| CHICAGO — New lung cancer screening guidelines recommend annual CT scans but only for current or former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74. Related Health stories » | Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers CDC: Test Boomers fo...
Woman - Cigarette Smoker - Smoking
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Women who don't smoke can still get lung cancer
Detroit Free Press
| A pesky cough, that's all. | The last thing on Michaelle Gall's mind was late-stage lung cancer. | She had just turned 41. She was a physically fit mom and nonsmoker, except for ...
Donna Summer in Concert at Hard Rock Live in the Seminole Hardrock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida USA August 18, 2010
WN / Aruna Gilbert
Donna Summer believed cause of her cancer was 9/11 attacks
NZ Herald
| Donna Summer believed the 9/11 terrorism acts contributed to her lung cancer. | The star died aged 63 this week and according to reports she had complained that toxic dust contai...
Donna Summer, queen of disco, dies of cancer at 63
WN / Aruna Gilbert
Donna Summer, queen of disco, dies of cancer at 63
Austin American Statesman
| Donna Summer, the multimillion-selling singer and songwriter whose hits captured both the giddy hedonism of the 1970s disco era and the feisty female solidarity of the early 1980...
Baby Vaccine
Creative Commons / Claudia Deza
No link proven between vitamin K shots and cancer
The Charlotte Observer
| Q: I am pregnant and concerned about the vitamin K injection that is given to newborns. I have heard that it may increase my baby’s risk for childhood leukemia. Is this true...
Aspirin
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‘Aspirin tied to lower lung cancer risk’
Independent online
Women who took aspirin at least a couple of times a week had a much lower risk of developing lung cancer, whether or not they ever smoked, according to a study of more than a thous...
Television personality Kim Kardashian arrives at the Cinema for Peace benefit for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Beverly Hills, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
AP / Jason Redmond)
Kim Kardashian & Other Celebs Urge Moms To Get Breast Cancer Screenings
Starpulse
| Kim Kardashian and Jason Segel are among the stars urging moms to get breast cancer screenings as 'gifts' to themselves this Mother's Day. |   | Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Du...
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech upon his arrival to Simon Bolivar international airport in Maiquetia near Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, May 11, 2012.
AP / Miraflores Press Office, Efrain Gonzalez
Chavez returns declaring success in fight against cancer
Deccan Chronicle
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Havana on Saturday, declaring success in his fight against cancer after a week in which he received what was supposed to be hi...
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gather for a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday March 10, 2012.
AP / Fernando Llano
Hugo Chavez ends 'successful' Cuba cancer treatment
BBC News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned from Cuba, saying he has successfully completed his radiotherapy treatment for cancer. | TV images showed Mr Chavez hugging ministers ...
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Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk: Study
Toronto Sun
| People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon cancer and, even more, rectal cancer, according to an analysis of 41 studies from around the world. | The analysis, w...
Chemotherapy medicine is readied for William Darker of Imperial Beach, Calif., as he undergoes a unique cancer treatment that uses ultra-high doses of chemotherapy that are isolated to the liver, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Surgeons thread balloons up blood vessels to the liver to block off its normal blood supply
AP / J. Scott Applewhite
What does it mean to say that something causes 16% of cancers?
Boing Boing
| A few days ago, news reports claimed that 16 per cent of cancers around the world were caused by infections. This isn’t an especially new or controversial statement, as thereâ€...
Kelly Clarkson perfoms during the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball at the Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise, Florida - December 10, 2011
WN / Aaron Gilbert
Kelly Clarkson Moved By Seattle Cancer Patients' 'Stronger' Video
Starpulse
| Singer Kelly Clarkson has promised to pay a visit to a children's hospital in Washington after several young cancer patients made a touching video to the tune of her hit song Str...
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Man - Sleep - Snoring Snoring and disturbed sleep may increase cancer risk
The Daily Telegraph
People who snore and suffer from disturbed sleep may have a heightened risk of dying from cancer, a study has shown. | People with sleep disordered br... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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A flock of migratory birds are seen in Dal  lake in Srinagar India, on December 13, 2011 After brief respite from the intense cold, mercury in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir plunged below the freezing point. Kamchatka testing migrant birds for radiation
Zeenews
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Migrant birds arriving in Kamchatka from the side of Japan will be tested for radiation, the Kamchatka government said. | Th... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Beer - Alcohol - Drinker Chinese herbal extract may help curb binge drinking
Newstrack India
| Washington, May 18 (ANI): An extract of the Chinese herb kudzu dramatically reduces drinking and may be useful in the treatment of alcoholism and cu... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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