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Robert Preidt
HealthDay News
Men with jobs that expose them to high levels of sunlight are less likely to develop kidney cancer than those with little or no sunlight exposure at work, says a new study.
Previous research suggests that vitamin D, which is obtained from sun exposure and certain foods and supplements, may help prevent some cancers. Vitamin D is metabolized and most active within the kidneys.
This new study included 1,097 male and female kidney cancer...
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
Simone Weinstein’s ordeal with cancer started in the most banal way: she was tired. She had a hard time getting up in the morning, and did not even have the energy to hang out with her friends.
But Simone was 14. Her mother thought she was just a typical teenager.
“She’d say, ‘I don’t know what to do with you,’ ” said Miss Weinstein, now a 20-year-old student at Whittier College in California, who was finally given a diagnosis of the blood cancer...
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By Wendy Rigby
A diagnosis of breast cancer doesn’t mean a woman has to stop being physically active. In fact, doctors say just the opposite is true. Exercise may help keep the cancer from coming back.
San Antonian Brandi Shipman is a physically fit woman in her 30s, a successful triathlete who makes exercise part of her daily routine. Her routine was rocked a year ago by a diagnosis of breast cancer followed by surgery and chemotherapy.
“I had that ‘why me” moment for...
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Problems with devices have caused patient overexposure and led to deaths
By Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said recently it has received nearly 1,200 complaints in the last decade about devices that deliver radiation treatments to cancer patients and has called on manufacturers to help improve safety.
The FDA sent letters to 93 makers of radiation treatment devices, urging them to attend a workshop to address...
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Canadian News
Vikram Bubber was just five when he began treatment for a tumour in his middle ear, but the memories of multiple bouts of chemotherapy and lying on a cold steel table beneath a radiation beam have barely dimmed with time.
It took two years of bombarding the tumour with every tool they had before doctors pronounced him cured. True, the hearing in one ear was destroyed, nerve damage had left him with a lopsided smile, and his once-thick hair had grown back...
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New review finds significant number of mammograms, PSA tests spot tumors that don't need treating
by Randy Dotinga
HealthDay News
A new review suggests that doctors need to address the problem of overdiagnosis in cancer care -- the detection and possible treatment of tumors that may never cause symptoms or lead to death.
The review authors found that about 25 percent of breast cancers found through mammograms and about 60 percent of prostate cancers...
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More protection needed from environmental pollution, report finds
by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
Reuters
Americans are being "bombarded" with chemicals, gases and radiation that can cause cancer, and the federal government must do far more to protect them, presidential cancer advisers said in early May.
Although as many as two-thirds of cancer cases are caused by lifestyle choices like smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise, the panel said many...
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Women with the problem had higher levels of BPA, but study can't confirm cause-and-effect, experts say
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
There may be more troubling news about the ubiquitous plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA): Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have higher levels of the chemical in their bloodstream, a study finds.
The ovaries of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) develop multiple "cysts" -- immature follicles bunching together in...
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By Dr. James Meschino
Everyone knows about the dreaded C word, and far too many have direct experience with it in one way or another. A diagnosis of cancer alone can send shock waves through an entire family, office or even a community.
And with cancer risk factors (carcinogenic foods, environmental hazards, sedentary lifestyles) on the rise, there's no better time to learn about a simple, painless step you can take to reduce your risk of developing cancer - or do your...
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Americans get most medical radiation in world; dose has grown sixfold
By Marilynn Marchione
The Associated Press
We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It's true that we get too much radiation. But it's not from those sources — it's from too many medical tests.
Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of the most advanced procedures that...
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