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Study suggests link of cleaners to breast cancer
July 23, 2010 – 11:50 am | 5 Comments
Study suggests link of cleaners to breast cancer

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A survey of Massachusetts women has found a potential link between the use of household cleaners and air fresheners and breast cancer.
The study included interviews with 787 women who had breast cancer and 721 who …

Warning, Gardasil may cause increased risk of cervical cancer
July 8, 2010 – 6:58 pm | 2 Comments
Warning, Gardasil may cause increased risk of cervical cancer

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by Norma Erickson. Would you consent to giving your child a vaccine that caused an increased risk of cancer? That may be exactly what you are doing when you consent to Gardasil.
According to …

Coffee and Cancer Risk: Java Junkies Less Likely to Get Tumors, Study Says
June 23, 2010 – 11:11 am | 3 Comments
Coffee and Cancer Risk: Java Junkies Less Likely to Get Tumors, Study Says

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Evidence is brewing that coffee can prevent cancer.
The latest study shows that java junkies are significantly less likely to develop head and neck cancer – and the more coffee consumed, the lower the risk. …

Increased Risk Of Cancer With Blood Pressure Medications
June 14, 2010 – 3:46 pm | 3 Comments
Increased Risk Of Cancer With Blood Pressure Medications

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University Hospitals Case Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered new research showing an increased risk of cancer with a group of blood pressure medications known as angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs).

Breast Cancer Cells: Death By Peaches, Plums
June 8, 2010 – 10:23 am | 2 Comments
Breast Cancer Cells: Death By Peaches, Plums

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Breast cancer cells – even the most aggressive type – died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at Texas AgriLife Research recently, and scientists say the results are deliciously promising. Not …

Dental X-rays ‘could increase risk of thyroid cancer’
June 2, 2010 – 11:08 am | 5 Comments
Dental X-rays ‘could increase risk of thyroid cancer’

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A new study has found repeated exposure to dental X-rays could be linked with an increased risk of developing thyroid cancer.
In the largest study of its kind researchers found the risk of developing the cancer …

Green tea ‘may block lung cancer’
May 28, 2010 – 12:47 pm | No Comment
Green tea ‘may block lung cancer’

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Drinking green tea may offer some protection against lung cancer, say experts who studied the disease at a medical university in Taiwan. The latest work in more than 500 people adds to growing evidence suggesting …

Hormones in U.S. Beef Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
May 26, 2010 – 1:46 pm | 4 Comments
Hormones in U.S. Beef Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

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Beef produced in the United States is heavily contaminated with natural or synthetic sex hormones, which are associated with an increased risk of reproductive and childhood cancers, warns Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, Chairman of the …

Allergy sufferers ‘less prone to cancer’
May 25, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Allergy sufferers ‘less prone to cancer’

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Scientists found children with allergies to airborne substances were 40 per cent less likely to develop leukaemia than other youngsters while asthma sufferers were 30 per cent less likely to get ovarian cancer than others.
The …

Rats on junk food pass cancer down the generations
May 18, 2010 – 11:53 am | 2 Comments
Rats on junk food pass cancer down the generations

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Genes may not be the only way cancer passes down the generations. Feeding pregnant rats a fatty diet puts both their daughters and granddaughters at greater risk of breast cancer.
Sonia de Assis of Georgetown University …