Category Archives: Cancer
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Bad Effects: Breast Cancer?
Postmenopausal women who receive hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have a higher chance of developing aggressive breast cancer according to a recent study. The study, conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative, further found that said women also have high risk of dying from the disease. From an ABC News report: The results, from an 11-year follow [...]
Abiraterone Prostate Cancer Drug: Four More Months?
Abiraterone, a new anti-prostate cancer drug from Johnson and Johnson, has been found to add “nearly four months” to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer. Abiraterone could be made available next year as Johnson and Johnson is reportedly planning to file, at the end of the year, a marketing application for the drug [...]
Bisphenol A in Baby Bottles Increases Cancer Risk?
The use of baby bottles with chemical bisphenol A (BPA) raises the odds that a bottle-fed infant may develop prostate cancer in later life, American researchers warned the public recently. According to the Daily Mail, “the American researchers showed that giving newborn rats the chemical raised their odds of developing cellular damage that can lead [...]
Anti-Cancer Tips: Can Exercise Help You Beat Cancer?
We all know that exercise is good for keeping your heart healthy, right? Now, some doctors are now saying that exercise can also be an anti-cancer cure. Read on… ****** When you go to your doctor, what is the most frequent word that he tells you? Isn’t it, it is the word “exercise”? It is [...]
Rectal Cancer Rate Increases for Young People
The incidence of rectal cancer among people aged 40 years old and below has been increasing over the past years. This is true for all races and whether one is a man or a woman. Using time-series data (from 1973 to 2005), taken from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results cancer register which covers 7,661 [...]
