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Brazil Bans Tanning Salons

dasha — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:01:07 +0000

Brazilian authorities put a national ban on tanning salons. The National Health Surveillance Agency announced the decision on November 11.(...)
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Post tags: cancer, health, melanoma, skin, Suntan, tan, tanning

A Gene Linked with Breast Cancer Has Been Discovered

dasha — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:10 +0000

A new study has just been published in Oncogene reporting the discovery by British scientists of a gene connected with the development and growth of a significant number of breast cancer cases. It is a gene located on chromosome 8 which is called NRG1 (neuregulin-1).(...)
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KISS Drummer Peter Criss: Breast Cancer Is Not Only Woman’s Disease

dasha — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:17:29 +0000

Peter Criss, an iconic drummer and a founding member of the rock band KISS, beat a rare disease among men – breast cancer. He says too many men are not aware they could fall prey to breast cancer and refuse treatment, hoping discomfort will go away.

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Vitamin D Helps Cancer Patients Survive

dasha — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:38:36 +0000

Cancer sufferers receive considerable alleviation from vitamin D, the Sun vitamin, as recent research showed. Such is the conclusion reached in two studies published in the British Journal of Cancer and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. They are the result of a joint research conducted by specialists from Leeds University in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health.

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Post tags: cancer, health, melanoma, vitamin

Men Are More Likely to Abandon Their Sick Wives

dasha — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:08:41 +0000

A recent study by American scientists found that men are seven times as likely to leave their seriously sick wives as women to dump over their sick husbands. Experts studied data about how 500 married couples dealt with the diagnosis of a life-endangering disease such as cancer.

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Divorce Makes It Harder to Fight Cancer

dasha — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:02:50 +0000

According to a recent study, stress associated with divorce has a negative effect on cancer patients, as family breakdown leads to weaker immune system and thus makes it harder for the patients to fight cancer.

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Risks and Threats of Vaccination against Cervical Cancer

dasha — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:17:13 +0000

A tragic death of British schoolgirl Natalie Morton was the first lethal accident connected to a vaccine against cervical cancer called Cervarix. Doctors say that the cause of death was the girl’s “individual reaction” to the shot.(...)
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New Diabetes Medication Found Effective against Breast Cancer

dasha — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:51:22 +0000

A recent study in Cancer Research reports that a new medication made up of a well-known diabetes cure Metformin and an anti-cancer agent may become the best cancer inhibitor so far.

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Salvatore Ferragamo Pink Collection Goes to Asia

dasha — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:57:39 +0000

Salvatore Ferragamo has prepared a new limited collection to be sold in Asia in October, according to information from Reuter’s.(...)
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Post tags: breast cancer, cancer, collection, designer, fashion, Salvatore Ferragamo, wear

5 Myths about Unhealthy Effects of Cosmetics

tania — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:52:05 +0000

Cosmetic products are intended to enhance the look of our skin. There is a belief, however, that some beauty products are actually unhealthy rather than healthy. Geniusbeauty.com tried to find reasons behind 5 most common myths about cosmetics.

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Obesity Is Proved to Damage Brain

tania — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:44:47 +0000

The list of the insidious influence of obesity on different parts of the human body is growing larger by year. It has long been known that obesity poses threats of certain kinds of cancer, asthma, high blood pressure, heart diseases and diabetes.

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Post tags: brain, cancer, diabetes, health, memory, obesity, Weightloss

Beautiful Suntan and Skin Cancer: Two Sides of One Coin

tania — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:24:12 +0000

A while ago scientific studies suspected tanning beds to be ‘probable carcinogens’; unfortunately, further research proves that they are conducive to developing skin cancer.

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Periodic Dieting Lowers Breast Cancer Risk

tania — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:49:51 +0000

Periodically cutting down on calories is better protection from breast cancer than regular dieting. The fact was discovered by scientists from Hormel Institute, an independent research branch of the University of Minnesota.

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Chocolate Is Healthy for Your Heart

tania — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:20:47 +0000

The health benefits of chocolate remain very much questionable, and it looks as though they haven’t been thoroughly studied yet.

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Breast Cancer May Yield to the New Drug

tania — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:59:11 +0000

Until lately the master cells that stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells have been regarded as invincible to chemotherapy. Although the cancer treatment technology was developing, there was surprisingly little headway in targeting those master cells in many kinds of cancer.

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Beetroot Juice Enhances Physical Endurance

tania — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:17:21 +0000

The salubrious effects of beetroot juice include its ability to bring down blood pressure, clean the liver and the spleen. Some scientists believe that it has some anti-carcinogenic properties.

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Go Easy on Iced Coffee – Calories Go Overboard

tania — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:44:01 +0000

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has warned us in their recent study that a combination of sugar, coffee and cream or fat milk, better known as “iced coffee”, contains too much fat and calories. Actually it is comparable with a full evening meal.

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The More Moles – the Slower Aging

tania — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:09:03 +0000

The tireless British scientists came to some surprising conclusions; as it turns out, the number of moles may be a good indicator of the body’s rate of aging.

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Bread Crust Helps Prevent Bowel Cancer

tania — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:24:09 +0000

Eat bread crusts if you want to protect yourself from bowel cancer. Scientists have discovered that the antioxidant produced during bread baking prevents certain changes in the body which lead to cancer development.

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Vegetarians Run Less Risk of Developing Certain Types of Cancer

tania — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:22:40 +0000

There is a marked difference in contracting some cancer diseases between those who consume meat and those who stick to strict vegetarianism.

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