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Cancer death rate drop tied to education levels (Reuters)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:09:33 +0000

Reuters - Declines in death rates from the
four leading types of cancer in the United States since the
early 1990s have been driven largely by progress among
college-educated men and women, researchers said on Tuesday.

U.S. cancer death rate drop tied to education levels (Reuters)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:48:29 +0000

Summary Box: US plans controversial autism study (AP)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:42:27 +0000

AP - QUACK RESEARCH? The government wants to test chelation, a treatment for lead poisoning, on children with autism even though there’s no evidence it leads to improvements.

Fringe autism treatment could get federal study (AP)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:40:30 +0000

AP - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.

Medicare changes don’t affect cancer care: study (Reuters)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:22:22 +0000

Reuters - Legislation that cut fees doctors
receive for giving chemotherapy to Medicare patients has not
affected care so far, researchers reported on Tuesday.

Elderly may fare worse on prostate cancer drugs (AP)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:04:43 +0000

AP - A prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn’t spread.

Vitamin C and My Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:57:45 +0000

I have had two basal cell carcinoma skin cancers taken off of my body in the past five years, and because of my family history of skin cancer - actually, melanoma (my grandfather on my dad’s side actually died of a melanoma skin cancer), I had them both surgically removed. Actually how it went was […]

Turn off TV during meals or kids may get fat: study (Reuters)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:47:00 +0000

Reuters - Everyone knows what too much television
can do to the mind and what too little exercise can do to the
body, but a Canadian study has now shown that the boob tube can
also lead to an increase in how much we eat.

Regular exercise good for dementia patients: study (Reuters)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:21:43 +0000

Reuters - Regular daily exercise benefits
elderly women with dementia and these benefits appear to accrue
over time, researchers from the Republic of Korea report.

Quarter of Chinese adults are overweight, obese: US study (AFP)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:32:45 +0000

AFP - Declining physical activity and a shift towards a Western diet are driving up obesity rates in China, with more than 25 percent of adults now considered overweight or obese, a study warned Tuesday.