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Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk - Thu, 2 Sep 2010
Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other  studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.


Osteoporosis - Cancer - Bisphosphonate - Health - Conditions and Diseases

Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay - Wed, 1 Sep 2010
The popular diabetes drug Metformin could stave off lung cancer in smokers and deserves further study, a new study finds.
Cancer - Lung cancer - Health - Lung - Diabetes mellitus

Ovary removal may benefit high-risk women - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
Cancer - Ovary - Ovarian cancer - Conditions and Diseases - Oophorectomy

Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit - Sat, 28 Aug 2010
They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up.


Medicare - United States - Health - Health care - Tobacco

Oesophageal cancer rates rise steeply in men - Sat, 28 Aug 2010
Rates of oesophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, scientists said on Saturday.
Esophageal cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Gastrointestinal

Doctors look for small tumor, find 56-pounder - Fri, 27 Aug 2010

A member of the surgery team of the Gandulfo hospital in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province, shows the 56-pound tumor removed from a patient's womb.Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.



Tumor - Cancer - Uterus - Health - Conditions and Diseases

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