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Study: Avoiding Diabetes May reduce Cancer Risk

Study: Avoiding Diabetes May reduce Cancer Risk

Posted by on April 4, 2011 · 1 Comment

The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study has revealed a relationship between diabetes and cancer. The study suggests that diabetes presents lower risk of prostate cancer in men but raises the risk of other cancers in both men and women. Previous epidemiologic studies have shown an association between diabetes and an increased risk for cancers including colorectal, liver and pancreas, according to Gabriel [...]
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Researchers Discovered Genes That Increase The Risk of Lung Cancer

Researchers Discovered Genes That Increase The Risk of Lung Cancer

Posted by on March 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

In a research conducted by the Norwegian researchers it seems like they have discovered genes that not only increase one’s risk of lung cancer, but perhaps one’s urge to smoke as well.  Researchers are now aiming to work on developing a blood test for lung cancer. Professor Frank Skorpen of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health at the Norwegian [...]
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Aspirin’s Ability To Protect Against Colorectal Cancer is Limited To Individuals Already at Risk

Aspirin’s Ability To Protect Against Colorectal Cancer is Limited To Individuals Already at Risk

Posted by on March 10, 2011 · 1 Comment

A new study shows that because of elevations in a particular inflammatory factor in the blood, the reduced risk of colorectal cancer associated with taking aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be confined to individuals already at risk. In a report in the March issue of Gastroenterology, investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [...]
Filed in: Cancer, Researches
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