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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service ...
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Obesity Tied to Half a Million Cancers Worldwide, Report Shows
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is associated with close to 500,000 new cancer cases worldwide each year, and nearly two-thirds of obesity-related ...
Read More »Blue-Eyed People May Face Higher Melanoma Risk
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that genes tied to blue eyes and red hair could put ...
Read More »Smokers in Cars Pose Risk to Passengers: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that non-smoking people who sit in cars with smokers inhale some of the same cancer-causing ...
Read More »Florida’s Medical Marijuana Effort Beats Governor, But Not Enough to Pass
While recreational marijuana scored victories in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. on Election Day, one state was not able to garner enough support to allow ...
Read More »Moving Toward Blood Test for Many Cancers
TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Researchers who identified more than 800 “markers” of cancer in patients’ blood say their findings could potentially lead ...
Read More »Physicians Call for Greater Access to Palliative Care
More than 1.5 million patients received hospice care last year. But palliative care providers are concerned that one-third of those patients died within seven days ...
Read More »New Cancer Therapy: Using Oncolytic Viruses to Treat Metastatic Disease
By Brad Thompson, Ph.D. There exists a “type” of cancer that is common yet rarely discussed—metastatic disease, or cancer that has spread from the part ...
Read More »Smoking Leads to 14 Million Major Medical Conditions in U.S.
By Brad Broker Smoking cigarettes is sort of like launching a nuclear bomb inside your body. “Cigarette smoking has been found to harm nearly every ...
Read More »Video Games Maturing To Legitimate Educational Tool For Kids
By Brad Broker Video games are here to stay, so it’s time to embrace them as a viable, legitimate educational tool. No one is suggesting ...
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