New research shows risk of breast cancer is greater when women smoke before having their first child
12/05/2014
Research presented yesterday at the World Cancer Congress shows that one in eleven breast cancer cases in mothers can be prevented if women do not smoke before having their first child.
ASH releases second list of five tests and treatments to question in hematology
12/05/2014
The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional organization dedicated to the causes and treatments of blood disorders, today named five additional commonly used tests...
No link found between diabetes meds and bladder cancer
12/05/2014
Some previous studies have linked the diabetes medication pioglitazone to bladder cancer.
Researchers pinpoint chemo effect on brain cells, potential link to autism
12/05/2014
The common chemotherapy drug topotecan disrupts a gene integral for neuron communication, though the effects are reversible. The research also homes in on an underlying cause of autism.
New cause of child brain tumor condition identified
12/05/2014
Gorlin syndrome causes an increased risk of developing cancers of the skin and, rarely, in the brain. Around 1 in 30,000 people has the condition.
Prolaris for prostate cancer could save healthcare system $6 billion over 10 years
12/05/2014
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) has announced that clinical data from three studies with Prolaris in prostate cancer patients were highlighted at the 2014 Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO)...
Smokers are becoming de-sensitised to a repetitive use of the same graphic health warnings on cigarette packs - according to researchers presenting at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting.
Smoking linked to loss of Y chromosome in males
12/05/2014
Researchers have found an association between smoking and the loss of the Y chromosome in men’s blood cells, with this loss previously linked with the development of cancer.
Cons of regular low dose aspirin to stave off serious illness in women outweigh pros
12/05/2014
The pros of giving healthy women regular low dose aspirin to stave off serious illness, such as cancer and heart disease, are outweighed by the cons, suggests a large study published online in the...
Austrian researchers show encapsulation of cancer drugs reduces heart damage
12/05/2014
Austrian researchers have shown that a new technique which wraps chemotherapy drugs in a fatty cover (called a liposome) reduces heart damage, in a study presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2014 by...