How can a soggy croissant save your life? In two words, capillary action. The same scientific phenomena that causes a croissant to soak up coffee or a paper towel to absorb spilled milk has enabled IBM...
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" Women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer, according to updated guidelines set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Before having a mammogram, women...
Scientists believe that a new drug, PBOX-15, will be highly effective in killing formerly resistant cancer cells in patients who have been non-responsive to previous treatments. Adult patients who have displayed a...
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A new study out of the Cork Cancer Research Centre in Detroit says curry can potentially cure oesophageal cancer. It is believed that curcumin contained in curry is the chemical responsible for killing cancer cells. What is very interesting is that curcumin kills...
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Peter Criss, the ex-drummer frm KISS was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2007; he is now cancer free, but is using what happened to him as an example of what all men should be aware of, and that men should...
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World is now One way while Doctors are stern upto superstitious limits. One leading Science mag earlier mentioned that 'even utensils' could cause cancer, so on and so forth; fact is that in this half-minded...
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During the health care debate this year, we have heard several healthy politicians about how a public health care option will cause "death." The list includes former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, Sen. Chuck...
Three U.S. scientists have been recognized by the Krolinska Institute in Sweden for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. This discovery has implications for...
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According to a ten year study, with the results published in the journal Cancer, there is a trend for more women opting for double mastectomies when faced with cancer in one breast. "There is no evidence that having a preventive mastectomy improves survival, according to lead...
Yesterday, I highlighted a news story which reported that a 14-year-old girl in England had died shortly after receiving the jab which vaccinates against cervical cancer. It transpires today that it is unlikely that the vaccination jab brought about Morton's death, but rather...
"A 14-year-old schoolgirl has died after being given a vaccine to protect against cervical cancer as part of the national immunisation programme. Some of her classmates suffered side-effects such as dizziness and nausea. " Well, this is going to up the anti, I mean ante, on...
The leading cause of cancer in Western countries has researchers from Europe say its obesity. Being fat and overweight has been accounted for 8 percent of Europe. "Experts said that figure is poised to increase...
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Are government-run health care programs good or bad? U.S. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor can't seem to decide. At a public forum Monday in Richmond, Va., the Virginia Republican contradicted himself and said...
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Patrick Swayze, the American actor/dancer who danced his way into our hearts, has today lost his almost two year battle with pancreatic cancer. He died in his home with his family and loved ones beside...
Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revoluion, has passed away at his home in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 95. Borlaug died from complications of cancer. He was one of only five people who had won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the...
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