What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

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'Bubbles' may help treat cancer

Chemotherapy can be very effective but the chemicals used reach every part of the body and can cause problems.This method offers hope of being able to target specific areas of the body with the chemicals by...

Jam and jelly fight cancer

Pectin is known to all jam and jelly makers as an important ingredient used widely at this time of the year as folks boil up the fruit and berries that autumn brings so that we can enjoy them the year through. To...

Bisphenol A Reduces Chemotherapy Effectiveness

Bisphenol A, or BPA, can significantly reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in cancer patients, say researchers from the University of Cincinnati.  The man-made chemical, prolific in many...

US Scientists to test if cancer cure can work in humans

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIf this proves promising and a cancer cure is the result. Other News of problems plaguing us, such as high gas prices, global warming,  wars, economy etc will be...

Drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread

"A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. It is the first large study to affirm wider anti-cancer hopes for Zometa...

Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds

Inevitably, on hearing that vitamin D has "anti-cancer benefits", our first inclination would be to stock up on the readily available tablet supplements of the vitamin. But that may not be the best thing to do, as...

Avastin approved in Europe for treatment of lung cancer patients

- First Medicine Shown to Extend Survival Beyond One Year in Previously Untreated Lung Cancer Patients Basel (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Avastin (bevacizumab), Roche's innovative anti-cancer drug, was approved today in Europe for the first-line treatment of patients...

Anti-cancer chicken eggs produced

"Report came in that UK scientists,The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, have developed genetically modified chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting drugs.”One of the characteristics of lots of medical treatments these days is that...

More evidence for tea’s anticancer potential : Study

"Teas, both green and black, have potent anti-cancer effects against a wide range of tumours, says a new study led by the US Department of Agriculture that adds to an ever growing body of science behind the...

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