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Tasmanian Devil upgraded to the endangered species list
Australia's Tasmanian Devil has been upgraded from vulnerable to endangered, now that the population has declined by 70 percent in only 13 years due to a deadly facial tumor that spreads from animal to animal. "... Colorectal cancer deaths and colonoscopy
Research in Canada to check the benefits of colonoscopy in preventing deaths from colon cancer have shown that it does have a positive effect in reducing risk of death but only significantly when the tumour is...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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285 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
What causes cancer? It's all in the genes
DNA mutations are the cause of all cancers. How the DNA becomes mutated is different in different people and leads to variations in cancers. The highlighted article by Dr. Lorne Brandes explains how our genes are...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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212 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
Tasmanian devils could be extinct in 10 years
Tasmanian devils were breeding early to beat cancer, but now they could be extinct in 10 years if a vaccine against the cancer is not found. The public has even been asked to help fund a breeding program for... Ballesteros has 12-hour operation to remove tumour
Doctors in Madrid have completed a 12-hour operation on golfer Seve Ballesteros to try and remove a brain tumour. Seve has been and still is one of the most respected and popular golfers in the world and...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
248 views | 30 recommendations | 8 comments
248 views | 30 recommendations | 8 comments
Rise in Brain Tumours across America
A story that's bubbling in the undercurrents is the rise year on year in the number of brain tumours that are being diagnosed across the United States. At the moment there is no real theory being put forward...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
383 views | 25 recommendations | 6 comments
383 views | 25 recommendations | 6 comments
The History of Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month the NP Health channel through its sub-channel Cancer feature has a special section where all stories tagged 'breast cancer awareness' will be available. With this in...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
920 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
920 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
Developments in Diagnosing and Treating Breast Cancer
Two considerable breakthroughs in the fight against breast cancer - a new diagnostic tool can detect tumours that mammograms may miss, and intense radiation treatment can be just as effective for early onset...
created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
358 views | 35 recommendations | 10 comments
358 views | 35 recommendations | 10 comments
Breast cancer vaccine hope raised
As the UK launches it nationwide free vaccination programme against HPV the virus associated with cervical cancer we get news of a possible vaccine against breast cancer. Early days yet but if the results in mice...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
406 views | 102 recommendations | 8 comments
406 views | 102 recommendations | 8 comments
Hopes raised for block on cancer
Could this be the breakthrough that will cut to the heart of cancer treatment and see real hope of a cure for many cancers? The research will need backing from not only bug drug companies but international...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
216 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
216 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Surgeons prepare for world’s first full-face transplant
"Three years after the world’s first partial face transplant, significant progress has been made with two further successful operations. A 30-year-old man who had part of his face torn off by a bear and another with a disfiguring tumour have had their quality of life... A mother's sacrifice in family hit by cancer curse: She delayed her own treat...
A mother would give anything for her child even it was risking her own life...Hope the best for both of them. " Melissa Bowmer was prepared for a gruelling programme of treatment when she was told she had...
created by sweet east pearl | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
590 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
590 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
I'm Not Fat; I Have A 30-Pound Tumor!
I thought I had gained a few pounds; I tried all kinds of diets, and it seemed that a few even worked, but I never totally lost all the weight. I chalked it up to the fact that sometimes you DO gain weight over... 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...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
535 views | 15 recommendations | 5 comments
535 views | 15 recommendations | 5 comments
Tumour turns out to be 25-year-old towel
" DOCTORS in Japan who carried out surgery on a man to remove a tumour had good news and bad news for him.The good news was he did not have cancer. The bad news: The growth that had been causing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel. The patient had been carrying...NowPublic on Facebook
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