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10,000 Australians demand bowel cancer screening
21 July 2009A community-based Cancer Council advocacy campaign has motivated 10,000 Australians to call for expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, amid new research showing 93 percent of bowel ... - more
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Smokers remain in the dark about health problems: Quit calls for bigger graphic health warnings
5 February 2009More than 1 in 5 smokers believe the dangers of smoking are exaggerated, and half of smokers don't spontaneously identify lung cancer as a smoking-caused illness, according to new data. - more
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Charred meat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer
29 April 2009Meat cooked at high temperatures to the point of burning and charring may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th ... - more
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Men May Not Be Adequately Involved in Decisions About Prostate Cancer Screening
3 October 2009Men largely make decisions about prostate cancer screening based on conversations with their clinicians, but these discussions often do not include information about the risks of testing in addition ... - more
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FDA and public health experts warn about electronic cigarettes
3 August 2009The US Food and Drug Administration announced that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ... - more
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Genetic cause of primary immune deficiency disease found
7 October 2009Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation that accounts for a perplexing condition found in people with an inherited immunodeficiency. The disorder, called ... - more
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People who exercise lower their risk of colon cancer
9 March 2009An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ... - more
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Cheap, delicious and easy way to prevent breast cancer
3 April 2009Eating mushrooms and drinking green tea could protect against breast cancer, a study conducted jointly by the University of Western Australia and Zhejiang University in China has found. - more
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Pancreatic tumour growth prevented in mice by inhibiting key protein
11 February 2009Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein critical for the growth of pancreatic cancer. Blocking the expression of the protein slowed or prevented tumour growth ... - more
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New drug targets prostate cancer
5 March 2009Scientists at Melbourne’s Burnet Institute have developed a potential new treatment for patients with prostate cancer. An article, which described the invention, has recently been published in ... - more
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