Eight week test target for ‘biggest killer’ heart disease Patients could be diagnosed and treated for heart disease sooner as more tests now need to be carried out within an eight week waiting time target. Cardiovascular (heart and circulatory) disease is the biggest killer in Wales, with more than 9,000 […]
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Promising Treatment For Cancer Cured 97 Percent Of Tumors In Mice, Human Trials Set This Year A vaccine-like cure for cancer successfully removes 97 percent of tumors in mice, although its translation to human pathology still has a long way to go. Researchers from Stanford University tested a promising cure […]
Californians to take their coffee with a cancer warning A Los Angeles judge has determined that coffee companies must carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said Wednesday that Starbucks and other companies failed to show that […]
A Cancer ‘Vaccine’ Cured 97% of Tumors in Mice. What’s That Mean for People A promising new cancer “vaccine” that cured up to 97 percent of tumors in mice will soon be tested in humans for the first time — but experts say that we’re still a long way off […]
Doctors remove 30-pound tumor from man’s beer belly Kevin Daly was worried that even when he lost 34 pounds, his beer belly wasn’t going away. “I don’t even like beer,” he explained to the New York Daily News. “I was lean. I’m 6’3″ and very athletic.” The financial planner shed […]
Is Chronic Knee Pain Linked to Depression? About 13 percent of women and 10 percent of men over 60 have knee pain as a result of osteoarthritis (OA). Knee pain from OA can make it harder to take care of yourself, lesson the amount of exercise you get, and can […]
Colon Cancer Can Be Prevented and Treated Although cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, colorectal cancer is one of the cancers that we can actually prevent, the World Health Organization says. The colon is a long, muscular tube that’s also known as the large intestine. It […]
Back pain we’re treating it all wrong In less affluent times, Malady X sufferers kept working because they had no choice. In most cases their trouble eventually went away. But then the world became richer, people exercised less and medicine became more sophisticated. Paradoxically, this has caused Malady X – […]
Flu drug designed to kill the virus in a day approved in Japan A new drug that its makers say will kill the flu virus in just a day, called Xofluza, just received a fast-tracked approval that could bring it to store shelves in Japan by May. The drug, which […]
Even moderate alcohol consumption may increase risk of certain cancers, experts warn Consuming alcoholic beverages, even in moderation, may increase your risk of developing certain cancers, according to a new statement released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). “People typically don’t associate drinking beer, wine, and hard liquor […]
