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  • August 2008

    • Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

      Washington Post  |  Aug 26, 08 11:57 AM CDT

      Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

      (Newser) - A national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post . “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body of emerging evidence that screening with PSA tests and digital rectal exams saves lives,” Catalona notes. More »

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      prostate cancer  • American Cancer Society  • cancer screening  • PSA  • American Urological Association  • prostate-specific antigen

    • Panel: Don't Screen Older Men for Prostate Cancer

      New York Times  |  Aug 5, 08 2:28 AM CDT

      Panel: Don't Screen Older Men for Prostate Cancer

      (Newser) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in the patient's lifetime.But the treatment itself may be debilitating, causing impotence or incontinence,  the New York Times reports. More »

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      prostate cancer  • American Cancer Society  • PSA  • American Urological Association  • Veterans Administration  • prostate-specific antigen

  • July 2008

    • SF Votes Today on Tobacco Sales Ban

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 29, 08 3:23 AM CDT

      SF Votes Today on Tobacco Sales Ban

      (Newser) - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors votes today on whether to ban the sale of cigarettes at the city's pharmacies. City and state legislatures across America—as well as giant pharmacy chains like CVS and Wal-Mart—are carefully watching the outcome of what could be a harbinger of things to come, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      San Francisco  • Wal-Mart  • tobacco  • Yale University  • Gavin Newsom  • American Cancer Society  • CVS  • Wegmans  • cigarette sales

    • Study: Breast Self-Exams Don't Improve Cancer Survival

      WebMD  |  Jul 16, 08 11:55 AM CDT

      Study: Breast Self-Exams Don't Improve Cancer Survival

      (Newser) - Breast self-examinations, long recommended to women to detect early signs of breast cancer, serve no purpose, according to a review of the latest research. WebMD reports that 10-year studies of 388,500 women in Russia and China showed no improvement in survival rates from the self-exams, but revealed an added risk of unnecessary biopsies. More »

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      breast cancer  • American Cancer Society  • Good Morning America  • Robin Roberts

  • May 2008

    • Calif. Smog Kills 24K Each Year

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 22, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Calif. Smog Kills 24K Each Year

      (Newser) - Air pollution is responsible for the deaths of 24,000 people in California annually—three times higher than previous estimates, according to new research. Rates of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious disease increase exponentially after even minimal exposure to particles of metal, dust, or other pollution from vehicles and factory smokestacks, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

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      California  • air pollution  • cardiovascular disease  • American Cancer Society  • deaths  • industrial pollution

  • April 2008

    • Best Ways to Avoid Cancer

      LiveScience  |  Apr 8, 08 7:40 PM CDT

      Best Ways to Avoid Cancer

      (Newser) - It's not all in the genes: About half of all cancer deaths are preventable, says the American Cancer Society. Follow LiveScience's 10 healthy behaviors to reduce risk: Quit smoking! Limit alcohol consumption to one drink per day for women, two drinks per day for men (and no, you can't "save them up" for the weekend). More »

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      exercise  • diet  • American Cancer Society  • smoking cessation  • healthy habits  • cancer prevention

  • February 2008

    • US Cancer Deaths on the Rise

      Dallas Morning News  |  Feb 20, 08 12:00 PM CST

      US Cancer Deaths on the Rise

      (Newser) - Cancer deaths in the US rose slightly in 2005, according to the American Cancer Society's latest report, but the news isn't all bad: the cancer mortality rate declined 1%, continuing the downward trend since the early 1990s, the Dallas Morning News reports. "As an aging population, we will see more cancers," a researcher says, explaining the increase, despite gains from early detection and treatment. More »

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      breast cancer  • lung cancer  • prostate cancer  • American Cancer Society  • mortality rates

    • Obesity Linked to Cancers

      WebMD  |  Feb 15, 08 4:32 AM CST

      Obesity Linked to Cancers

      (Newser) - Researchers have identified a powerful link between being overweight and the risk of developing certain types of cancer. Strong links were discovered between obesity and cancer of the esophagus in men and women, and uterine endometrial and gallbladder cancers in women, reports WebMD. Researchers also found modest connections between obesity and colon cancer in men, some breast cancer in women, and blood cancers for both, according to the study published in the Lancet . More »

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      cancer  • obesity  • breast cancer  • diet  • overweight  • ovarian cancer  • American Cancer Society  • Body Mass Index  • weight gain  • Karolinska Institutet

  • September 2007

    • Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop

      Reuters  |  Sep 26, 07 7:36 AM CDT

      Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop

      (Newser) - Breast cancer mortality rates have continued to drop 2% a year, according to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society.  Diagnoses also fell 3.7% annually, both because fewer women were on hormone therapy which could have triggered more cases and because 2% fewer women were getting mammograms, preventing diagnosis, according to figures through 2004, the most recent available. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • American Cancer Society  • mammogram  • mortality  • diagnosis

  • August 2007
  • April 2007

    • Docs Tell Younger Women: Avoid Mammograms

      Washington Post  |  Apr 3, 07 8:16 AM CDT

      Docs Tell Younger Women: Avoid Mammograms

      (Newser) - Forty-something women should consider skipping their annual mammograms, the American College of Physicians is suggesting after a new review of research. Docs point to danger from radiation and unnecessary biopsies, surgery and chemotherapy, thanks in part to a high rate of false positives.  "We don't think the evidence supports a blanket recommendation," one of the authors told the Washington Post. More »

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      health  • cancer  • technology  • women  • science  • breast cancer  • American Cancer Society  • mammogram

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