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Daily Drink Hikes Risk of Cancer Death
 Daily Drink 
 Hikes Risk of 
 Cancer Death 
study says
Feb 15, 2013 7:00 AM CST

Daily Drink Hikes Risk of Cancer Death

Alcohol-related cancer deaths surpass total from ovarian cancer: study

(Newser) - You may not consider yourself a heavy drinker, but even a relatively small amount of alcohol seems to raise the risk of death from cancer, a study finds. Researchers found that having a drink and a half or less per day was associated with 7,000 of the 19,500...

Viagra&#39;s Hidden Uses: Diet Pill, Cancer Fighter?

 Viagra's Hidden 
 Uses: Diet Pill, 
 Cancer Fighter? 
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Feb 2, 2013 12:54 PM CST

Viagra's Hidden Uses: Diet Pill, Cancer Fighter?

In mice, drug shows potential beyond ED

(Newser) - Viagra may have a future well beyond erectile dysfunction. Someday, we could perhaps see it prescribed for weight loss—or even to combat cancer, in combination with green tea. Scientists know that mice have lower rates of obesity, despite fatty diets, when they're on the drug. Now, researchers in...

Chavez's 'Complex' Cancer Surgery a Success

It's his 4th since June 2011

(Newser) - In a surgery described by his tapped successor as "complex," Cuban surgeons were indeed able to remove cancerous tissue from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. VP Nicolas Maduro called the six-hour operation a "complete success," adding, "we've lived through complex moments of tension." Some...

Hugo Chavez: Cancer Is Back

Venezuelan president will again seek treatment in Cuba

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's long battle with cancer has resumed, and the Venezuelan president will again seek treatment in Cuba, reports CNN . Speaking in a televised address to his nation last night, Chavez said "It's absolutely necessary, absolutely vital that I undergo a new operation." But in acknowledging...

Livestrong Ditches Armstrong's Name

Had officially been called Lance Armstrong Foundation

(Newser) - The Livestrong Foundation's official name was the Lance Armstrong Foundation—until Oct. 30. That day, Texas' secretary of state approved the cancer charity's bid to change its name, in a move to further distance itself from the cyclist who recently cut ties to the group . Henceforth, the Livestrong...

Tony Scott Was Cancer- Free: Coroner

Still no known motive behind Top Gun director's suicide

(Newser) - Contrary to earlier reports , Top Gun director Tony Scott wasn't suffering from brain cancer or any other serious illness when he committed suicide in August, the coroner says. Scott did, however, have "therapeutic levels" of sleep drug Lunesta and antidepressant Mirtazipine in his body, the Los Angeles Times...

Husband&#39;s Good Deed May Save His Life

 Husband's Good Deed 
 May Save His Life 
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Oct 20, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

Husband's Good Deed May Save His Life

He shaves head to support wife, discovers cancer of his own

(Newser) - A thoughtful gesture pays off in a big way: When a Georgia woman was diagnosed with breast cancer, her husband shaved his head to support her through chemotherapy. And that was how Bud Stringer discovered he had stage 3 melanoma on the top of his head, reports KSL.com , picking...

Want to Cut Cancer Risk? Have a Daily 'Multi'

Multivitamins reduce incidence by 8% in adult males

(Newser) - That multivitamin pill you've been taking—or keep meaning to take?—could actually reduce your risk of getting cancer by 8%, according to a new study . Vitamin use has taken a bashing lately , but this rigorous look at 15,000 male doctors who took a daily "multi" for...

Ailing? Maybe Your 'Mini-Me' Mouse Can Help

Doctors implant your disease into mice to hone treatment

(Newser) - The New York Times says it "could be the ultimate in personalized medicine," and it's hard to disagree. The idea is to give mice the same disease you have—as in, implant part of your tumor into the rodents—to help doctors zero in on a precise...

Vast Study Pinpoints 4 Types of Breast Cancer

Genetic study offers 'road map' to future cures

(Newser) - A sweeping, 348-author study has made giant leaps in scientists' understanding of breast cancer, with genetic analysis dividing the disease into four different types that call for different treatments. While it could take years, and perhaps dozens of clinical trials, before these therapies hit the mainstream, "this is the...

Cancer Center Launches 'Moon Shot' Fight

Houston center aims to slash death rates from 8 kinds of cancer

(Newser) - America's largest cancer center has declared an all-out $3 billion war on eight types of the disease. Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center is calling the push the "Moon Shots Program," likening it to John F. Kennedy's 1962 declaration that America would make it to the...

Feds to Cover Cancer of 9/11 Responders

US adds 50 types despite lack of direct evidence

(Newser) - On the eve of 9/11's anniversary, the federal government has added 50 kinds of cancer to the list of ailments covered by the Twin Towers health program, the AP reports. The National Institute for Occupational Safety made the announcement today after years of lobbying by 9/11 first responders, office...

Experts Target Lung Cancer With 'Tailor-Made' Drugs

Scientists look at DNA mutations in cancer tumors

(Newser) - Scientists are trying to help lung cancer sufferers by designing "personalized" drugs tailor-made to suit each DNA mutation of the disease, the New York Times reports. The first major study of squamous cell lung cancer—which kills more people annually than breast cancer or colon cancer—found that drugs...

FDA Hastily OKing Risky Drugs
 FDA Hastily OKing Risky Drugs 
experts say
Sep 5, 2012 10:50 AM CDT

FDA Hastily OKing Risky Drugs

...warn experts. But the public may be OK with that

(Newser) - The FDA's commissioner has been touting the agency's speedy approval of new medicines—but it has brought risky drugs to market, according to two drug-safety experts. Specifically, Thomas J. Moore and Curt D. Furberg found problems with cancer drug Caprelsa, multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya, and stroke prevention drug...

Did Armstrong Drug Use Give Him Cancer?
Did Armstrong Drug Use
Give Him Cancer?
opinion
Sep 3, 2012 3:48 PM CDT

Did Armstrong Drug Use Give Him Cancer?

Say it ain't so, Lance

(Newser) - So Lance Armstrong probably cheated to battle back from his cancer diagnosis in 1996—that only leveled the playing field with other cyclists. But what if steroid use gave him that cancer in the first place? "I don’t think any part of his public reputation would survive if...

Lance Armstrong: I'm Still the Champ

Cyclist defiant at cancer conference

(Newser) - "My name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor. I'm a father of five. And yes, I won the Tour de France seven times." That's how the cycling legend introduced himself at a cancer conference yesterday, even though, at least officially, that final part is...

Seriously Ill Arlen Specter Hospitalized

 Arlen Specter: 
 I Have Cancer 
UPDATED
Aug 28, 2012 11:29 AM CDT

Arlen Specter: I Have Cancer

Former senator had been hospitalized

(Newser) - After it was revealed Arlen Specter is seriously ill and had been hospitalized, he confirms to the Philadelphia Inquirer that he is fighting cancer again. The 82-year-old battled Hodgkin's disease in 2005 and again in 2008. "I am battling cancer, and it's another battle I intend to...

Vatican Pushes for ... Bald Barbie?

She could help rehab doll's image, Vatican newspaper notes

(Newser) - Forget any number of controversial stances the Vatican has taken, it's now weighing in on ... Barbie dolls. Following a Facebook campaign earlier this year, Mattel decided to launch a bald friend of Barbie in a nod to sick kids who've lost their hair and donate the dolls to...

Chemotherapy Can Actually Help ... Cancer Cells
Chemotherapy Can Actually Help ... Cancer Cells
study says
Aug 6, 2012 9:50 AM CDT

Chemotherapy Can Actually Help ... Cancer Cells

Treatment can backfire, new study finds

(Newser) - Chemotherapy can actually help cancer cells grow, a new study finds. Researchers were investigating why cancer cells, which are easy to kill in a lab setting, are so difficult to kill inside the human body, often reacting positively to chemo at first, only to quickly grow back and resist further...

Mom&#39;s Cancer, Family Deaths Kept From China Diver
Mom's Cancer, Family Deaths Kept From China Diver
olympics
Aug 2, 2012 10:36 AM CDT

Mom's Cancer, Family Deaths Kept From China Diver

News hidden from Wu Minxia to ensure success

(Newser) - Wu Minxia won gold yet again for China in the women's synchronized 3m springboard at the London Olympics, making her the first diver to ever take gold at three consecutive Games—but the honor comes at a great cost. Wu's father tells the Shanghai Morning Post that he...

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