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8-Year Old Girl Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

8-Year Old Girl Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Eight years old Chrissy Turner is battling a rare case of breast cancer.

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Eight-Year Old Girl Battles Rare Breast Cancer; Undergoes Mastectomy

While some children are busy playing and exploring the world around them, Chrissy Turner is trying to win her battle against cancer.

Height Cancer

Height Does Matter When it Comes to Cancer, According to Study

Sweden researchers have revealed the result of a study at a medical convention in Spain on Thursday showing that taller humans are more prone to get cancer than shorter people. Critics, however, have disputed the study, saying that it ignores other significant factors which could also cause the disease.

Menopause DNA

Study Reveals Certain Genes Decide When Menopause Will Start

Medical researchers have found out that certain genes may determine the onset of menopause among women. The findings of the study, which was published on Monday, could help in the development of more effective fertility drugs and help researchers better understand the medical complications that usually accompanies menopause.

Gene Tests Finds Which Patients With Breast Cancer Can Skip Chemo

Gene Tests Finds Which Patients With Breast Cancer Can Skip Chemo

A study shows that many women suffering from breast cancer may skip chemotherapy.

Intake of soy food can decrease risk of recurrence and death according to another study.

Human Breast Cancer Has Been Linked To Cattle Virus?

The cattle virus, bovine leukemia virus, has been associated with women's breast cancer according to a study led by the professor of virology in the University of California, Berkeley, Gertrude Buehring.

Two Inexpensive Generic Drugs Could Provide Better Treatment For Cancer

Two Inexpensive Generic Drugs Could Provide Better Treatment For Cancer

Two separate studies by researchers claim that two inexpensive generic drugs could reduce breast cancer deaths in postmenopausal women, says the study published in the journal The Lancet.

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Breast Cancer Deaths In Women

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Breast Cancer Deaths In Women

Women who have smoked for a long time are more at risk to dying early if they contract breast cancer, says a study conducted by Japanese researchers published in Cancer Science.

Sleep Deprivation And Irregular Sleep Patterns Can Increase Cancer Risk

Sleep Deprivation And Irregular Sleep Patterns Can Increase Cancer Risk

Sleep deprivation and irregular sleep habits can increase the risk of cancer in people, says a study published in Current Biology. It is also reported in the study that women with family history of breast cancer should strictly avoid working in shifts.

Genetic Mystery of Breast and Ovarian Cancers Unravelled

Research Unravels Genetic Mystery of Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Researchers from Francis Crick Institute, formerly known as UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, have come up with a breakthrough discovery in breast and ovarian cancers that had been in quest for decades. Scientist from Francis Crick Institute funded by Cancer Research UK cracked the genetic cause of some of the breast and ovarian cancers.

Mammograms

Mammograms Screening May Not Be That Helpful, Study Finds

Mammograms are x-ray exams of the breasts that are used for women who are asymptomatic, those women who appear normal with no breast problems.But U.S. researchers have found that breast cancer screening may not lead to fewer deaths but may lead to overdiagnosis instead.

China Battles To Contain New SARS Outbreak

National Health and Family Planning Commission Says Chronic Disease Rises in China

There is currently a spike in the rate of patients getting chronic disease, according to a nationwide health survey.

Avocado

Avocado Cures Cancer and Leukemia: The Health Benefits of Avocado

Various fruits provide carotenoids and avocado is one of the richest. Health benefits are found from the orange-yellow pigments you find in the fruit and are supplied if properly absorbed by the body.

TV Chef Sandra Lee's Double Mastectomy Postponed

Food Network's Chef Sandra Lee announced on Twitter that her double mastectomy on Thursday will be postponed until next week.

Sandra Lee

Celebrity Chef Sandra Lee Postpones Double Mastectomy

Just days after she revealed she is battling breast cancer, celebrity chef Sandra Lee announced her double mastectomy surgery has been pushed back until next week due to an upper respiratory infection she has contracted.

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