April 10, 2012 -- Getting frequent dental X-rays appears to increase the risk for a commonly diagnosed brain tumor, a new study finds.

Exposure to ionizing radiation -- the kind found in X-rays -- is the biggest known environmental risk factor for (More)
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April 5, 2012 -- More than half of women in the U.S. who get annual mammograms will have at least one false-positive reading after 10 years of screening, and now new research suggests that these women may be at increased risk for breast cancer.

Women in a Danish study who had at least one false-positive mammogram were more likely to eventually be diagnosed with breast (More)
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April 5, 2012 -- Newly diagnosed cancer patients have an increased risk of suicide and death from heart attack and (More)
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April 3, 2012 (Chicago) -- Many people fear that a cancer diagnosis carries an almost certain death sentence. But a new national study shows nearly half of cancer survivors die from other conditions.

There are now nearly 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute. That's up from 3 million in 1971 and 9.8 million in 2001.

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April 3, 2012 -- Taller women may be more likely to develop ovarian cancer, a new study suggests.

What's more, an increasing body mass index or BMI also raises the risk for ovarian cancer among women who have never taken hormones during menopause.

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April 2, 2012 -- A new study suggests that routine mammograms, long pitched to women as lifesaving tests, may also be causing substantial harm.

The study estimates that as many as 1 in 4 cancers detected over a decade by routine mammograms are cancers that won't grow or spread, cause symptoms, or lead to death.

Instead, these "overdiagnosed" cancers are treated with surgery, powerful drugs, and radiation, all when the cancer wouldn't have made a woman (More)
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March 20, 2012 -- Millions of Americans who take an aspirin every day to lower their risk for heart attack and stroke may also (More)
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March 15, 2012 -- Exposure to high levels of dietary cadmium may boost the risk of breast cancer, according to new research.

Cadmium is a metal commonly found in the environment. It is also found in many farm fertilizers. From fertilizers, it can work its way into food. It is found in breads, cereals, potatoes, root crops, and vegetables.

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March 14, 2012 -- The odds of dying from prostate cancer are 21% lower 11 years after men are offered routine screening with the controversial PSA blood test, European researchers find.

Those odds go down 29% if you only count men who actually got screened in the huge European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer, or ERSPC. The study enrolled 182,160 (More)
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March 14, 2012 -- Combining a Pap test with a human papillomavirus (HPV) test can safely extend the interval between cervical cancer screenings from three years to (More)
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