Overcoming obesity will reduce cancer risk
SouthtownStar Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:02 AM PDT
Over the past 15 years, obesity rates have risen by 48 percent according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. If this rate continues to increase, it will eventually cancel out the life expectancy and quality-of-life benefits gained by the declining smoking rate. To help reduce your risk of being overweight, the American Cancer Society recommends balancing physical ... |
Gary native remembered for love of harp, libraries
Post-Tribune Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT
CHICAGO -- Gary native Karen Skubish, known as the unofficial hostess for Chicago's Newberry Library for more than 40 years, has died. Skubish died of lung cancer Aug. 26 at the age of 65. She is survived by her husband, John Bellino, and her daughter Tessa Theotokatos. A graduate of Emerson School in Gary, Skubish loved libraries and the harp. She played for countless weddings and events at the ... |
Michael Douglas vows to 'beat' throat cancer
Evening Standard Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT
The ' Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ' actor - who has two children Dylan, 10, and seven-year-old Carys with wife Catherine Zeta Jones , as well as 31-year-old Cameron with former spouse Diandra - was diagnosed with a tumour in his throat last month and is now set to undergo eight weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the hope of ridding his body of the disease but remains positive about ... |
Ovary removal helps women at high risk cancer risk
Chicago Sun-Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:00 AM PDT
Women with genetic mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer can significantly reduce their risk of developing these cancers -- and dying from them -- by undergoing preventive removal of their healthy ovaries, according to a new study.The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , is the first to show that preventive removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes ... |
Ovary removal may benefit high-risk women
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:59 AM PDT
CHICAGO - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests. |
Famed Tasmanian devil euthanised
Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:57 AM PDT
SYDNEY - A TASMANIAN devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanised after succumbing to the disease, researchers said on Wednesday. The death of the devil - previously heralded as a possible key to saving the species - is another blow for scientists struggling to stop the rapid spread of the cancer ... |
Michael Douglas fights cancer
News 24 South Africa Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:54 AM PDT
Michael Douglas has said that he feels optimistic about recovering from throat cancer even though he has the most advanced stage. |
Hollywood Buildings Turn Blue Tonight for Prostate Cancer
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:54 AM PDT
Prominent buildings around Los Angeles are turning blue tonight in support of Blue September. The iconic Capital Records Building and Paramount Studio's Melrose Gate and Water Tower and the historic Ramada West Hollywood will all be bathed in blue light, gifting motorists and spectators with a unique once-off view of the familiar Los Angeles skyline. |
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