http://www.wddty.com/cancer en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 Why is it that some sunbathers get melanoma, or skin cancer, and some don’t? One unsuspected risk factor is endometriosis, and a woman who has had the problem is nearly twice as likely to also develop melanoma. http://www.wddty.com/skin-cancer-why-some-sun-worshippers-are-more-likely-to-get-it-than-others.html http://www.wddty.com/skin-cancer-why-some-sun-worshippers-are-more-likely-to-get-it-than-others.html Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:54:00 GMT Health CT (computed tomography) scans are the cause of up to 2 per cent of all cancers. The effect could be far worse among children, who are more sensitive to irradiation. http://www.wddty.com/ct-scans-they-are-responsible-for-2-per-cent-of-all-cancers.html http://www.wddty.com/ct-scans-they-are-responsible-for-2-per-cent-of-all-cancers.html Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:55:00 GMT Health A standard treatment for prostate cancer may spread the disease to other parts of the body, a new study has suggested. http://www.wddty.com/prostate-cancer-therapy-may-spread-the-disease.html http://www.wddty.com/prostate-cancer-therapy-may-spread-the-disease.html Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:59:00 GMT Health The western diet of red meat, starch and sweets may be a major cause of breast cancer among postmenopausal women. It could double the risk compared to a diet that’s rich in vegetables, a new study has discovered. http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-western-diet-could-be-to-blame.html http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-western-diet-could-be-to-blame.html Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:56:00 GMT Health If your mother suffered from breast cancer, it doesn’t mean that you will. Just 14 per cent of women with breast cancer had a family history of the disease, according to new figures. http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-just-because-your-mother-had-it-it-doesn-t-mean-you-will.html http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-just-because-your-mother-had-it-it-doesn-t-mean-you-will.html Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:27:00 GMT Health Does the standard deodorant cause breast cancer? High levels of aluminium have been found in the breast tissue of cancer patients – and the standard deodorant and anti-perspirant is 90 per cent aluminium. http://www.wddty.com/careful-with-that-deodorant-it-may-cause-breast-cancer.html http://www.wddty.com/careful-with-that-deodorant-it-may-cause-breast-cancer.html Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:33:00 GMT Health Colon cancer is often caused by a Western diet that’s high in red meats, processed and refined foods – and, not surprisingly, scientists have discovered that it’s likely to recur, and even prove fatal, in people who have been ‘cured’ if they don’t change their bad eating habits. http://www.wddty.com/colon-cancer-keep-eating-the-burger-and-fries-and-it-ll-come-back.html http://www.wddty.com/colon-cancer-keep-eating-the-burger-and-fries-and-it-ll-come-back.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:03:00 GMT Health Breast cancer is on the increase – and it may be partly due to the use of biopsies, which test if tissue is cancerous. http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-biopsies-may-be-responsible-for-the-rise-in-the-over-50s.html http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-biopsies-may-be-responsible-for-the-rise-in-the-over-50s.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:50:00 GMT Health The humble black raspberry may be a powerful cancer fighter, researchers believe. A gel that was made from the fruit completely cleared up lesions in several patients with oral cancer, and it improved the condition in others. http://www.wddty.com/oral-cancer-black-raspberry-gel-offers-hope-to-victims.html http://www.wddty.com/oral-cancer-black-raspberry-gel-offers-hope-to-victims.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:44:00 GMT Health The standard mammogram test detects only half of all breast cancers in the vital early stages. A new study has found that the mammogram x-ray scan picks up just 56 per cent of early-stage breast lesions in women classified as being in a high-risk group. http://www.wddty.com/mammograms-they-detect-just-half-of-all-early-stage-breast-cancers.html http://www.wddty.com/mammograms-they-detect-just-half-of-all-early-stage-breast-cancers.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:04:00 GMT Health People who try to reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering their levels of the ‘bad’ LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol may develop cancer instead. http://www.wddty.com/bad-cholesterol-it-may-protect-against-cancer.html http://www.wddty.com/bad-cholesterol-it-may-protect-against-cancer.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:00 GMT Health Breast cancer survival may not have as much to do with your genes as scientists like to tell us. Women with mutations in genes known as BRCA 1 and 2 were thought to have the more deadly version of breast cancer – but new research suggests this is not so. http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-survival-it-may-have-nothing-to-do-with-your-genes.html http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-survival-it-may-have-nothing-to-do-with-your-genes.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:43:00 GMT Health Radiologists have known for years that radiotherapy for women who’ve had breast cancer dramatically increases the risk of heart disease. http://www.wddty.com/radiotherapy-it-causes-heart-problems-a-fact-the-radiologist-has-known-for-40-years.html http://www.wddty.com/radiotherapy-it-causes-heart-problems-a-fact-the-radiologist-has-known-for-40-years.html Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:29:00 GMT Health Women who supplement with vitamin D – or who do a little sunbathing once or twice a week – reduce their chances of developing breast cancer. http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-vitamin-d-or-sunshine-helps-keep-it-away.html http://www.wddty.com/breast-cancer-vitamin-d-or-sunshine-helps-keep-it-away.html Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:07:00 GMT Health Can we beat nature? The good news seems to be that we can. Even people with a genetic predisposition for a disease can reduce the risk with a healthy diet, researchers believe. http://www.wddty.com/prostate-cancer-you-can-beat-it-with-a-healthy-diet-even-if-you-have-a-genetic-predisposition.html http://www.wddty.com/prostate-cancer-you-can-beat-it-with-a-healthy-diet-even-if-you-have-a-genetic-predisposition.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:49:00 GMT Health What are some of the early tell-tale signs that you may have cancer? It’s far harder to detect than you might think, and some of the usual suspects – such as rectal bleeding – usually aren’t signs of a cancer at all, as a new study reveals. http://www.wddty.com/cancer-what-are-the-early-tell-tale-warning-signs.html http://www.wddty.com/cancer-what-are-the-early-tell-tale-warning-signs.html Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:47:00 GMT Health Yet more evidence of a link between the body and mind comes in a new study of elderly people with severe depression. http://www.wddty.com/cancer-death-rate-drops-60-per-cent-if-you-have-someone-to-talk-to.html http://www.wddty.com/cancer-death-rate-drops-60-per-cent-if-you-have-someone-to-talk-to.html Thu, 31 May 2007 11:46:00 GMT Health Can you ‘catch’ cancer from the blood of someone who is precancerous? Implausible as it sounds, some doctors suspected that several cancers, and especially non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, could be transmitted via blood transfusion. http://www.wddty.com/can-you-catch-cancer-no-not-even-from-a-blood-transfusion.html http://www.wddty.com/can-you-catch-cancer-no-not-even-from-a-blood-transfusion.html Thu, 24 May 2007 11:54:00 GMT Health