Cancer

Manchester, UK, September 25 -- A new European study finds obesity to be the major cause of cancer in recent times, especially among women.

London, September 22 -- According to a new research, hormone therapy, an effective treatment in prostate cancer patients, increases their risk of coronary heart disease and heart attacks.

New York, September 23 -- A new experimental drug, in its early stage trials, has shown “unprecedented” results by considerably shrinking the skin cancer tumors, reveals a U.S. study.

Berlin, September 21 -- Scientists have revealed that very soon simple blood tests could be used to detect bowel and stomach cancers.

Salem, OR, September 16 -- According to a latest study, medications that reduce the risk of breast cancer actually pose many other health risks.

Vancouver, September 15 -- According to a latest analysis, the risk of death goes up in those cancer patients who are clinically depressed.

New York, September 15 -- A new research suggests that a combination of widely used diabetes drug metformin and conventional chemotherapy -- treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cancerous cells -- promises a more effective way to treat breast cancer and prevent its recurrence.

New York, September 14 -- Scientists have discovered a master gene that could mobilize the immune system and potentially help device a new way to kill cancer and treat autoimmune diseases -- a medical condition wherein the body attacks its own cells -- like type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

Boston, September 11 -- New evidence suggests that a common sexually transmitted infection called trichomoniasis can raise the risk of advanced prostate cancer. There have been many studies conducted previously, too, that substantiate this fact.