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America's Greatest Health Threat: Obesity...Obesity Health News November 17, 2009, 9:00AM EST The U.S. has made huge strides in treating cancer, smoking, and other critical illnesses, but obesity is reaching crisis proportions By Catherine Arnst No matter where you live in... In this article: Obesity, U.S., Cancer, UnitedHealth Group, and Cardiovascular disease |
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Boston Globe -- Editorial / Opinion | 1 day ago
Drug firms’ tired song and dance on reform
...Arnold detailed how , and Eli Lilly raised the prices of leukemia, kidney cancer, attention deficit, and erectile function drugs (including Pfizer's Viagra and Lilly's Cialis) by between 14 percent and 33 percent. This was after a 2008 in...
In this article: Revenue, Credit Suisse, AARP, Medicare, Cialis, Viagra, Leukemia, and Dementia
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The Australian | 1 day ago
The Henry Ford of heart surgery
...at Children's Hospital Boston. Next door to Narayana, Dr Shetty built a 1400-bed cancer hospital and a 300-bed eye hospital, which share the same laboratories and blood bank as the heart institute. His family-owned business group,...
In this article: Devi Shetty, Surgery, India, US, American Hospital Association, and Cardiac surgery
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Reuters | 3 days ago
U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged
...or some other special risk. The guidelines were swiftly rejected by cancer experts, and the American Cancer Society said it would not change its recommendations for routine mammograms starting at age 40. Recommendations from the U.S....
In this article: United States, Breast cancer, Kathleen Sebelius, Thomson Reuters, American Cancer Society, Small business, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Health and Human Services
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 4 days ago
Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer
Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported. Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in the...
In this article: Paul Allen, Microsoft, Vulcan Inc., Seattle Sounders, B-cell lymphoma, Major League Soccer, Charter Communications, and CNET News
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Medical News Today | 3 days ago
Tulane Cancer Center To Begin Novel Clinical Trial For Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug
...For Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST International prostate cancer expert Dr. Oliver Sartor of Tulane Cancer Center is the first oncologist in the United States to offer patients an experimental new...
In this article: United States, Medical advice, Cancer Research, Hormone, Tulane University School of Medicine, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, and American Cancer Society
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L.A. Times - Opinion | 1 day ago
New view of mammograms
...screening. Doctors have taken vocal sides for and against the new recommendations; the cancer society denounced it; and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told women to keep getting screened. Confusion reigns,...
In this article: Hormone, American Cancer Society, Biopsy, Breast cancer, Anxiety, Cardiovascular disease, UC San Francisco, Los Angeles Times, and Kathleen Sebelius
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
...may need more frequent screening. Paps can spot pre-cancerous changes in the cervix in time to prevent invasive cancer, and widespread use has halved cervical cancer rates in the U.S. in recent decades. About 11,270 new cases will be...
In this article: Human papillomavirus, Cervical cancer, Breast cancer, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, HIV, American Cancer Society, Washington, and U.S.
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New Kerala | November 08, 2009
Obesity causes more than 100,000 types of cancers: U.S. study
Obesity causes more than 100,000 types of cancers: U.S. study London, Nov 9 : Over 100,000 types of cancers are caused by obesity, according to an American study. Excess body fat makes a person vulnerable to cancer by increasing the amount...
In this article: Obesity, American Institute for Cancer Research, Insulin, Hormone, Estrogen, Tobacco, U.S., and London
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Reuters | November 05, 2009
Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases, group says
...US cancer cases, group says Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases, group says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States...
In this article: Obesity, American Cancer Society, United States, American Institute for Cancer Research, Esophageal cancer, Endometrial cancer, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Washington
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Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is oncology.
Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but the risk for most varieties increases with age. Cancer causes about 13% of all deaths. According to the American Cancer Society, 7.6 million people died from cancer in the world during 2007. Cancers can affect all animals.
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