Health - Cancer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed. Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government Wednesday distanced itself from a report that has triggered an outcry here after it recommended that women under 50 should not be routinely screened for breast cancer. Full Story »

SPRING LAKE, N.J. - Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast. Full Story »

TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although folic acid fortification of foods can prevent many birth defects, it may also increase the risk for developing cancer, Norwegian researchers report. Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients in Norway -- where unlike many countries foods are not enriched with folic acid -- were more likely to die from cancer if they took folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements compared with those who did not take them, Norwegian researchers said on Tuesday. Full Story »

SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. Full Story »

SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The over-activity of a gene known to boost a woman's risk for breast cancer may have a good side, making arteries healthier, a new study suggests. Full Story »

NEW YORK - For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences. Full Story »

FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny capsules could increase the body's absorption of the yellow curry ingredient curcumin, which is being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of colon cancer, psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease. Full Story »

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient. Full Story »

THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A drug for people with a form of leukemia holds promise as a possible treatment for ovarian cancer, new research suggests. Full Story »

THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Declining use of hormone replacement therapy may be driving down rates of a condition called "atypical ductal hyperplasia," a known risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests. Full Story »

THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug reduced the spread of breast cancer into bone in mice, researchers say. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - A quarter of a million children in England aged 11 to 17 face a higher risk of developing malignant skin cancer by using tanning beds, researchers said Friday. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chemical acrylamide, which is classified as a probable cancer-causing agent, does not appear to increase overall risk for mouth, throat, voice box, or thyroid cancers, with one possible exception, study findings hint. Full Story »

MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australian scientists said they were to trial a revolutionary treatment which would allow women to regrow their breasts after cancer surgery. Full Story »

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer can put an enormous strain on a marriage, and couples are much more likely to fall apart if the woman is the patient. Full Story »