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Improved DNA stool test could detect digestive cancers in multiple organs

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that a noninvasive screening test can detect not only colorectal cancer but also the common cancers above the colon -- including pancreas, stomach, biliary and esophageal cancers. ...





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Low cholesterol associated with cancer in diabetics

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ.


Digestive process affects anti-cancer activity of tea in gastrointestinal cells

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created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Increased consumption of teas rich in catechins is associated with reduced risk of stomach, colon and other gastrointestinal cancers. However, the effects of digestion on the anticancer activity of tea catechins have largely ...


Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive ...


Colonoscopy: What to Expect When Your Doctor Wants an Inside Look

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States with more than 140,000 cases diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most preventable cancers. Since March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness ...


Canadian hospital stay costs $7,000

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A report reveals an average hospital stay in Canada costs almost $7,000.


The missionary doctor

The missionary doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Kenneth Chang has built one of the nation's finest digestive disease centers for UC Irvine Healthcare with a drive and passion inspired by doctors he assisted in a poor Taiwanese fishing ...


OHSU discovery may lead to early cancer detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

This week researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Oregon Stem Cell Center and the OHSU Digestive Health Center are shining a new ray of hope on patients with pancreatic cancer. They’ve developed new reagents, ...


Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.


Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species -- a shrew and a lizard -- giving each a venomous ...


Aspirin protection for Lynch syndrome

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe’s largest cancer congress. Lynch ...



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