The Kidney Cancer Story: Are the Rising Numbers Indicative of Low Awareness?
The Kidney Cancer Story: Are the Rising Numbers Indicative of Low Awareness?
For the year 2006, more than 38,890 people in the United States will be told they have kidney cancer. Out of this number, the American Cancer Society estimates that about 12,840 people will die from the disease.
16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer specialists from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center say that misconceptions often cause women more anxiety than necessary. And in some cases the fear paralyzes women and prevents them from seeking the care that could lead to successful treatment. Here, experts debunk some of the most common myths about breast cancer.
Jim Shelley on TV violence
As violence returns with a vengeance, you wonder if there are any cops on TV at all. Even Fitz is otherwise engaged, says Jim Shelley.
New Insight Into Skin-tanning Process Suggests Novel Way Of Preventing Skin Cancer
Findings from a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital Boston has rewritten science’s understanding of the process of skin tanning — an insight that has enabled them to develop a promising way of protecting fair-skinned people from skin cancer caused by exposure to sunlight.
Researchers Demonstrate That Toenail Fungus and Athlete’s Foot Spread From Person to Person
Popular wisdom has long held that thecommon infections toenail fungus and athlete’s foot can spread from personto person. But science now confirms this belief. Led by Mahmoud Ghannoum,Ph.D., researchers at the Center for Medical Mycology at UniversityHospitals Case Medical Center have shown that toenail fungus and athlete’sfoot can spread from person to person living in the same