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Cancer Prevention: is the practice of taking active measures to decrease the incidence of cancer and mortality. The practice of prevention is dependent upon both individual efforts to improve lifestyle and seek preventative screening, and socioeconomic or public policy related to cancer prevention.
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FEB 13, 2015Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 03, 2015Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 28, 2015Cancer
Why does cancer flourish more often in certain tissue (in the colon, say) than in others (bone)? Random mutations, which ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 15, 2014Videos
The FDA says the new HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, has the potential to prevent about 90 percent of cervical, vulvar, vaginal ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 24, 2014Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 18, 2014Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 30, 2014Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 07, 2014Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2014Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th ...Written By: Peter Micheli
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 09, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 03, 2015
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 28, 2015
Cancer
Why does cancer flourish more often in certain tissue (in the colon, say) than in others (bone)? Random mutations, which
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 05, 2015
Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 15, 2014
Videos
The FDA says the new HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, has the potential to prevent about 90 percent of cervical, vulvar, vaginal
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 24, 2014
Cancer
A protein linked to neurological disorders is also associated with head and neck cancer in people who are infected with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 18, 2014
Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 30, 2014
Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 07, 2014
Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2014
Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli