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T-Cells, our body’s warrior in the war against cancer [Video]

T-Cells, our body’s warrior in the war against cancer [Video]

Our bodies are pretty incredible and for the most they are amazingly resilient, able to bounce back from most injuries and illnesses it finds itself subjected to, but even with all those abilities to recover there are ... continue
Former Komen VP Karen Handel Calls Planned Parenthood A Bully

Former Komen VP Karen Handel Calls Planned Parenthood A Bully

Now that Karen Handel is no longer a Vice President at Women's Cancer foundation Susan G. Komen she is publicly speaking out against Planned Parenthood for what she believes was a carefully calculated attack against the women's ... continue
Popular Cancer Drug Being Used To Reverse Alzheimer’s In Mice

Popular Cancer Drug Being Used To Reverse Alzheimer’s In Mice

Researchers in the United States have been treating Mice with the popular cancer drug bexarotene and have found positive results in reversing Alzheimer's in mice. According to the research group mice injected with bexarotene became "rapidly smarter" while ... continue
Susan G. Koman/Planned Parenthood Debate: All You Need to Know

Susan G. Koman/Planned Parenthood Debate: All You Need to Know

While you can read our posts here and here detailing why it's a very bad thing that Komen defunded Planned Parenthood, this pic says it all. [This Tumblr via TDW] continue
Komen Backlash Spreads After Planned Parenthood Debacle, Women Pledge to Move Donations

Komen Backlash Spreads After Planned Parenthood Debacle, Women Pledge to Move Donations

As we reported earlier, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has been thrust into the national spotlight for reasons other than fighting breast cancer and finding a cure- the organization may have set breast cancer treatment and screening ... continue
Komen Cancer Foundation Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding

Komen Cancer Foundation Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding

Charity organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure made a shocking announcement on Tuesday when it announced that Planned Parenthood would no longer receive funding from the society. In a statement Komen says funds have been pulled because ... continue
Cooked Tomatoes Help Fight Prostate Cancer [Study]

Cooked Tomatoes Help Fight Prostate Cancer [Study]

The chemical that helps turn tomatoes red could also help fight prostate cancer according a new study of lycopene. Researchers found that lycopene has been shown to stop cancer cells from attaching to blood supply. The study also ... continue
Lung Cancer Cases Could Be Genetically Sorted With New Test

Lung Cancer Cases Could Be Genetically Sorted With New Test

More than 200,000 Americans were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2011, and when a diagnosis is made, often the question becomes whether to treat the cancer with potentially dangerous chemotherapy or opt for surgery to remove the ... continue
Oral Sex Again in the Hot Seat For Possibly Giving You Mouth Cancer

Oral Sex Again in the Hot Seat For Possibly Giving You Mouth Cancer

There are two camps of people, it seems, by and large, when it comes to oral sex- one that vocally demonstrates their love for and technique regarding oral sex and the other, largely silent and perhaps populated ... continue
Sugar found to help halt esophageal cancer

Sugar found to help halt esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and the fifth biggest in the United Kingdom so any new tools that enable doctors to detect and help fight it is probably ... continue
Cancer Deaths On The Decline In Men And Women

Cancer Deaths On The Decline In Men And Women

A new report from the American Cancer Society has found that the number of men and women dying from cancer is on the decline. According to the agency cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent per year in ... continue
New Avastin Data Unlikely to ‘Support Approval’ For Ovarian Cancer Treatment

New Avastin Data Unlikely to ‘Support Approval’ For Ovarian Cancer Treatment

Proponents of the cancer drug Avastin were dealt a blow this week when new data regarding the drug's effectiveness in battling ovarian cancer fell short of expectations. Back in November, the Food and Drug Administration made the controversial ... continue
Avastin Results For Ovarian Cancer Fail To Impress

Avastin Results For Ovarian Cancer Fail To Impress

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently pulled its  approval for the breast cancer fighting drug Avastin and now the drug is said to have provided disappointing results during two ovarian cancer testing trials. Both studies found that ... continue
Study: Cocaine Levels in the Air Connected to Crime and Cancer Rates

Study: Cocaine Levels in the Air Connected to Crime and Cancer Rates

New technologies have always been able to help researchers learn more about our lives, our health and the way we interact with each other.  This time, due to new technology, researchers have been able to detect different ... continue
Some women decide not to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Some women decide not to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Breast cancer is one of the biggest killers and for the women who find themselves in a battle for their lives the only option is to undergo a mastectomy, the operation to surgically remove the female breast. ... continue
Giuliana Rancic Reveals Plan to Undergo Double Mastectomy

Giuliana Rancic Reveals Plan to Undergo Double Mastectomy

Giuliana Rancic has revealed she is to get a double mastectomy in a bid to battle off breast cancer. Rancic was diagnosed with the illness in August, and revealed it publicly in October. Along with a statement to ... continue
A third of women living with secondary breast cancer suffer needless pain

A third of women living with secondary breast cancer suffer needless pain

Breast cancer is a health specter that haunts women but a new study from Breast Cancer Care and the University of Southampton has found that 34 percent of women currently suffering from secondary breast cancer live unnecessarily ... continue
Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

Robin Gibb, one-third of the 70's singing group the Bee Gees has been diagnosed with liver cancer. Robin sung in the group with brothers Barry and Maurice and spawn such hits as "Stayin' Alive" and "First of May." The ... continue
STUDY: Penile cancer linked to bestiality

STUDY: Penile cancer linked to bestiality

Wow, you really can find the craziest things when surfing the Web but the fact that they actually conducted a study into whether there was a connection between bestiality and penile cancer in first case should be ... continue
Widely Used Breast Cancer Test Could Be Flawed [Study]

Widely Used Breast Cancer Test Could Be Flawed [Study]

A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology claims that the cancer screening test Oncotype DX does not accurately identify a gene that is critical in determining which type of live-saving cancer treatment to administer. According to ... continue
Joe Frazier Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

Joe Frazier Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

67-year-old Joe Frazier a former heavyweight boxing champion was diagnosed with liver cancer four weeks ago and is currently under hospice care according to the boxers business manager. Frazier's manager Leslie Wolff told The Associated Press that his ... continue
Testicular Ultrasound Finds Face Inside Tumor

Testicular Ultrasound Finds Face Inside Tumor

  This is a story that will likely never be duplicated, while examining ultrasound pictures of a testicular tumor researchers in Canada noticed somethings strange, a ghostly face was staring back at them. Speaking to the National Post one doctor said ... continue