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Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth, where abnormal or mutated cells divide and invade normal healthy tissue. (Photo: Pixabay)

Understanding and treating stomach cancer

Stomach cancer, and in fact most cancers, are the result of a combination of environmental factors and genetic predisposition.

22 Nov 2018 4:19 PM

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Proposed cancer treatment may boost the disease

Here is what a new study has found.

21 Nov 2018 10:40 AM

Vitamin D is naturally found in foods including milk, eggs and fatty fish, but many foods are now fortified with it. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vitamin D supplements pointless for preventing heart disease, cancer, study finds

Study found participants' vitamin D levels had no effects on cancer risk or preventing serious heart issues as heart attacks and strokes.

15 Nov 2018 2:11 PM

Women cancer patients learn makeup tips in new Egypt workshop

The organisers hope to serve 5,000 Egyptian women in the first year, said Dina Omar, a cardiologist and one of the founders of Be Beautiful

13 Nov 2018 1:18 PM

Pancreatic cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. (Photo: Pixabay)

Adolescent obesity linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

Study finds overweight and even higher weight within 'normal' weight range in men may increase pancreatic cancer risk in a graded manner.

12 Nov 2018 8:58 PM

It’s desirable to live longer and healthier but an ailing brain can make a mess of our lives as we grow older. The villain of the piece is dementia, which impairs one’s cognitive abilities. Once stricken, there is no return. Family and friends watch helplessly as the victim fades away.

Trillion dollar memory loss

Neuroscientists are racking their brains the world over trying to identify what causes diseases of the brain.

11 Nov 2018 12:10 AM

It could also help to target the use of immunotherapy - a new form of treatment that uses the body's own defences to tackle cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tumour immune cells can aid cancer therapies, says study

Approach could help doctors choose treatments for individual patients and predict which tumours are likely to respond to particular therapy.

09 Nov 2018 9:35 AM

While HCC is relatively rare, its mortality rates have accelerated faster than those of any other cancer.

Aspirin may cut liver cancer risk, says study

Regular use of aspirin led to significantly lower risk of developing HCC.

07 Nov 2018 12:52 PM

Morning people at lower risk of breast cancer

Researchers also found a link between sleeping for longer and breast cancer.

06 Nov 2018 4:32 PM

Women with rare cancer mutations likely to develop interval breast cancers

Here is what a new study has found.

04 Nov 2018 10:05 AM

Last February, the National Toxicology Program said there was a small increase in an unusual type of heart tumour in male rats, but not in mice or female rats. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal agencies clash on cellphone cancer risk

The Food and Drug Administration, which oversees cellphone safety, disagreed with the upgraded warnings.

03 Nov 2018 6:24 PM

A woman can cut her chance of cancer by good nutrition and weight management.

Here are foods you can have for breast cancer prevention

One can lower their risk for breast cancer by having the right foods.

30 Oct 2018 6:35 PM

Bigger brains increase cancer risk: Study

Find out why.

30 Oct 2018 6:22 PM

The study also highlights that blocking these receptors may help to prevent cancers spreading in the body. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how cancer spreads so easily through body

Study finds tumours push through blood vessels 200 times the force of ordinary cells.

30 Oct 2018 2:36 PM

Tall people at greater risk of cancer: Study

Find out why.

28 Oct 2018 10:09 AM

Suicide rates higher among head, neck cancer survivors

In the immediate aftermath of diagnosis and treatment, the need to survive often overtakes concerns about functionality and aesthetics.

26 Oct 2018 2:19 PM

Early puberty can be associated with an increased risk of a number of diseases as an adult, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer.

Smoking during pregnancy may cause early puberty in kids

Study found children of mothers who smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day during pregnancy, entered puberty three to six months earlier.

25 Oct 2018 10:11 AM

Organic food-based diet could prevent cancer

Eating more organically grown foods is linked to a 34 per cent reduced risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

23 Oct 2018 3:30 PM

Drug blocks respiration of mitochondria - which creates the energy in cells that allows them to spread and as a result, by regulating oxygen supply and demand, it reduces hypoxia. (Photo: AFP)

150-yr-old muscle relaxant drug enhances radiotherapy effects in cancer patients

Papaverine - used to treat spasms involving the intestines, heart or brain - inhibits a key element of cell DNA within cancerous growths.

23 Oct 2018 8:37 AM

Past research has long linked coffee with combating heart disease, cancer, dementia, diabetes and depression.

Here's why coffee is good for your skin

According to study, those who drink multiple servings of coffee, decrease odds of having the inflammatory skin disease by 20 per cent.

22 Oct 2018 9:55 AM

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