Women who confront with migraines stand less chance of developing breast cancer, according to researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
This correlation may be related to estrogen, a hormone produced in both men and women. The explanation goes like that: high levels of estrogen are linked to an augmented risk of breast cancer, and women who experience migraines are said to have low levels of the sex hormone. So these women have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. More precisely, the risk is 30 percent lower, researchers say.
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Breast Cancer, News | Tags: breast, cancer, Chances, Developing, less, Migraines, More
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 — Researchers have identified 26 genes associated with the most common type of lung cancer, adenocarcinoma — more than doubling the number of genes known to play a role in the deadly disease.
The discovery could help in developing individualized ways of diagnosing and treating lung cancer, the top cancer killer, the researchers said.
“Although similar, smaller cancer gene sequencing projects have been reported, our study is the largest to date and provides the statistical power to detect significantly mutated genes,” study co-author Richard Wilson, director of Washington University’s Genome Sequencing Center in St. Louis, said during a Tuesday teleconference.
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January 5th, 2009 | Posted in Lung Cancer, News | Tags: cancer, Find, Genes, Linked, Lung, More, Researchers
It?s no secret that alcohol is no good for our health, as it might increase our risk for liver disease, oral or breast cancers and even alcohol poisoning when drunk in excessive amounts. More and more car accidents happen because alcohol consumption. More and more lives are ruined because the ?mind-blowing? effect of alcohol. The latest study on alcohol appears to sustain the idea.
The study funded by the Substance Abuse University of Florida College of Medicine found that raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduced the number of deaths from alcohol-related disease. The study was published in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.
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January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Breast Cancer | Tags: Actually, Alcohol, lives, More, Paying, Save