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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Effect of Blood Pressure Drugs on Colon Cancer Risk
Blood pressure drugs don't protect against colorectal cancer, reveals study published in CANCER. In recent years, researchers have thought that beta blockers, which are prescribed to ...

Exercise Reduces Mortality Rate in Breast and Colon Cancer Patients
Physical activity linked to reduced mortality in breast and colon cancer patients, says study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Improvements in cancer treatme...

Risk of Breast Cancer Lowered but Risk of Colon Cancer Increased by Fetal Cells in Women
A possible causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells and the risk of developing breast cancer and colon cancer in women who gave birth to children of e...

Scientists Unveil 'Master Switches' in Colon Cancer
Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which colon cancer develops. By focusing on segments of DNA located between genes, or so-called "junk DNA," the team has discovered a set o...

Colon Cancer Screening Least Sought by Obese White Women
Obese white women are perhaps less likelier than normal-weight counterparts and African-Americans of any weight or gender to seek potentially lifesaving colon cancer screening tests, as obse...

Gene Targets for New Colon Cancer Test Identified
Researchers have discovered two gene targets for new noninvasive colorectal cancer test. The test can quickly detect both early stage cancer and precancerous polyps. "This study pro...

European Society Will Soon Issue New Guidelines for Colon Capsule Endoscopy
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) will soon issue a new set of guidelines on clinical utility and selection process of patients for colon capsule endoscopy (PillCam C...

Researchers Explain Link Between High-Fat Diets And Colon Cancer
High fat diets have been linked with colon cancer risk, but now researchers have found a reason why. "There have always been questions about why things like diet and obesity are independ...

Imperative to Remove Precancerous Polyps to Reduce Colon Cancer Death
A recent study has revealed that removing precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can cut the risk of death from colorectal cancer by 50%. It can take years for a tiny precancerous pol...

Potential Treatment Target for KRAS-mutated Colon Cancer Identified
A novel potential strategy for treating colon cancer driven by mutations in the KRAS gene has been discovered by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. In a paper appearing in the Feb. ...

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