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Moist wound healing, the latest news on healing your skin
Published on 2012-01-14 12:56:47
The latest health news on skin healing is moist wound healing. You have a skin wound and whether it be a cut, abrasion, road rash, or simple skin breakdown, there are new ways to help the healing process along. In the past, we stuck on a Bandaid, waited for a scab to form and when the scab cracked open, waited for the [...] > read more
Cancer Health News
Published on 2011-09-24 08:50:49
In the most recent health news: Cancer drug tests in the U.K. were recently stopped early because of the impressive success of tests for a new prostate cancer drug. This drug trial was stopped because the drug was so successful at targeting cancer tumours that it was deemed unfair not to offer all the [...] > read more
Male breast cancer linked to Finasteride
Published on 2011-08-06 17:16:03
The latest health news for men is reporting that Finasteride a brand name medication known as Propecia for treating baldness in men has been shown to cause breast cancer. Other health news reports that the drug named Proscar which is used to treat enlarged prostate is also reported as causing breast cancer in men. Although [...] > read more
Breast cancer research identifies ZNF703 gene
Published on 2011-02-22 21:43:55
In this breast cancer update, researchers have found a major breast cancer causing gene called the ZNF703. ZNF703 is one of the first genes discovered to play a key role in aggressive breast cancers. This “oncogene” is the first to be found i > read more
A Blood Test for Cancer
Published on 2011-01-03 19:01:19
Health news from the media tonight reported that there is a blood test for cancer. Could this be the next medical game changer? The blood test for cancer technology was discovered by Boston scientists and is owned by Johnson & Johnson. John > read more
Fiber, Diet and Diabetes
Published on 2010-12-29 16:36:18
How much fiber should I eat and why eat fiber? Fiber intake is linked to decreased risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and certain cancer types. North Americans eat less than half as much fiber as they should. What is fiber? Fiber is complex > read more
HIV News Update – Is there a Cure?
Published on 2010-12-21 10:52:07
Most recently, in health news in the media, we’ve been hearing the news on a possible HIV cure. This renews interest and hope in finding a cure for this disease. Recently German scientists used a bone marrow transplant for a cancer patient who > read more
Aspirins and Cancer Risk
Published on 2010-12-07 22:06:48
For years now, aspirin has been called the “wonder drug.” What this has meant is that by taking a daily low dosage of aspirin, it has been found that aspirin benefits us as an anti-inflammatory and helps prevent heart disease. Now it seems afte > read more
Diagnosing melanoma without surgery
Published on 2010-11-24 05:39:29
Health news update on melanoma skin cancers and a detection device called Melafind. Melanoma is a deadly skin cancer and usually requires a skin biopsy to make a diagnosis. However, this may soon change as the FDA has just approved a device that can > read more
PrEP HIV Drug May Prevent HIV Infection
Published on 2010-11-24 05:18:42
Health Research in HIV news: A very recent study by the New England Journal of Medicine has found that with 2,500 men taking the drug used to treat those infected with HIV may also be used to lower the rate of HIV infection among gay and bisexual men > read more
Breast Cancer Linked to Pollution
Published on 2010-11-21 11:12:59
This is a followup to my posting only the latest health news and research findings in the press on the causes of breast cancer. The latest information on breast cancer research stated that both pollution in the environment and the use of syntheti > read more