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Category Archives: Cancer
Low carb diet trumps low-cal for reducing weight and cancer risk
The Chicago Tribune reported, “Following a low-carb diet, even for only two days a week, was better than following a calorie-restricted diet every day for losing weight and lowering insulin levels, which are both associated with lower risks of breast and … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health, Obesity
Tagged diet, dieting, low-carb diet, Mediterranean diet, Obesity
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Carbohydrate-rich foods linked to increased breast cancer risk
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reports that “increased carbohydrate intake was associated with a higher rate of breast cancer recurrence in survivors of the disease,” according to a study presented at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference.
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention
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Mammograms really do reduce breast cancer deaths
HealthDay reports, “Women who get routine mammograms can lower their risk of dying from breast cancer by nearly half,” according to a Dutch study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer prevention, breast cancer screening, mammogram, mammography
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Vitamin E can be harmful
You may be hearing that vitamin E increases the risk of prostate cancer. This was a surprise to many doctors, but is actually based upon reliable evidence.
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Heart Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged preventing prostate cancer, preventing stroke, prostate cancer, stroke, stroke prevention, vitamin E
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Coffee reduces risk of cancer in women
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reports that research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention suggests that “drinking four or more cups of caffeinated coffee may protect against endometrial cancer.”
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged cancer prevention, coffee, endometrial cancer, preventing cancer
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Long-term statin use declared safe safe
Recent research published in The Lancet suggests that the benefits from statins, the revolutionary class of cholesterol-lowering medications, “increase the longer someone takes them with NO long-term risks such as cancer.” (emphasis added)
Posted in Cancer, Heart Health
Tagged preventing cardiovascular disease, preventing heart disease, simvastatin, statin, statins, Zocor
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Canadian guidelines recommend against mammograms for women in their 40’s
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reports that “a Canadian task force recommends” that women in their 40s should not undergo “routine mammograms.”
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breast cancer screening, mammogram, mammography
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Whole grain consumption reduces colorectal cancer risk
MedPage Today reports, “Individuals eating three daily servings of whole grains had a significantly, though modestly, lower risk of colorectal cancer, according to pooled data from nearly 800,000 individuals — perhaps the largest and strongest analysis ever conducted.”
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health
Tagged colorectal cancer, whole grains
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Melanoma detection device receives FDA pre-market approval
The AP reports, “Dermatologists will soon get some high-tech help deciding which suspicious-looking moles should be removed and checked for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.”
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged MelaFind, melanoma
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Alcohol and breast cancer … what am I telling my patients?
In a blog earlier today, “Even low levels of alcohol increase breast cancer risk,” I told you, “Less than a drink a day even a glass of wine with dinner, could change the risk of breast cancer.” So, what am … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, heart disease and women, heart disease prevention, preventing heart disease, red wine, wine
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Even low levels of alcohol increase breast cancer risk
A study linking alcohol consumption to breast cancer risk garnered a significant amount of coverage, with all three national news broadcasts covering the story recently. The story received more coverage than any other on the national broadcasts, with regard to time. … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged alcohol, breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, red wine, wine
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Drinking coffee associated with decreased skin cancer risk
The Los Angeles Times reports that according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, “drinking coffee was associated with decreased risk of a common and slow-growing form of skin cancer … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Heart Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged basal cell carcinoma, BCC, coffee, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer
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Tanning bed use linked to increased skin cancer risk
The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog reports that “the more you use a tanning bed, the higher your risk of deadly skin cancers, according to research presented at” the AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged indoor tanning, preventing skin cancer, skin cancer, tanning, tanning bed
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CDC recommends boys be vaccinated against HPV
Coverage of the decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to expand its recommendation for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil) to boys and young men aged 11-21 was widespread, appearing … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged Gardasil, HPV, HPV vaccine, preventing cancer
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Study finds no link between cell phones, cancer
Major media sources provided coverage of a large study from Denmark that found no association between cell phone use and elevated cancer rates.
Posted in Cancer, General Health, Mental Health
Tagged cell phones, cell phones and brain cancer, cell phones and cancer
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Federal panel recommends pap smear every three years
A federal panel says healthy women do NOT need to get a pap smear every year after all. While many physicians, including me, strongly support the recommendation, there are some worried that the recommendation will lead to women deciding that … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged cervical cancer, cervical cancer prevention, HPV screening, pap smear
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Biennial mammograms reduce false positive rate
A number of media sources discussed a new study suggesting that annual mammogram screening may lead to a high false positive rate.
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breast cancer screening, mammogram, mammography
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Vitamin E increases prostate cancer risk
The last few days, I’ve blogged several times about prostate cancer screening. While we’re on the topic, I thought you’d be interested in knowing that a major study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that taking vitamin E … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Men's Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged alpha-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, preventing prostate cancer, prostate cancer, selenium, vitamin E
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PSA screening for prostate cancer. The debate continues.
ABC World News reported, “An earthquake in the debate over men and prostate cancer” regarding a “simple blood test called a PSA. Twenty million men use it to find out if they show a sign of risk, yet today, a … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Health Headlines, Medical Economics, Men's Health
Tagged preventing prostate cancer, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen
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The PSA Controversy: A view from family physicians.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, has once again rejected the status quo, following the evidence to propose a recommendation some likely will find controversial. Here’s a viewpoint from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that I find very … Continue reading
The PSA Controversy: A view from the American Cancer Society.
To screen or not to screen for prostate cancer, that is the question. Or is it? Here’s the viewpoint of my friend, J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the American Cancer Society.
Posted in Cancer, Medical Economics, Men's Health
Tagged preventing prostate cancer, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen
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Task force recommends “D” rating for PSA screening for prostate cancer
TV and print media have extensively covered the US Preventive Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) decision to give a “D” rating to PSA testing. What’s this mean for men? I’ll cover this controversy in the next few blogs.
Posted in Cancer, Medical Economics, Men's Health
Tagged prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen, PSA
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Want to dramatically reduce your breast cancer risk?
USA Today ran a number of articles discussing breast cancer, focusing in particular on the role of inflammation. The great news here is that doing something that is highly healthy (increasing exercise) seems to reduce breast cancer risk.
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged anti-cancer diets, breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, exercise, healthy diet, physical exercise
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Tanning beds even riskier than previously thought
Indoor tanning beds may be even more likely to cause skin cancer than previously believed. New research published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests that the main type of ultraviolet rays used in tanning beds – UVA1 – may penetrate … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged indoor tanning, tanning, tanning bed, UVA, UVB
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California bans teens from tanning beds
California has become the first state to ban teenagers under the age of 18 from using tanning beds. I suspect there will be more.
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting, Skin Health
Tagged indoor tanning, tanning, tanning bed
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Healthy living really does postpone mortality
A major study is reporting that people who practiced four low-risk behaviors are 63% less likely to die (during the stydy period) than those who kept none of those practices. The researchers found that ALL four of these low-risk behaviors were … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Health, Heart Health
Tagged healthy lifestyle, increasing life span, life span, preventing cancer, preventing early death, preventing heart disease, tobacco
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6 tanning and sunscreen myths
Here are six tanning and sunscreen myths for your Labor Day Holiday weekend from MedScape:
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged SPF, sunscreens, tanning
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Study finds no link between children’s cell phone usage, brain tumors
There are 300 million cell phones in America, almost as many phones as people, but there are still some concerns about their safety — especially in younger people. Are they safe?
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health
Tagged cell phones, cell phones and brain cancer, cell phones and cancer, cell phones and teens
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Ob/Gyn group issues new guidelines recommending yearly mammograms starting at age 40
There’s been a lot of conflicting advice about when women should start getting regular mammograms. Now the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued its new guidelines: Annual mammograms starting at age 40, and self-exams for women at high … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breast cancer screening, mammogram, mammography
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Longest trial ever confirms mammograms’ benefits
Mammography screening reduces breast cancer deaths even more than most experts have long believed, according to a new, large-scale Swedish trial. In the study, with a follow-up of nearly three decades, the longest ever, the researchers found that the benefits of … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breast cancer screening, mammogram, mammography
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