Smoking comes with serious health risks, such as lung cancer and COPD, the 50th anniversary report warns about less widely known risks.
December 2013. Endometrial cancer—also called uterine cancer—is the most common cancer affecting a woman’s reproductive system. It is diagnosed when tumors start growing in the lining of the uterus, which is called the endometrium. If you’re having any pain in the pelvic area or experiencing unusual bleeding or discharge, be sure to tell your doctor.
Have you ever wondered if where you work could be harming your health? Haz-Map, an online database that links jobs with illnesses and injuries, lets you see what hazards you may be exposed to.
Despite recent claims, the FDA has issued a warning to women who undergo breast cancer screening: Do not replace mammograms with thermograms.
You can reduce your risk of cancer through small changes in your life, including what you eat! See these links for tips on how to reduce your risk through eating healthy foods and losing weight, and click “Prevention” at the top of this site for all kinds of other ways to prevent cancer. Tips for Healthier Eating Ten Tips to […]
How a drug company convinced the medical community that hormone replacement therapy works and is safe: Wyeth paid highly respected physicians to allow their names to be listed as authors of research studies, reviews, commentaries, and letters to the editor, although they had not actually conducted or analyzed the research nor written the articles.