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With research going forward at a virtual breakneck pace in the field of genome technology and genetic coding, it is not surprising that scientists are making remarkable progress in finding out new genes and their specific functions each day. An...
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre have discovered a mechanism to detect the chances of survival of women over 65 suffering from lung cancer.
The researchers have found that the level of the hormone called aromatase is...
Lung cancer patients can be allowed to die untreated. It is no longer economically viable to treat patients with chronic lung diseases. The clinical prognosis is no more the main factor in determining treatment but rather the cost of treatment. Yahoo...
According to scientists from Italy -- if anyone has the problem of arthritis in one of their knees, then it would be the first and foremost sign for developing the disease of lung cancer.
The scientists studied details of the medical records of...
A recent SAGE study published in the online open access journal BMC Genomics, could unlock the mystery as to why ex-smokers are more prone to lung cancer than non smokers.
After analyzing the samples taken from 24 current, former, and non smokers...
Men, who were light smokers, are nearly three times as likely to die of lung cancer, while women who were light smokers were nearly five times as likely to be killed by lung cancer, compared with non-smokers.
Thomas J. Glynn, the ACS director of cancer...
Use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may reduce the risk of lung cancer by about half, according to a study.
New research shows that statins appear to protect against the development of lung cancer. The study conducted by researchers from...
Smoking marijuana is never good for the lungs but ingredient found in marijuana may help fight lung cancer, the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, according to researchers.
Harvard University researchers have found that, in both laboratory and...
Female smokers are more likely to die from lung cancer than men, a new study by the Australian researchers unveiled this fact after surveying about 500,000 adults in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
In the words of lead researchers Dr. Rachel Huxley,...
Slashing the previous claims that spiral CT scans for the early detection of lung cancer could significantly decrease deaths from this disease, a new study has come out uncovering a very shocking finding. According to this new finding, there is no...
Lung cancer, the most lethal of all cancers kills more than 3 million people globally every year. Most of the time, it goes undetected until it has spread and could save tens of thousands of lives if there was a way to detect lung cancer in early...
According to a report published by American Cancer Society, blacks are more vulnerable to deadly cancer than whites. Main facts, which peeped out through this report were as under:-
1. Cancer death rate in 2003 was 35 percent higher in black men...
Last year in October, French authorities had made it, clear that very soon, they would be imposing ban on smoking and finally that moment has arrived as a new smoking ban comes into force, which has ascertained the fact that French public buildings...
This time health authorities seems to have the upper hand since report confirms that there has been a decline of 29.2 percent between 1997 to 2006 in smoking rate in Washington. In fact, this report is quite welcoming.
According to authorities, the...
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