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07/22/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Breast cancer gene SCANDAL: Half the women who undergo mastectomies found to have harmless gene variant, NOT cancer

Half of American women who undergo bilateral mastectomy after genetic testing for breast cancer do not carry cancer-causing genes at all, a study revealed. The number of women undergoing preventive mastectomy reached exponential proportions following Angelina Jolie’s highly-publicized decision to remove both of her breasts in 2013. According to health professionals, millions have already taken genetic […]

04/02/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Eating nuts increases survival in colon cancer patients

The regular consumption of nuts significantly increases the prognosis of people with stage III colon cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The study was led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center who looked at the the effect of nuts consumption on colon cancer recurrence and survival. In conducting the study, the research […]

07/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

As disease rates explode worldwide, getting diagnosed with cancer is now more common than having a baby

A new analysis made by MacMillan Cancer Support showed that more people are being diagnosed with cancer than getting married or having a first baby. The group stated that in 2015, 361,216 cases of cancer were diagnosed in England compared to only 271,050 babies born to first-time mothers and 289,841 marriages reported in the same […]

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