Mice reveal how stress fuels the spread of breast cancer.
Stress is bad. Breast cancer is bad. Put them together and things get even worse. That's what UCLA researchers discovered as they watched breast cancer tumors spread through the bodies of mice.
Indoor pollution: Silent and deadly.
After vaccines and bed nets, could the humble cooking stove be the next big idea to save millions of lives in poor countries? Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, hopes so.
Mammograms’ value in cancer fight at issue.
A new study suggests that increased awareness and improved treatments rather than mammograms are the main force in reducing the breast cancer death rate.
All pregnant women should get flu shot, say ob-gyns.
Despite landing in the hospital more often if they catch the flu, no more than a quarter of pregnant women in the U.S. get vaccinated against it. There have been no reports of side effects from thimerosal in pregnant women or their babies, but it is re...
Cancer risk can be cut with good habits.
There was a time when "cancer" was a word that was only whispered in polite society. It was the devastating, invidious illness that almost nothing could be done about. Today, we know a great deal more about cancer - yet many of us are still reluctant to engage the topic in our daily lives.
Health-care overhaul supports research on breast cancer in young women.
Breast cancer is extremely rare in young women. But when it does happen, it can be deadly. A little-noticed section in the health-care overhaul aims to raise awareness among young women and their doctors about the risk of breast cancer between the ages...
Smoking link to ectopic pregnancy.
A chemical in cigarette smoke has been found to cause a reaction which can lead to ectopic pregnancies, according to Edinburgh scientists.
The dangers of a ubiquitous food chemical: new evidence.
Bisphenol A, America's most demonized food-packaging chemical, nationally debated and being considered for a federal ban under an amendment of the food safety bill, S. 510, may be even worse than anyone imagined, a new peer-reviewed study finds.
The scary link between chicken and fibroids.
Some gynecologists advise women to refrain from eating too many non-organic meat products, which could possibly lead to the worsening of uterine fibroids.
Company cited often for lead in jewelry.
As Americans buy more and more products from China and other countries with weaker consumer safety regulations, the case of Rainbow Apparel shows the persistence of lead contamination and, in turn, the potential dangers for unsuspecting consumers.
