First study of nail-care workers finds no increased cancer risk.
The first study to look at cancer rates in manicurists in California has found no evidence that nail salon workers have a greater chance of developing cancer than other women. But continued tracking is needed and could reveal more later, researchers say.
Skip sunbathing, use tanning lotion, doctors say.
Armed with a fake tan, government-funded researchers have found they can get women to cut back on sunbathing. The message is an old one, despite the new looks: Too much of the sun's ultraviolet radiation will turn your skin into a crinkly patch of leat...
Gene sweeps nets female cancer clues.
A huge international research effort has pinpointed an area of genetic variation that is linked to developing both breast and ovarian cancer. Two studies published today in Nature Genetics separately found that changes in a stretch of chromosome 19 are...
Chances of developing cancer start even before we’re conceived, expert claims.
A person's chances of developing cancer are effected by their mother's behavior before they are even conceived, a leading nutritionist has claimed. Medical experts have long believed that cancer risk is associated with their genes and lifestyles as adu...
Gene studies zero in on breast, ovarian cancer risk.
Scientists have found a region of DNA that can increase or decrease the high chance of breast cancer linked to a particular gene variant — a finding that could help doctors keep a closer eye on women most at risk.
Girls mature early in higher-income homes without dad.
Girls growing up in higher-income homes without a biological father are likely to reach puberty earlier than others, new research finds.
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...
