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the Truth About Full Body Scanners-Are Full Body Scanners Really Safe?

By: Don Penven | 2010-11-27 | Wellness
More than 350 full-body scanners are in service at US airports and many more are scheduled to be put into operation. The public is outraged at some of the stories coming out of TSA checkpoints. Two major concerns have surfaced:are the scanners are an invasion of privacy, and are scanners safe? This article investigates the safety issue. read more

Full Body X-Ray Scanners At The Airport Are Potentially Dangerous - We Should Use Alternative Technology

By: Dr. Greg Maguire | 2010-11-25 | Cancer
Scanners at the airport using X-ray technology potentially increase the risk for cancer, especially skin cancer. Alternative technologies exists and should be implemented to eliminate the potential cancer risk to airline passengers. read more

Reducing Your Risk Of Cancer

By: Ronald Pedactor | 2010-10-21 | Article Marketing
Cancer is one risk that many people are willing to do almost anything to prevent. Even those that are genetically prone to have cancerous cells can lower their future risk. read more

Prostate Cancer Risk Variables

By: Paul Rodgers | 2011-01-11 | Sexuality
Knowledge is your best weapon for good prostate health and avoiding prostate cancer. Some lifestyles, eating habits, and dietary supplements are thought to lead to lower levels of prostate cancer, as well as other cancers. Nobody can guarantee prostate cancer prevention through behavior, diet, treatment, or medicine, but there things you can do to improve your odds. read more

Actos May Increase Risk of Serious Heart Failure

By: Roberto Sanchez | 2011-08-15 | Diabetes
Actos, the popular brand name for a medication called pioglitazone, often used in the treatment of Type II Diabetes, has been associated with an increased risk of severe heart failure. read more

Full understanding helps women to increase the risk of breast cancer

By: Fower Lee | 2011-08-08 | Women's Health
Even though women that mothers had cancer of the breast may be worried about developing cancer themselves, many don't completely understand when and why they must be tested or their options to lower their risk for that disease, new research indicates. read more

Fosamax May Double the Risk of Certain Cancers

By: Ronald K. Redman | 2011-07-15 | Medicine
The complaints about Fosamax and its unfavorable events have been the talk of the town and the development has been pretty slow. Just an update, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee will have a discussion regarding Fosamax. It appears that the benefit this bone-strengthening medication carries along liabilities and now it’s taking its toll on its patients. read more

Colon Cancer: Risks and Prevention

By: Abel Travers | 2007-12-12 | Colon Cancer
Cancer: it's not a word that anyone really wants to hear. While not necessarily a death sentence, cancer is an illness that does have a high mortality rate depending on where in the body it strikes. Read on as we examine what can be done to head-off Colon Cancer, the third most common cancer. read more

Cofee May Reduce Risk of Uterine Cancer

By: Frank Yaconis | 2011-07-14 | Food & Beverage
More and more people are discovering the simple pleasures of enjoying a daily cup of coffee. Large chain stores for coffee can be found around the world. As more and more people consume this beverage, more studies are pointing to the benefits of doing so. read more

4 Possible Cancer Risk Factors

By: Thomas Parker | 2010-04-02 | Cancer
Cancer develops when the process of cell division malfunctions and the cells start to grow in a rapid and out of control way. In this article I will be discussing four possible cancer risk factors. read more

Risk Factors Of Thyroid Cancer

By: emsavard | 2011-02-10 | Cancer
Thyroid cancer is said to be on the rise. Do you have some of the risk factors? If you do does that me that you will be diagnosed with the disease. read more

Key risk factors to cancer

By: Chris Jacken | 2010-06-14 | Cancer
Cancer is a leading causes of death worldwide. According to recent scientific research, cancer accounted for approximately 7.5 million deaths (around 13% of all death in the world over). This worrying number is anticipated to reach 12 million by 2030. Recently there have been numerous campaigns conducted to raise people’s knowledge of cancer, specifically its causes and interventions to prevent the deadly disease. In fact, it is pointed out by scientists that more than 30% of cancer could be prevented by avoiding risk factors. Below are the 8 key risk factors leading to cancer. read more

Resveratrol May Prevent Breast Cancer

By: David Victor | 2010-03-28 | Breast Cancer
Research has shown that resveratrol may prevent estrogen from forming tumors which lead to breast cancer. While more testing is required, early results are very promising. read more

Full-Body Scanning – Emerging Debate

By: John Schwartz | 2009-12-30 | Current Events
Due to the recently terrorist bombing attempt of Northwest Flight 253, a new security measure called full body scanner images mat be used commonly at US airports. Experts say that this new measure can help security staffs find hidden objects under clothes at airport checkpoints and it would discover explosive packets onboard. However, according to privacy advocates, this technology may violate pri read more

HPV Infection and Increased Cancer Risk

By: Samantha Gluck | 2010-12-16 | Women's Health
Over 100 strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) exist. While the majority of these are harmless, 30 to 40 of these put those infected at risk for cancer. OB/GYN physicians and scientists classify HPV infections as either low-risk or high-risk. read more