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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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