Johns Hopkins researchers found long-term partners of patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer were no more likely to test positive for oral HPV than the general population, so couples of several years need not change their intimacy after a diagnosis.
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Allergies linked to pancreatic cancer risk
An Ontario case-control study of 345 pancreatic cancer patients and 1,285 controls found people with hay fever were 32 percent less likely to develop the disease, and those with dust or mold allergies 51 percent less likely. Asthma showed no association.
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Up to 40 percent of annual deaths from each of five leading US causes are preventable
If every state matched the lowest observed death rates, 21 to 39 percent of premature deaths from heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke and unintentional injuries could be prevented, a CDC analysis of 2008-2010 data found.
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Learn how to SPOT Skin Cancer using tips from dermatologists
For Melanoma Monday, the American Academy of Dermatology urges people to learn the ABCDE signs of melanoma: asymmetry, border irregularity, color variation, diameter and evolution. It estimates one in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer.
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Obesity Among Children Increases
An analysis of NHANES data found obesity among children aged 2 to 19 rose from 14.5 percent in 1999 to 17.3 percent in 2012, and the most severe form from 0.9 to 2.1 percent. The lead author says earlier CDC findings of falling rates in young children may have been misread.
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Thyroid cancer overidganosed - study suggests
Diagnosed thyroid cancer cases have tripled since 1975 while the death rate has not moved, Dartmouth researchers report in JAMA Otolaryngology, pointing to overdiagnosis of small, slow-growing tumors. The absolute increase among women ran four times that seen in men.
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Common blood cancer may be initiated by single mutation in bone cells
Columbia researchers report in Nature that a mutation in bone-building osteoblasts causes acute myeloid leukemia in mice, and found it in nearly 40% of the AML and myelodysplastic syndrome patients studied. A drug blocking its effects stopped leukemic cell production in mice.
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Radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease raises breast cancer risk
A German study in Deutsches Aerzteblatt International followed teenage girls and young women treated with radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and found secondary breast cancer incidence 19 percent higher over an average of 17.8 years.
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Lung Cancer Incidence Trends Among Men and Women — United States, 2005–2009
CDC registry data for 2005-2009 show lung cancer incidence falling among men in every age group except those under 35, and among women aged 35-44 and 54-64. Rates dropped faster in men than in women, and fastest among adults aged 35 to 44.
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Type 2 diabetics should reduce intake of AGEs
A report in Current Diabetes Reports suggests advanced glycation end products may damage islet beta-cells and worsen type 2 diabetes, and that cutting dietary AGEs, which run high in baked, roasted and fried foods, may help. A separate study linked low AGE intake to better insulin sensitivity.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases cancer risk
A Taiwanese study in the International Journal of Cancer found overall cancer risk ran 19 percent higher in people with type 2 diabetes. Liver, pancreatic and uterine cancer risk rose 78, 52 and 38 percent, and risk climbed further with age.
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Weight Determines Kidney Function
Researchers followed 2,839 young adults with normal kidney function for 10 years and found overweight participants were likelier to lose kidney function. Heavier participants also started out with more diabetes and higher cholesterol, blood pressure and C-reactive protein.
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Hepatitis C virus infection linked to stroke
A PLoS One meta-analysis by researchers in Beijing links hepatitis C infection to a 58% higher risk of stroke, rising to 97% when only studies without heterogeneity were pooled. CDC figures put US infections near 20,000 a year, with 75-85% of hepatitis C cases becoming chronic.
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Cholesterol linked to aggressive prostate cancer
A review by K.R. Solomon and colleagues gathers human, animal and laboratory evidence that high circulating cholesterol can raise the risk of aggressive prostate cancer, while lowering cholesterol with drugs may protect against advanced disease.
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The Promise of Adult Stem Cells in Disease Management, Anti-Aging, and Life Extension
Mercola interviews Bryant Villeponteau, a stem cell researcher of three decades and author of Decoding Longevity, about adult stem cells: undifferentiated cells that self-renew and regenerate damaged tissue, and which Mercola believes could help people live longer.
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The Impact of Cholesterol, DHA, and Sphingolipids on Alzheimer’s Disease
This review gathers the lipid changes reported in Alzheimer's postmortem brains and transgenic mouse models, and examines how cholesterol, docosahexaenoic acid and sphingolipids may influence amyloid precursor protein processing and beta-amyloid generation.
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COPD Awareness Month
COPD covers emphysema, chronic bronchitis and in some cases asthma, with tobacco smoke the key factor in the United States. Spirometry can detect it in anyone with breathing problems, and quitting smoking matters most in treatment, alongside medication and rehabilitation.
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Immunosuppression ups risk of cervical cancer
A review in Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy reports immunosuppression raises cervical cancer risk whatever its cause: AIDS, transplant drugs, end-stage renal disease or autoimmune disease. The authors call smoking a strong and poor diet a moderate risk factor.
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