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So Sequestration is All Bark and No Bite? Hardly, if You Have Cancer and on Medicare
Via Wonkbog - Cancer Clinics are Turning Away Thousands of Medicare Patients. Blame the Sequester. “Ralph V. Boccia of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders runs a cancer clinic that is in danger of losing funding due to the sequester … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, government, Medicare, Part B, sequestration
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Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Tobacco-Related Cancer
Via Newswise — “New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that decreased levels of vitamin D may predispose smokers to developing tobacco-related cancer. This study illustrates that simple vitamin D blood tests and supplements have … Continue reading
Rice-Cell Cocktail Tough on Cancer Cells, Nice to Normal Cells
Via Newswise: Newswise — Juice from rice cells can knock out two kinds of human cancer cells as well or better than the potent anti-cancer drug Taxol, a Michigan Technological University scientist has discovered in laboratory tests. Plus, it does … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, colon cancer, health, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, rice
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Daily Multivitamin Cuts Men’s Cancer Risk by 8 Percent, Large Study Finds
By JoNel Aleccia, NBC News “After years of research showing dietary supplements failed to prevent cancer, a new study of multivitamin use in men has a surprising message: This one worked. Turns out, a daily dose of Centrum Silver multivitamins … Continue reading
More Coffee, the Less the Risk of Basal Cell Carcinoma
A new study, published in the journal Cancer Research, finds coffee consumption is inversely related with the risk of the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma. The author of the study says, “I would not recommend increasing … Continue reading
Researchers Discover Drug Destroys Human Cancer Stem Cells but Not Healthy Ones
I usually don’t report medical research findings but this one looks promising, albeit the research has a long way to go before we can truly celebrate. “A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills … Continue reading