The Checkup Archive: Cancer
Could quitting smoking be a symptom of lung cancer?
A provocative, though small, study suggests that the very act of quitting smoking may be a symptom of not-yet-diagnosed lung cancer.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| March 3, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Cancer, Smoking
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Should e-cigarettes be allowed on planes?
I sympathize with people who get nervous when they fly; I imagine using an e-cigarette might help calm them down. Whether I want to be sitting next to the person "smoking" one is a different question.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| February 28, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Alcohol and Drugs, Cancer, Environmental Toxins, Smoking, Travel Health
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More questions about cellphone safety
Are cell phones safe? While that question has gotten a lot of attention, so far there has been no convincing evidence that those ubiquitous devices actually cause health problems. However, a new federal study may stir things up further, even though the bottom line again is that it raises more questions than it answers.
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Rob Stein
| February 22, 2011; 4:00 PM ET |
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Cancer
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The latest on cellphones and cancer risk
This paper is especially convincing because it accounts for the amount of time between exposure to radiation and the onset of cancer. Assuming it takes 5 to 10 years after exposure for brain cancer to appear, the authors observe, there would have been a rise in the number of such cancer cases in the UK during the years included in the study, as they would reflect exposures occurring between 1990 and 2002.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| February 21, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Cancer, Prevention
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Hot flashes, night sweats may reduce breast cancer risk
It sounds too good to be true, but there might be a bright side to the night sweats, hot flashes and other unpleasantries associated with menopause. A new study finds that women who experience such symptoms may be at reduced risk of several common forms of breast cancer.
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
| January 27, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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breast cancer, Cancer, Reproductive Health, Women's Health, menopause
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Breast implants linked to rare cancer, FDA says
Breast implants linked to rare lymphoma cancer, FDA says.
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Rob Stein
| January 26, 2011; 2:59 PM ET |
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breast cancer, Cancer, FDA, Women's Health, medical devices
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