The Checkup Archive: Cancer

More fodder for the fat-but-healthy debate

One of the most divisive and emotional debates regarding obesity is whether being fat automatically equals being unhealthy. While many experts point to mounds of evidence linking excess weight to such life-shortening conditions as cancer, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, others argue that those conditions aren't necessarily caused by...

Patrick Swayze and Pancreatic Cancer

I join just about everyone everywhere in feeling sad about the death yesterday of actor Patrick Swayze, whose brave and public fight with pancreatic cancer helped raise awareness of this most deadly disease. But feeling sad's not enough. Want to support those who are seeking a cure -- or even...

Does Infection Boost Prostate Cancer Risk?

Scientists have more evidence that a common sexually transmitted infection may increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer. Previous research has suggested that an infection known as trichomoniasis might increase the risk for prostate cancer, which is the second most common cancer and cause of cancer death among men. In...

Prostate Cancer Caused By a Virus?

Researchers reporting online in yesterday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences think prostate cancer may be related to a virus. Scientists at Columbia University and the University of Utah have determined that a virus that's already known to cause certain other cancers in animals is present in human prostate...

Prostate Cancer Screening's Toll

One of the most controversial issues in men's health is whether a blood test commonly used to screen for prostate cancer is being overused. Well, there's new evidence out this week that the test has led to a lot of men getting unnecessary treatment. The test, known as the prostate-specific...

Beware the CT Scan?

There's more evidence out today that CT scans and other medical procedures that expose patients to radiation may be putting many Americans at risk. While CT scans and other procedures are very useful for accurately diagnosing a variety of medical conditions, a growing body of evidence has been raising concerns...

Older Entries in This Category »

Is That Right? Cancer Society Birthday Cake, Jennifer LaRue Huget , August 14, 2009

Peter Tork's Cancer, In His Own Words, Jennifer LaRue Huget , July 1, 2009

A Former Monkee with Cancer, Jennifer LaRue Huget , June 22, 2009

Is That Right? One A Day with Selenium and Prostate Cancer, Jennifer LaRue Huget , June 19, 2009

Will Men Get Gardasil? , Rob Stein , June 4, 2009

Mysterious Missing Fingerprints, Rob Stein , May 28, 2009

Here Comes the Sun. And the Sunscreen., Jennifer LaRue Huget , May 12, 2009

PSA Testing Gets A Boost, Rob Stein , April 30, 2009

Running with Cancer, Jennifer LaRue Huget , April 24, 2009

Pancreatic Cancer News You Can't Use, Jennifer LaRue Huget , March 13, 2009

Another Good Reason to Exercise, Jennifer LaRue Huget , February 13, 2009

New Test for Prostate Cancer?, Rob Stein , February 12, 2009

Green Tea Setback?, Jennifer LaRue Huget , February 9, 2009

To Protect Kids From Melanoma, Skip the Shore Vacation?, Jennifer LaRue Huget , February 6, 2009

How Risky Are Hormones?, Rob Stein , February 5, 2009

Colonoscopy Still Saves Lives, Jennifer LaRue Huget , December 17, 2008

Does Breast Cancer Go Away?, Rob Stein , November 27, 2008

Giving Pancreatic Cancer its Due, Jennifer LaRue Huget , November 10, 2008

Study Questions Antibiotics' Safety in Preterm Labor, Rob Stein , September 18, 2008

Cancer Screening: Me Vs. the Big Picture, Jennifer LaRue Huget , August 11, 2008

Countertops, Cellphones and Cancer Risk, Jennifer LaRue Huget , July 25, 2008

Prostate Cancer Treatment Questioned, Rob Stein , July 10, 2008

Does Gum Disease Cause Cancer?, Rob Stein , May 29, 2008

Pancreatic Cancer: Is the Money Where the Mouths Are?, Jennifer LaRue Huget , April 16, 2008