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Personal Health: Finding, and Treating, Esophageal Cancer

For about 90 percent of patients with esophageal cancer, early detection and treatment are missed, and the outcome is fatal.

Posted Dec 02 2008, 11:06 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Digestive Tract, Esophageal Cancer, Barrett's Syndrome, Gastroesophageal Reflux (Acid Reflux), Heartburn

Delay in Cancer Treatment Is Found to Raise Recurrence

Even short delays in obtaining radiation therapy worsened outcomes for older women with early-stage breast cancer, a new study suggests.

Posted Dec 02 2008, 01:12 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Mammography, Breast, Radiation

Vital Signs: Nostroms: Vitamins and Cancer Risk in Women

A large randomized trial of vitamin B and folic acid suggests that they do not lower the risk of cancer for women.

Posted Dec 01 2008, 10:47 PM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Women, Vitamins, Vitamin B, Folic Acid

New Cases of Cancer Decline in the U.S.

Cancer diagnosis rates have been falling in the U.S., the first time such an extended decline has been documented.

Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:48 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: United States, Medicine and Health, Cancer, Breast, Lungs, Smoking and Tobacco, Melanomas, Prostate Gland

Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away

Some invasive breast cancers appeared to go away without treatment, a study suggests.

Posted Nov 24 2008, 10:59 PM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Women, Mammography, Breast

Study: Vitamins E and C Fail to Prevent Cancer in Men

A large clinical trial of almost 15,000 men taking vitamins E and C for up to 10 years has found that neither supplement had any effect on cancer rates.

Posted Nov 18 2008, 11:03 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Prostate Gland

I. Bernard Weinstein, Who Studied Causes of Cancer, Dies at 78

Dr. Weinstein was a researcher at Columbia University who advanced the study of how pollutants and other environmental factors can cause cancer.

Posted Nov 16 2008, 02:57 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Deaths (Obituaries), Research, Cancer, Columbia University, Weinstein, I Bernard

Protein Tied to Resistance to a Drug for Cancer

British scientists say they have found a possible explanation for why some women develop resistance to the most commonly used breast cancer drug.

Posted Nov 12 2008, 07:02 PM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Cancer, Breast

Scientists Decode Set of Cancer Genes

Researchers have found a set of genetic mutations that may provide clues about the origins of cancer.

Posted Nov 05 2008, 03:15 PM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Research, Cancer, Genetics and Heredity, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

In One Section of Beth Israel Hospital, Some Patients Are Saying ‘Om,’ Not ‘Ah’

A foundation run by Donna Karan has donated $850,000 for a yearlong experiment combining Eastern and Western healing methods at Beth Israel Medical Center.

Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:57 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Cancer, Hospitals, Yoga, Beth Israel Medical Center, Karan, Donna, Meditation