Study: Light use of topical lotions just before therapy may improve quality of life for patients.
Family life can provide positive emotional environments that boost a person's resistance to disease.
Autumn has arrived, bringing with it the bounty of the harvest season.
Clostridium novyi-NT can cause gangrene and sepsis if infection runs amok, but when injected into a tumor, it appears to attack the cancer directly.
Learn the risks of developing this "silent killer" disease, and recognize its earliest warning signs.
Healthy eating and behaviors—including exercising and not smoking—work in conjunction to keep the body in tip-top shape.
Researcher: Cancer patients do much better than anticipated.
'For the last 100 years, people have been taught if you find cancer, cut it out,' an American Cancer Society doctor noted. 'We need to change that teaching.'
Eating healthful foods, engaging in physical activity and avoiding alcohol is tied to lower overall risk.
A daily low-dose aspirin might be more than an ounce of prevention.
A globe-trotting, retired rocket scientist with pancreatic cancer gets the chance to see another 50 countries.
Take care when air quality gets dodgy, particularly on hot summer days.
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