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Study Reveals Drinking Coffee Can Lower Your Chances of Skin Cancer

Shauna Wright — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:04:21 +0000

Want to avoid skin cancer? Have another cup of joe. A new study finds coffee guzzlers are less likely to develop the most common type of the disease. The study of more than 100,000 adults found that those who drank three or more cups of coffee a day had a 20 percent lower risk of [...]

Should Nuns Be Offered the Pill to Reduce Cancer Risks? — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:11:23 +0000

If you were going to choose a segment of society least likely to need birth control pills, no one could fault you for putting nuns at the top of the list. Researchers, however, say the notoriously contraceptive-averse Catholic Church should make the pills available to those women to reduce their risk of cancer.

Can Coffee Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:35:49 +0000

Your daily cups of joe may be doing more than just giving you the energy to face the day. According to a new study, which tracked nearly 113,000 adults over 20 years, women who drink three cups of coffee a day have a 20 percent lower risk of developing basal cell carcinoma — the most [...]

Mom with Cancer Dies to Save Unborn Baby [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:33:46 +0000

A selfless mother has died to save her unborn baby.

The woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of cancer and refused chemotherapy so that her child could be born, even though it meant she would die.

Actors Stand Up 2 Cancer in Funny Send-Up of 'Star Wars' [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:44:35 +0000

The celeb-driven Stand Up 2 Cancer initiative may have just gotten the best promo in the galaxy — and in those far, far away. A whole slew of actors — including Aziz Ansari, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Jaime King, Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg, Emma Stone and, of course, Samuel L. Jackson, [...]

Cell Phones May Cause Cancer, Says New Study

Steve Kelly — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:01:42 +0000

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer the radiation in cell phones may cause cancer.

The group came to this conclusion after analyzing 30 previous studies which had explored the link between cell phones and cancer.

As a result of this finding, cell phones have now been given a "2 B" cl