New Surgery Eases Toll of Breast Cancer

Surgeons are offering an added benefit to breast-cancer patients: removing the tumor and cosmetically repairing the breast at the same time. This "oncoplastic surgery" could minimize the number of times a patient must go under the knife.

Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial will examine whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to be in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial will examine whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to be in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

"Good" cholesterol may protect memory, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - Middle-aged people with low levels of so-called good cholesterol may be at higher risk for memory decline that could foreshadow Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, European researchers said on Monday.

Scientists Find Way to Dim Cancer Switch (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered that they can use a kind of dimmer switch to stop a "cancer signal" from contributing to the development of tumors.

Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products (STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, do increase the user's risk of cancer -- just not as much as smoking does.