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Sunscreen Could Be Giving You Skin Cancer [Science]
If it's not one thing, it's another. While everybody knows that too much time in the sun massively increases the chances of developing skin cancer, new research suggests that a compound found in most sunscreens may also increase the chances of acquiring melanomas.More »
One in Six Cancers Are Caused By Treatable Infections [Medicine]
Cancer is a scourge on our society and, while scientists continue to work on treatments, many people view it as an inevitable truth. New research, however, suggests that as many as one in six cases of cancer are a result of infections—which are either preventable or treatable.More »
Breast Cancer Is Actually Ten Different Diseases [Science]
For years, we've been treating breast cancer as a single disease. But a new study has reclassified it into ten separate sub-diseases, all with different genetic features—which could transform the way women are diagnosed and treated.More »
Ultrasound Treatment Cures Prostate Cancer Perfectly Nine Times in Ten [Medicine]
A new treatment, using highly focused ultrasound, effectively kills cancerous prostate tumors nine times out of ten. What's more, the technique produces virtually no side effects and means patients only have to spend a single evening in hospital.More »
Nano-Particles Could Manufacture Cancer-Killing Drugs Inside Your Body [Science]
MIT researchers have built a nano-scale, drug-producing factory that could provide precision cancer tumor-killing inside your body.More »
Dental X-Rays Linked to the Most Common Brain Tumors [Science]
Cancer researchers have found that certain types of dental X-rays significantly increased the incidence of the most common type of brain tumor in the United States: meningioma.More »
These Nanostars Kill Cancer Without Ever Penetrating a Cell [Science]
Everyone can't stop talking about how nanotechnology is the future of healthcare, but so far we've not seen many useful applications. Finally, here's one: these nano-scale gold stars can kill cancer cells dead without ever entering them.More »
NSFW: Take Your Hands off Your Phone and on Your Penis [Image Cache]
Here's one way to reduce testicular cancer: make people choose between using a BlackBerry and examining their balls to prevent death.More »
We've Been Treating the Deadliest Form of Breast Cancer All Wrong [Cancer]
One of the worst things you can hear from you doctor is that you, or a loved one, has "triple negative" breast cancer. It stubbornly refuses to respond to the best treatments available, so doctors have to resort to chemotherapy. It strikes 16 percent of breast cancer patients, most of them younge...
Exercise and Caffeine Is a Cancer-Fighting One-Two Punch [Science]
This is the study that many of us have been waiting for: exercise combined with caffeine will greatly reduce your risk of skin cancer caused by sun exposure.More »
