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Two international cancer prevention groups think the online community can -- and should -- take a stab at the worldwide cancer epidemic. In honor of World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, Stand Up To Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control are launching a Facebook app that they hope will create a digital buzz that will reduce the spread of the disease.
To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
Saturday, Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, but for me, and for countless people around the globe, every day is Cancer Day ? because you or someone you love has the disease
AUSTIN, TX-- - To mark World Cancer Day, LIVESTRONG ® today announced a new initiative to help cancer survivors facing exceptional challenges. Jose Antonio Ventura , a bone cancer survivor and resident ...
After she was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was three weeks pregnant, Lynette Bisconti, president of The Gateway for Cancer ResearchSM www.demandcurestoday.org, began an aggressive personal campaign to beat the deadly disease.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Soy supplements do not protect women against breast cancer, a new study suggests.
Survivors share experiences on World Cancer Day
A major US breast cancer foundation Friday reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood after outcry over the move sparked a political and fundraising backlash by women's health advocates.
Northern Ireland's bowel cancer screening programme is to be extended with more people being targeted across all of the health trusts.
Prostate cancer drug is currently available through the Cancer Drugs Fund, but funding issues mean patients could either have to buy it themselves or take out health insurance Men in England with late-stage prostate cancer could soon be stopped from accessing "breakthrough" drug abiraterone unless they can afford to buy the drug themselves or pay for private medical insurance. Trials of ...
Grid.org has a project that you can participate in and you can help to fight cancer by just using you PC. Grid computing is a form of distributed computing that involves coordinating and sharing computing, application, data, storage, or network resources across dynamic and geographically dispersed organizations.
You only need to download a small aplication that will install as a screen saver and will only use the resource of your computer when you are idle.
The project home page says:
“One in four of us will at some time suffer from cancer. The high mortality rate, the suffering experienced by patients from the side effects of existing treatments, and the high costs of treatment all contribute to making cancer a priority for drug research.”
Find more information on the on the .
Download the software now and help to fight cancer.
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