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New Ovarian Cancer Test Shows Promise

A new test to detect ovarian cancer, a cancer that is difficult to diagnosis because there are often no symptoms during the early stages, has been shown to ...
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Breast Cancer Comes With Risk of a Deeply Depressed Partner

Men whose wives or girlfriends have had breast cancer are at a significantly higher risk than other men of developing severe depression, a 13-year study has found. That ...
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Findings: Why the Pill May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

Contraceptives and hormone replacement therapies have been linked to an increased risk for breast cancer, and now scientists think they know why. The hormones in these drugs activate ...
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Some Cells Can Become Energy-Burning ‘Brown Fat’ Cells

Muscle cells and plain old “white” fat cells can be coaxed into becoming brown fat cells by treating them with a certain protein, according to a new study. ...
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Facing Up to the Facts: New Images Show How Exercise Affects Aging

Perhaps more of us would get off the couch and onto the treadmill if we were faced with images of the difference exercising may make in our appearance ...
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Face Value: Looking a Bit Old for Your Age Doesn’t Mean You’re Unhealthy

If you look a little old for your age, that doesn’t necessarily mean you have poor health, a new study finds. The finding challenges a long-held idea, said ...
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Smoking Increases Breast Cancer Risk For Some

Smoking seems to increase the risk of breast cancer in many women, but a new study suggests it doesn’t further influence breast cancer risks in women who are ...
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Most Common Breast Cancer on the Rise in US

Breast cancer rates, which had been declining in the U.S. since 2000, leveled off in 2007 and since then have remained relatively constant, a new study shows. But ...
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Women with Severe Endometriosis May Be More Attractive

Observing that women with the most severe form of endometriosis happen to be unusually attractive, researchers in Italy speculate that the qualities that led to the women’s good ...
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Quitting Smoking Improves Memory

Former smokers have a better-functioning memory than those who still light up, a new study finds. On a practical test of their recollection ability, people who on average ...
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