Diseases/Conditions News

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Vitamin C supplements may significantly reduce the effectiveness of several anti-cancer drugs, according to a new study published Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska can probe the mental health of the government's star witness in next week's corruption trial against the longtime Alaska icon, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gene related to a hormone secreted by the body's fat cells may lower the risk of colon cancer, a discovery that could reassure people with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.

MONDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Newer antipsychotic medications are no better at relieving symptoms of schizophrenia in children and adolescents than older antipsychotic medications are, a new study finds.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A simple screen of proteins in human saliva was able to accurately detect a common type of oral cancer, a finding that may lead to a painless new diagnostic test, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

PARIS (AFP) - Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz said Monday the crisis gripping financial markets would pose no "short-term systemic risk" as he took a swipe at former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vitamin C supplements may undercut the effectiveness of cancer drugs including Novartis' Gleevec, a U.S. study published on Wednesday showed.

(HealthDay News) -- Depression isn't a normal part of aging. But it is common in people older than age 65, and symptoms of depression can be different for seniors than for younger people.

TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are heavier and longer at birth are at increased risk of developing breast cancer later in life, British researchers report.

University of Edinburgh researchers are seeing positive results from a new approach for treating depression in cancer patients. The program, which is given by specially-trained cancer nurses, is designed to work alongside a patient's usual cancer care. It emphasizes screening for depression, antidepressant medication, and teaching patients problem-solving skills. The results of the trial were published recently in The Lancet.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The discovery of a genetic link between obesity and colon cancer may pave the way for more effective screening tests for the disease, according to a study published Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Women who were bigger and longer babies may be more likely to develop breast cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People 75 years of age and older with cancer that has spread to the brain respond about as well as younger patients to stereotactic radiosurgery, according to a recent report.

MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients often turn to the Internet as a source of information and hope. But all too often, those hopes are betrayed by purveyors of so-called cancer "cures" that are anything but, experts say.

MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cancers typically spread -- or metastasize -- to specific, predictable locations. Now researchers have a deeper molecular understanding of why, at least for lung metastases in mice.

MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have identified how a particular gene helps human melanoma cells spread throughout the body.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There has been a substantial increase in the number of colorectal cancer screening tests conducted in older Americans, a new study shows.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer survivors report feeling more fatigue and negative emotions in a typical day than their cancer-free peers, but round-the-clock monitoring demonstrates that their vital signs and level activity are no different, according to an international study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Up to 80 percent of cancer patients who undergo radiation treatment do not take medications to combat pain, a new study indicates.

GENEVA (AFP) - A group of 80 women from 15 countries scaled a 4,000-metre Alpine mountain Saturday to highlight the need for better breast cancer treatment across Europe.

THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer survivors who suffer from hot flashes can reduce these attacks significantly with hypnosis, a new study finds.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Substances called heterocyclic amines (HAs) found in cooked meat and fish don't appear to boost a woman's risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, Swedish researchers report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - How well pain is managed in people with cancer apparently differs between men and women, new research hints.