Now-a-days, people are after green tea so as to avoid the risk of developing cancer. But a new study related to the effect of green tea on cancer has proved that all the cancers are not benefited from using green tea.
 
Researchers looked at 51 medium-to-high-quality studies, conducted from ...

According to a new study on cancers in childhood, babies who are born to an older mother have a higher risk for developing many of the cancers that occur during childhood.
 
"Our finding shows that although the absolute risk is low, advancing maternal age may be a factor and explain ...

Curcumin, one among the most popular Indian spices, which is derived from the turmeric root, can help in reducing the risk of cancer women who are exposed to hormone replacement therapy after the menopause.
 
Studies have been conducted in the past related to this topic. These studies have ...

A new study related to melanoma, the lethal skin cancer version, has proved that two specific genes have the potential for doubling the risk of people developing this condition.
 
As part of an international study, a team at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) which was led ...

Women who have reached the menopause stage are subjected to higher risk of breast cancer.
 
Increased breast cancer risk for post-menopausal women has previously been linked to obesity and diabetes. Both conditions involve insulin resistance, which causes increases in circulating levels of ...

Pinpointing genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one.

By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers have discovered that a gene believed to be involved in meningiomas -- tumours that ...

A new study related to carbohydrates have proved that daily intake of the carbohydrates like breads, beans, potatoes, rice and cereals can help to suppress tumours of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
A team from the Burnham Institute for Medical Research has found out that glycans, (very complex ...

The genetic mutations which once helped in the survival of humans can increase the possibility of diseases, including cancer. This has been proved by a new study. 


Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) National Institute for Biotechnology conducted a research on the ...

A new method developed by researchers helps women whose ovaries have been struck by cancer to have babies.


Pascal Piver, who manages the in vitro fertilisation centre at Limoges University Hospital in France, described a new, two-step method of ovarian transplant which has produced excellent ...

A bacterium which is found in various parts of human stomach ensures its survival by manipulating the immune system cells of human body, a discovery which can open the way for a more effective treatment against the bacterium.

About half of the world's population carries the bacterium ...

Researchers believe that the clues to causes of ovarian cancer may lie in the mammal platypus.

Geneticist Frank Grutzner of the University of Adelaide said DNA mapping of the platypus has unravelled an interesting link between their sex chromosomes and DNA sequences found in human ovarian ...

The risk of cancer in patients suffering from diabetes increases if they are using glargine, an insulin analogue. 
A new study was done by a collaboration of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) and a research institute of the German Local Health Care Fund on ...

A new study related to cancer has proved that a diet which is rich is high fat such as red meat and dairy products can lead to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. The research was published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute on 26 Jun, 2009.
 
Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, ...

People who have excess weight have an increased risk of contracting pancreatic cancer. Dr Donghui Li, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said that people, overweight at a younger age had a stronger possibility of contracting pancreatic cancer than those gaining weight at an older age. 
He ...

The researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a ‘chemical nose’ that can detect cancer. The ‘nose’ consists of nanoparticles and polymers that can differentiate between healthy and cancerous cells. It can also recognise metastatic and ...

Not only is green tea the second most popular drink in the world, but it can also significantly reduce serum markers predictive of prostrate cancer progression.
James A. Cardelli, director of basic and translational research at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Centre, Louisiana said: "The ...

Experiments on mice suggest that having grey hair might protect against cancer. Emi Nishimura, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan, said that melanocytes are the cells that produce pigments that give colour to hair. Their numbers are topped up by stem cells.
Hair turns grey when there is ...

Two men with prostate cancer that were at such an advanced stage they were considered inoperable, have "dramatically recovered" after being treated with an experimental drug, the Sunday Times reported.
 

"Both are cancer-free and have returned to normal life," the ...

According to the report of a research on prostate cancer from the Cancer-Science Council, Germany, a particular substance which is extracted from the roots of a flower called Belamcanda chinensis can help in the treatment of prostate cancer.
 
Experts of the research team from the ...

Scientists are devising a revolutionary cancer treatment which could spare the patients from toxic, whole-body chemotherapy sessions.
 
Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have obtained some new nano particles which could help in targeting and destroying the cancer ...

Comprehensive Cancer Centre has uncovered the clues for the development of different cancers in those who suffer from AIDS.
 
According to Dr. Dirk Dittmer of the UNC’s School of Medicine, the Kaposi Sarcoma is associated with the Herpes Virus, KSHV, and is also present in those cells ...

A study conducted by the scientists from the Massey University proved that women who work in the agricultural sector have higher chances of developing leukaemia. This finding related to women’s health is from an analysis which was released very recently by the Centre for Public Health ...

The engineers of Duke University have found out a novel way of providing treatment to brain tumour without actually operating on it. The scientists who worked on this have come up with an ultrasound catheter which can be fit into the large blood vessels present in the brain. These two catheters ...

According to the reports of the study conducted by a group of German scientists, it has been revealed that the pain which is experienced by the cancer patients can be eased by blocking a particular kind of molecule which is like a hormone and is made by the tumours.
 
Since the entire ...

Scientist in Wednesday found out for the first time that a link actually exists between cancer and a genetic defect called the “Copy Number Variation”.  This is a genetic defect which is characterized by the missing of DNA or presence of extra DNA bits.
 
This breakthrough ...

A group of researchers from the University of Leicester have claimed that they have found some “convincing evidence” that the smoke of cannabis can cause damages to DNA in various manners, which in turn can lead to an increased risk of developing cancer in human beings.
 
The ...

The reluctance of men for adopting the healthy lifestyle can increase the threat of developing cancer. Cancers affect people belonging to both sexes. But studies have proved that men are at a higher risk of developing cancer when compared to women. Chances that a man develops cancer are about 60% ...

In a recent U.S. Agricultural Health study conducted on 678 individuals who are involved in applying pesticides, it has been found out that persons who are exposed to certain types of pesticides doubles the risk of developing the abnormal condition of blood called MonoClonal Gammopathy Undetermined ...

The age-old Tibetan medical science based on herbal and spiritual healing may bring new hope for cancer treatment. According to a Tibetan doctor named Tsewang Dolkar Khongkar, the Tibetan system of medicine can contribute a lot towards the treatment of dreaded disease like cancer. Khongkar added if ...

The researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have modified Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) or Botox which might be used to treat asthma and cancer. Botox is generally used to whip out skin wrinkles. It works by slicing up proteins known as SNAREs that allow cells to release various ...