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Cancer Information about cancer types, treatments and prevention strategies.
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There's no safe way to smoke Light cigarettes, social smoking will also harm your health.
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Lung cancer: Causes and symptoms To reduce your chances of developing lung cancer, avoid every risk factor you can.
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Lung cancer in nonsmokers Even people who don't smoke can develop lung cancer.
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Experts propose less frequent cervical cancer screening In independent, but coordinated, draft screening guidelines, three U.S. cancer groups and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have recommended that women have fewer lifetime screenings for cervical cancer.
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Prostate cancer test's risks outweigh benefits, task force says The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said PSA screening does little or nothing to reduce prostate cancer deaths and may, in fact, lead to biopsy-related problems such as serious infections, unnecessary treatments and side effects related to those treatments.
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Health News Recent research findings and health updates.
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Family members of weight-loss surgery patients lose weight too When a person has weight-loss surgery, his or her family members may improve their lifestyle habits and lose weight as well, a study suggests.
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Experts propose less frequent cervical cancer screening In independent, but coordinated, draft screening guidelines, three U.S. cancer groups and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have recommended that women have fewer lifetime screenings for cervical cancer.
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Safe sleeping guidelines for infants expanded The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued expanded safe sleep guidelines designed to reduce the risk of all sleep-related infant deaths, including SIDS.
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Prostate cancer test's risks outweigh benefits, task force says The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said PSA screening does little or nothing to reduce prostate cancer deaths and may, in fact, lead to biopsy-related problems such as serious infections, unnecessary treatments and side effects related to those treatments.
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Growing number of oral cancers linked to HPV, study finds “These increases may reflect increases in sexual behavior, including increases in oral sex,” said Maura Gillison, MD, the senior author of a study that looked at the number of oropharyngeal cancers caused by HPV.
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