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Lower fat diet,, lower breast cancer recurrence rate

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A recent study of 2,437 breast cancer survivors has shown breast cancer is less likely to return in patients who stick to a low-fat diet. At the start of the study, 1,462 of the subjects continued their normal diets. The other 975 had cut fat to around 20 percent of daily calories. Five years... »

Certain types of breast cancer may be infectious!!

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Dr James Lawson at University of New South Wales studied the DNA from the breast cancer of 50 women. And, he found that the same form of the human papillomavirus (HPV) associated with cervical cancer was also linked to almost half the breast tumour samples they tested. Thus, it’s possible that certain types of breast... »

Abortion pill (mifepristone) fights against cancers

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Professor Eva Lee, from the University of California at Irvine found mifepristone or RU-486 useful to fight breast and ovarian cancer. Mifepristone is a chemical used to abort pregnancy. To fight against cancers, it blocks the sex hormone progesterone, which feeds the growth of certain cancers. The chemical would be most effective in women... »

Herceptin [Trastuzumab]

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Herceptin (Trastuzumab) is actually a monoclonal antibody bioengineered from a mouse antibody. Herceptin (Trastuzumab) binds to HER2 on the surface of some normal cells and plays a role in regulating cell growth. In the experimental studies, Herceptin (Trastuzumab) demonstrated its ability to inhibit tumor cell growth by this binding action. In metastatic breast cancer... »

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Can we prevent Alzheimer's Disease?

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Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown. Around the world, there will be walks to raise money for medical research.... »