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To discourage people from smoking, lawmakers slapped a hefty tax on cigarettes. Now, health experts concerned about America’s ballooning obesity problem are insisting that legislators do the same with sugary sodas. According to Harold Goldstein, the executive director of the California Center for Public Health, it’s about time we started treating sugar-laced sodas like the health hazards […]
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A new report shows that most Norovirus outbreaks occur in food service settings — meaning restaurant owners and managers need to do more to prevent their customers from getting sick. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that can result in stomach pain, nausea, and […]
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A new study recently shows that eating more fish and exercising regularly can prevent colon cancer from returning. The study was led by Dr. Mohammed Shaik, a researcher at Breslin Cancer Center, which is based on Michigan State University’s campus. Shaik and his team studied 1,515 colon cancer patients based in the United States, Poland, […]
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Doctors have discovered a new treatment method that could help advanced prostate cancer patients live longer. The treatment, which was devised by oncologists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, adds the chemotherapy drug docetaxel to the usual hormone-depleting therapy for prostate cancer. For years hormone reduction has been used to fight prostate cancer, which […]
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A new study shows that green tea can actually disrupt the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells, slowing the disease’s progression and reducing the risk that cancer will develop in the first place. The study, which was carried out by researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) focused on EGCG, or epigallocatechin gallate — […]
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