Early Warning for Thyroid Cancer
The bad news: In 2012, around 56,000 Americans will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The good news: The disease has a survival rate of nearly 100 percent if caught in its first two stages. Charis Eng,...
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Breast Cancer: Do Your Genes Put You at Risk?
Chances are you or someone you love has been affected by breast cancer. It is the third most common cancer in the country, with 200,000-plus new cases diagnosed each year. But did you know that many of...
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Thyroid Cancer: Does It Run in the Family?
100 percent — that’s the survival rate for thyroid cancer if we can diagnose the disease early. That’s good news when you consider that thyroid cancer is the fastest-growing cancer among men and...
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The Epigenetics of Cholesterol, Smoking and Cancer
Our DNA is like an encyclopedia containing multiple volumes of genes. Certain genes are responsible for finding errors in these volumes and fixing them. When genes mutate, errors build up, and disease...
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Do Your Genes Increase Your Risk of Getting Cancer Twice?
If you knew you had an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer — a risk six and a half times higher than for most women — would you be more vigilant? If you knew your risk of developing a second...
View ArticleHow A Traffic Accident Saved One Woman’s Life
When a teenage driver rear-ended and totaled her car on a Florida freeway in 2011, Kelley Douglass thought it must be one of her worst days ever. As it turned out, the accident saved her life. Her back...
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