HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals found in onions and curry may help prevent colon cancer, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests.

A Swedish study finds a correlation between the amount of processed meat a person eats, and an increased risk of stomach cancer. Processed meats include bacon, salami, sausage, hot dogs, ham, and smoked or cured meat.

Reuters - Researchers report that exposure to chest X-rays has a "relatively large effect" on breast cancer risk in women who are carriers of BRCA mutations, which increase their susceptibility to breast cancer.

AFP - Scientists have said they discovered that mouth cancer cells develop along distinct "mortal" and "immortal" pathways -- an insight which could help curb the disease at its early stages.

According to a newly released study, compounds found in curry and onions may help prevent colon cancer in those at risk. Patients with pre-cancerous polyps in the colon who took a pill containing a combination of curcumin, which is found in the curry spice turmeric, and quercetin, an antioxidant...

A study has revealed that mushrooms are not only good soup and salad ingredients but they also contribute to enhanced effectiveness of chemotherapy in treatment of cancer. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer looked at extracts from fungi with the classification, 'Phellinus...

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals found in onions and curry may help prevent colon cancer, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests.

Reuters - Compounds found in curry and onions may help prevent colon cancer in those at risk, according to findings from a small study released this week.

Reuters - Eating more processed meats such as bacon, sausage and smoked ham increases the risk of stomach cancer, Swedish scientists said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Increasing the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in the diet appears to slow the progression of prostate cancer, according to the results of an animal study.

British researchers find the drug anastrozole is tolerated better in postmenopausal women in the early stages of breast cancer than tamoxifen, after they've undergone surgery. The scientists followed more than 6,000 postmenopausal women with breast cancer that had not spread to other areas of the...

AP - Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, nominated to head the Food and Drug Administration, insisted at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that "medical ideology" — not politics — guided his handling of proposed over-the-counter sales of the morning-after contraceptive.

Reuters - Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may be able to boost the power of a leading chemotherapy drug for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.

Gardasil, the world's first vaccine against cervical cancer may go on sale within weeks. The vaccine has been proven effective against the virus that forms most cervical cancers.

Reuters - Mouth cancer develops in two distinct ways which determine the seriousness of the disease, scientists said on Tuesday, a finding that could lead to new ways of preventing and treating it.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer cells can use three different signaling pathways to inactivate a protein that causes cell death and resist hormone treatment to stay alive, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study concludes.

Reuters - Women getting over breast cancer treatment who engage in aerobic and resistance training exercises may have better physical fitness and better quality-of-life than their more sedentary counterparts, new study findings show.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer cells can use three different signaling pathways to inactivate a protein that causes cell death and resist hormone treatment to stay alive, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study concludes.

Reuters - Doctors seeking treatments for malignant brain tumors have found promise in the venom of scorpions, according to a study released on Friday.

Reuters - A new vaccine aimed at halting the spread of a common sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer should eventually be given to both sexes, doctors said on Monday.