... Medicine, and the associate director of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center. Results of this study are published in the December ... continued drinking should be discouraged in head and neck cancer survivors. Patients need assistance with both tobacco and alcohol ... One preliminary study will compare medications to help survivors quit, and will specifically focus on the effectiveness of varenicline ...

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... debated subject of soy is back in the headlines for the world of breast cancer. This time it is a new study showing soy is not only okay for breast cancer survivors, but may be beneficial as well. The new study that has its results published in the December 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that women who where breast cancer survivors and who ...

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... Control, living with cancer increases your risk for complications from the flu. If you have cancer now or have had cancer in the past, you are at higher risk for complications from both seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu. The Centers for Disease Control just released information about what cancer survivors/patients should know about the flu. To help prepare you for the flu this season, CDC ...

... , a painful swelling of the arm that often occurs after breast cancer surgery, new research shows. The finding runs counter to ... Journal of Medicine. Researchers divided 141 breast cancer survivors who had lymphedema into two groups. One group did ... . “The significance of the study is that women who have had breast cancer surgery or radiation treatment have been told that they shouldn’t ...

By Malka Eisenberg Issue of December 4, 2009/ 17 Kislev 5770 Breast cancer survivors, doctors and nurses — even the U.S. Department of Health — are criticizing the recommendation of a government task force to delay by 10 years the onset of routine breast cancer screening in women. No radiologists or oncologists are on the United States Preventive

David Goodhue - AHN Reporter Miami, FL (AHN) - Childhood cancer survivors are more likely to suffer from heart disease in early adulthood, according to a recent study. University of Minnesota researchers say the heart disease risks are related to the patients' cancer therapies

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... products, is sponsoring the 4th Annual Breast Cancer Survivors Cruise. In 2010, for the first time, Amoena ... a positive self-image to women who have fought breast cancer and won. No woman can go through the battle alone. They need someone by their side encouraging them," ... issues of women under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer, to help sponsor the contest and spread the word among its affiliates. ...