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Perhaps Bad Luck And Nature Gave You Cancer, Not Genetics Or Your Lifestyle
There is no question there are genetic and environmental components to cancer but a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence across many tissue types finds that cancer is...
RAW: Baby gorilla début at San Diego Zoo
Baby boy was born on Boxing Day
Georgia police chief says he shot wife by accident while both slept
Fred LambertATLANTA, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Authorities released audio of a 911 call made by a police chief in Georgia who says he shot his wife accidentally while both slept.
Mind over matter: Can you think your way to strength?
Regular mental imagery exercises help preserve arm strength during 4 weeks of immobilization, researchers have found. Strength is controlled by a number of factors -- the most studied by far...
Skin Fat Helps Protect Against Infections, Study Finds
Fat cells just under a person's skin may be the first responders to invading bacteria, buying time until the white blood cells arrive at a wound site, according to a...
Researchers target telomeres to kill cancer
Cell biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have targeted telomeres with a small molecule called 6-thiodG that takes advantage of the cell’s ‘biological clock’ to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor...
7-inch T-bird part removed from man's arm 51 years after car crash
Ben HooperST. LOUIS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- An Illinois man suffering pain in his arm underwent surgery to remove a turn signal rod embedded in his body when he crashed...
New weapon against virus causing respiratory illness, possible paralysis in kids
New research findings point toward a class of compounds that could be effective in combating infections caused by enterovirus D68, which has stricken children with serious respiratory infections and might...
We can’t control how we’ll die. I find that liberating
It’s important to live healthily, but scientists also tell us that the majority of cancers are down to chance – a good reminder of the limits of individual responsibility Continue...
Diabetes drug found in Lake Michigan could harm fish, researchers say
There is more than one way to measure prescription drug use. The most direct method is to count prescriptions filled by pharmacies. That would show, for example, that more than...
Soothing the Aged With Verse, a Lawyer Takes a Road Less Traveled
Marvin Wexler, a commercial litigator, also cultivates another side of himself, reading poetry to a room full of elderly and disabled residents at a nursing home.
Urban Athlete: A Class in the MELT Method of Body Work
The MELT method claims to address a host of middle-age complaints: chronic pain, aching joints, weight gain, stress, wrinkles, digestive problems, low energy and insomnia.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy Improves Survival Among Stage 4 Lung Cancer Patients
A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients, scientists report.
PSA Test - More Harm Than Good For Prostate Cancer Screening
New prostate screening guidelines recommend that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test not be used to screen for prostate cancer based on evidence that shows uncertain benefits and an increased...
Women with atypical hyperplasia are at higher risk of breast cancer
Women with atypical hyperplasia of the breast have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought, a study has found. Atypical hyperplasia of the breast is a precancerous...
Alec Baldwin's wife Hilaria is pregnant with their second child
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Hilaria Baldwin, the wife of actor Alec Baldwin, has announced via Instagram she is pregant with their second child.
Newborn killer whale a good sign for imperiled pod
A newborn orca in the endangered pod that frequents Puget Sound is an encouraging sign following the death earlier this month of a pregnant killer whale from the same group.
Health officials warn of measles exposure at Philadelphia children's museum
Scott SmithPHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Health officials are warning people they may have been exposed to measles at the Please Touch Museum and a CVS drugstore in Philadelphia.
National Briefing | Science: New C.D.C. Job Overseeing Laboratory Safety
A new job title — chief of laboratory safety — will be created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency announced Wednesday.
First baby of the new year race is real, says OB/GYN
As the countdown for the new year begins, so does the race for the first baby of the new year. “The race to have the first baby is something all...
Discovery of mutated gene in dogs could help treat blindness
A MERTK gene defect responsible for a recently identified form of progressive retinal atrophy in Swedish vallhund dogs has been found by an international team of scientists. This discovery opens...
Make a New Year's resolution to manage your diabetes
Early detection and treatment can decrease the risk of developing complications from diabetes. Certified diabetes educators report that the new year is a good time to see a doctor if...
Well: 5 Things to Know About New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve can ring in healthful resolutions and new beginnings, but it can also be a risk factor for accidents, death and other dangers.
First baby of 2015? It's a secret in many places
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bye, bye Baby New Year. The crowning of the year's first baby is being kept secret in many communities as hospitals say safety...
Hangovers Are As Old As Alcohol And So Are Hangover Cures
They should have stuck to white wine.By Laurence Totelin, Cardiff UniversitySlightly over-indulged in wine this festive season? Suffering from throbbing headache, dry mouth, and nausea after the office Christmas party?...
Actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71
Ed AdamczykNEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Veteran actor Edward Herrmann, 71, who played Richard Gilmore on television's "Gilmore Girls," died Wednesday in New York.
Jamie Lynn Spears brandishes knife to break up fight
Annie MartinHAMMOND, La., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Jamie Lynn Spears pulled a friend to safety and brandished a knife to break up a fight at a Pita Pit in Louisiana.
Well: The Doctor Is Out; You May Be in Luck
In some cases, heart patients survive longer when their doctors are away at conferences.