Canned kid's food may offer colorful packaging and hassle-free preparation, but a study alleges they are also full of toxins called BPA that may be dangerous to your children's health.
More U.S. women are drinking booze and becoming alcoholics, according to a study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. About one-fifth of women have at least three drinks per day, versus a figure of about 42 percent for men.
Old, poor and Hispanic women are all more likely to have lymph nodes under the armpit removed unnecessarily during breast cancer surgery, a new study finds.
Breast cancer is rising at an alarming rate as reported by researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.
Pink ribbons dumb down the grim realities of treating cancer, and hide the profit-focused core of many high-profile fund-raising events, according to a movie that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week.
he cancer used to be referred to as a silent killer and can strike any time during a woman's life. It affects one in 70 women. But researchers have found that there are symptoms associated with ovarian cancer that can help in early detection. The symptoms of ovarian cancer frequently mimic other less dangerous conditions and so it makes it difficult to pinpoint.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney posted wedding banns this week at Westminster Register Office in Marylebone, central London.
Researchers say breast and cervical cancers are rising at an alarming rate and the number of new breast cancer cases has increased from about 641,000 cases in 1980 to 1.6 million cases in 2010.
Breast and cervical cancers kill 625,000 women worldwide every year, reported researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.
Breast cancer and cervical cancer kill 625,000 women every year, according to a new study that shows the diseases are on the rise. To put the death toll in perspective, 625,000 deaths a year is equivalent to six jumbo jets crashing every single day.
Breast cancer is rising at an alarming rate as reported by researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.
Breast cancer is on rise and the rate is alarming, said researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.
The number of breast and cervical cancer fatalities have skyrocketed in developing nations in the last three decades, while they have fallen in wealthier countries, according to an analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
A new U.S. study says women with hereditary cancers are developing them almost eight years earlier than their mothers and grandmothers.
Middle-aged women, who indulge in moderate consumption of an alcoholic beverage on a regular basis, stand a better chance of staying healthy as they grow older, research shows.
The NBC news veteran told her audience about her diagnosis Wednesday evening at the end of her MSNBC show Andrea Mitchell Reports.
NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchel announced live on air Wednesday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, urging women to get screened.
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is joined by Rosie O'Donnell, the newest addition to the media mogul's OWN TV network, for the October issue of O Magazine that looks at breakthrough visionaries in different fields.
The new study found that the risk of breast cancer was reduced to 50 percent in mice that were fed walnuts as part of their regular diet.
U.S. Government officials and Congressional lawmakers, along with drug industry and doctors' groups, are scrambling to find remedies for critical shortages in a number of drugs that treat life-threatening illnesses, including bacterial infection and several forms of cancer.
Highly trained sniffer dogs could possibly detect early signs of lung cancer on patients' breath, according to a study published in the European Respiratory Journal. German scientists said Thursday that research suggesting that "man's best friend" could be able to smell cancer revealed startling statistics from a number of dogs with cancer patients.
Highly trained sniffer dogs could possibly detect early signs of lung cancer on patients' breath, according to a study published in the European Respiratory Journal. German scientists said Thursday that research suggesting that "man's best friend" could be able to smell cancer revealed startling statistics from a number of dogs with cancer patients.
