A new study from Tel Aviv University has found that stress plays a crucial role in cancer progression even if the primary tumour has been removed through operation. The team leader concluded that stress before, during and after surgery impairs immune system functioning and leads to cancer recurrence.

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Thanks to a new finding by a scientist at University of Tennessee, it may soon be possible to develop a better flu vaccine. His name is Mark Sangster, a professor of microbiology and has uncovered information that may someday lead to a better flu vaccine.

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A study published in the March 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reports that US researchers found a new blood biomarker that enables close to 98 percent accuracy in predicting the spread of prostate cancer to regional lymph nodes.
In this study, researchers concluded for the first […]

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Because the flu season generally starts in the fall and continues through spring, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said all children - not just those under 5 - should start getting vaccinated as soon as possible. By consequence, about 30 million more children could be getting vaccinated. If heeded, it would be one of […]

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The March Harvard Men’s Health Watch suggests average men not take multivitamins until the puzzle of folic acid and cancer is solved. The health newsletter explains researchers speculate that high intakes of folic acid may have contributed to an increase in colorectal cancers in the middle of 1990 years.
Man are advised not take a multivitamin because […]

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A research team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, suggests that men who want to avoid developing the benign but bothersome prostate enlargement that typically accompanies aging should cut their intake of fat and red meat, eat more vegetables, and have a couple of drinks a day.
Researchers found that men who had […]

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Despite of peak development of influenza in some parts of US caused by lock of effectiveness of this year vaccine, the flu’s misery can be avoided.
Immune health experts at the University of Michigan, said that in addition to proper nutrition and regular exercise,  people can do certain things to avoid the flu, such as:
- Wash […]

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A new study at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, suggests that providing radiation therapy to men with rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels following radical prostatectomy improves survival.
Researchers revealed that salvage radiotherapy reduced the risk of dying from prostate cancer by more than 60%. They also noticed the greatest benefit in men […]

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A new study presented at the 2008 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California, suggests that active surveillance is a reasonable option for older men with early-stage prostate cancer. Californian researchers showed that the majority of older men with localized prostate cancer died of competing causes of death or did not develop complications that required […]

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When testicular cancer is diagnosed in its early stages, the cure rate is nearly 99%. Then a thorough examination is warranted for patients presenting with a painless testicular mass, scrotal heaviness, a dull ache, or acute pain. Evaluation should include scrotal ultrasonography of testicular masses; if this reveals an intratesticular mass, the patient should be […]

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