Aug 12 2010

Cancer Hoaxer Steals Funds, Goodwill

Tag: Cancer, Crime, Current Events, Disabled People, Emotions, Health, Heroes, Mental Health, Religion and Spirituality, Scandals and Trials — Benjamin Radford @ 4:46 pm
Why would a young Canadian woman fake cancer and cancer treatments?

Aug 12 2010

Breath Test Could Reveal Cancer

Tag: Cancer, Death and Dying, Sensors, Tumor — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:40 am
Scientists working on a breath test to detect cancer said they were now able to identify different types of the disease.

Jul 10 2010

Study: Cell Phone Towers Don’t Raise Cancer Risk

Tag: Cancer, Cell Phone Safety, Cell Phones, Communication, Computer Software, Electronics, Gadgets, Health, Safety and Prevention — Benjamin Radford @ 1:00 pm
A new study finds no link between childhood cancer and exposure to cell phone towers.

May 17 2010

Study Funded by Cell Phone Industry Says, ‘No Cancer’

Tag: Cancer, Cell Phone Safety, Cell Phones, Health — Tracy Staedter @ 8:31 pm
The first results of the long-awaited, 10-year, international Interphone study finds little evidence that cell phones cause either glioma or meningioma, the two most common types of brain cancer.

May 07 2010

Smoking is Good For You!*

Tag: Cancer, Drugs and Alcohol, Health, Safety and Prevention — Teresa Shipley @ 2:47 am
Nicotine jolts our brains -- in a good way.

Apr 21 2010

How the Internet Fuels Cell Phone Scares

Tag: Cancer, Cell Phone Safety, Cell Phones, Communication, Electronics, Health — Benjamin Radford @ 7:48 pm
There's little scientific evidence supporting a link between cell phones and cancer, yet hoaxes and media scares raise alarm with the public.

Apr 21 2010

Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Tag: Cancer, Cell Phone Safety, Cell Phones — Cristen Conger @ 2:36 pm
There are safety-warning labels on cigarettes and alcohol. Now some groups are advocating that similar cautions be printed on cell phones. Recently, a bill in the Maine state senate proposed a label warning users, especially children and pregnant women, of ...

Apr 12 2010

Breast Cancer and the ‘Fat Taboo’

Tag: Cancer, Current Events, Emotions, Gender, Genes, Health, Healthy Foods, Safety and Prevention — Benjamin Radford @ 3:57 pm
A new study finds that lifestyle changes can cut women's cancer risk by a third. So why are some doctors reluctant to tell their patients?

Mar 29 2010

Pope’s Saint-Making Miracle Questioned

Tag: Cancer, Current Events, Disabled People, Emotions, Health, Heroes, Holidays, Religion and Spirituality — Benjamin Radford @ 6:23 pm
These are tough times for the Vatican. Not only is the current pope under fire for allegedly helping cover up child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, but questions have recently been raised about a miracle attributed to the previous ...

Feb 26 2010

Friday News Feedbag for Feb. 26, 2010!

Tag: Cancer, Emotions, Feedblog, Genetic Science, Health — Jorge Ribas @ 10:44 pm
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag...we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and chat ...
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