AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Cuba Sunday for a second round of chemotherapy treatment following the removal of a cancerous tumor in June.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers who take a multivitamin pill may think they can smoke more because the supplement protects them from the harmful affects of cigarettes, according to a new study.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Although women whose mothers had breast cancer may worry about developing cancer themselves, many do not fully understand when and why they should be screened or their options to reduce their risk for the disease, a new study suggests.

Time.com - Despite years of a coordinated advertising and branding campaign, a new study shows that use of the color pink doesn't work so well for awareness of and fundraising for women's issues like breast cancer

Reuters - Feedback from fellow physicians helped doctors do fewer unnecessary tests on newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients in a study aimed at improving health care quality and consistency.

AP - The maker of the world's best-selling diabetes drug is facing hundreds of lawsuits and likely a big sales drop as suspicion grows that taking the pill for more than a year raises the risk of bladder cancer.

Title: Hospice
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 8/5/2011 8:28:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2011 8:28:58 PM

Title: Scientists May Have Found Missing Link to Common Brain Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 8/4/2011 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2011

Title: No Increase in Medicare Drug Premiums in 2012
Category: Health News
Created: 8/4/2011 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2011

Title: U.S. 'Stroke Belt' May Also Be 'Sepsis Belt'
Category: Health News
Created: 8/4/2011 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2011

Title: Survey: Americans Aware of Functional Foods, Don't Eat Them Enough
Category: Health News
Created: 8/5/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2011

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A map of the genetic mutations associated with the second most common form of brain cancer appears to reveal the biological cause of the tumors, researchers report.

Time.com - Despite years of a coordinated advertising and branding campaign, a new study shows that use of the color pink doesn't work so well for awareness of and fundraising for women's issues like breast cancer

AP - A Rhode Island man who put a sign on his garage urging a neighbor with cancer to die says he regrets it but wanted to make the man angry after the two quarreled over shrubs.

LiveScience.com - A man's risk of developing prostate cancer could be better measured with a urine test than with existing methods, a new study reports.

Title: Stomach Cancer Tumors Have Genetic Differences: Researchers
Category: Health News
Created: 8/3/2011 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2011

Title: Urine Test Might Help Predict Prostate Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/3/2011 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2011

Title: Another Blood Test for Alzheimer's Shows Promise
Category: Health News
Created: 8/3/2011 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2011

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Stomach cancer tumors have genetic differences, which determine how they respond to treatment, researchers have found.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new urine test might help doctors detect prostate cancer and better evaluate a patient's treatment options, researchers say.