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Can daily aspirin help ward off cancer?

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study bolsters the case that daily aspirin may help protect against cancer, although the effect seems weaker than previously thought. And the final chapter on the popular but controversial drug has yet to be written, experts say, because like earlier research the new work has considerable limitations. "News about the cancer potential of aspirin use has been really encouraging lately," said Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society, who worked on the study. "Things are moving forward, but it is still a work in progress." Medical guidelines in the U.S. ... read more..

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Department Of Veterans Affairs-Health Hazards Of Smoking-American Cancer Society

Aromatherapy: More Than Just a Pleasant Scent?

WEDNESDAY, April 25 (Healthday News) -- Aromatherapy is beginning to enter the medical mainstream, with groups as diverse as the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs touting the use of fragrance as a therapy that can complement traditional health care. read more..

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Warnings on Cigarette Packs May Keep Ex-Smokers From Relapse

WEDNESDAY, April 25 (Healthday News) -- Warnings on cigarette packages about the health hazards of smoking can help deter many ex-smokers from lighting up again, a new international study finds. read more..

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American Cancer Society-Health Regulators-Prostate Cancer-Cancer Therapy-Loud Protests

Insight: New doubts about prostate-cancer vaccine Provenge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prostate cancer vaccine Provenge has long incited passions unlike any other cancer therapy. Doctors who raised doubts about it received death threats. Health regulators and lawmakers faced loud protests at their offices. A physician at the American Cancer Society was so intimidated by Provenge partisans that he yanked a skeptical discussion of it from his blog. The vitriol dissipated in April 2010, when the U.S. ... read more..

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American Cancer Society-World Lung Foundation-Big Tobacco Firms-Tenth Anniversary

Smoking deaths triple over decade: tobacco report

LONDON (Reuters) - Tobacco-related deaths have nearly tripled in the past decade and big tobacco firms are undermining public efforts that could save millions, a report led by the health campaign group the World Lung Foundation (WLF) said on Wednesday. In the report, marking the tenth anniversary of its first Tobacco Atlas, the WLF and the American Cancer Society said if current trends continue, a billion people will die from tobacco use and exposure this century - one person every six seconds. ... read more..

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