Posted On: January 23, 2010
This is my first piece for The Online Citizen. It is a personal commentary on how I felt the Facebook Bra Color campaign hurt more than help. And of course you can read for yourself how one reader claimed I was the one who didn’t get the plot.
Posted On: December 22, 2009
A new study suggests that compounds found in black pepper and curry powder help halt the growth of stem cells that give rise to breast cancer. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center applied piperine, found in black pepper, and curcumin, the main ingredient in the curry spice turmeric, to breast cancer cells […]
Posted On: November 30, 2009
Researchers have demonstrated a strong association between the risk of aggressive prostate cancer and a common sexually transmitted infection. Trichomonas vaginalis infects an estimated 174 million people globally each year, and is the most common nonviral sexually transmitted infection. T. vaginalis can also infect the prostate and be a source of inflammation. The study, conducted […]
Posted On: October 17, 2009
Women whose breasts became tender after taking hormone replacement therapy had nearly twice the risk of developing breast cancer than women whose breasts did not become tender on the drugs, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The team analyzed data on the more than 16,000 women who took estrogen-plus-progestin as part of the widely publicized Women’s […]
Posted On: September 3, 2009
Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States over the past two decades. Increasing rates of HPV infection, spread through oral sex, is largely driving the rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancers, which include tumors of the throat, tonsils, and base of the tongue. Safer sex doesn’t just […]
Posted On: August 5, 2009
Cervical cancer is malignant cancer of the cervix uteri or cervical area. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in its advanced stages. Did you know that in Singapore, more than one case of cervical cancer is diagnosed every 2 days. More than one women dies of […]
Posted On: July 25, 2009
Farrah Fawcett , the feathered-hair star of Charlie’s Angels, had a private funeral on 30 June at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles. Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in late 2006. Anal cancer is a relatively rare cancer that occurs in the anus. The anal canal is a small section, […]
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