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The Good & Bad News About Cancer: Photos

Posted Thu Oct 6, 2011 12:00 PM ET   |   0

Cancer patients have more reasons to be hopeful, both in Hollywood and in the hospital. Read more

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Kids' Soup Cans Contain BPA Toxins

Posted by  Emily Sohn  Wed Sep 21, 2011 08:44 AM ET   |   0

BPA showed up in samples of canned food products marketed to children. Read more

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Elizabeth Edwards Dies at 61

Posted Tue Dec 7, 2010 11:57 AM ET   |   0

The wife of the former vice presidential candidate left a touching farewell note shortly after making the decision to end her treatment. Read more

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U.S. Judge Strikes Down Gene Patents

Posted Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:21 PM ET   |   0

Genes cannot be patented, said a judge, because isolated DNA is not markedly different from DNA as it exists in nature. Read more

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Fatty Diet Makes Cancer Aggressive

Posted by  Eric Bland  Tue Jan 19, 2010 07:16 AM ET   |   0

Fat molecules are shown to kick-start benign tumors into forming life-threatening cancer. Read more

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Can Foods Prevent Disease? Debate Continues: Discovery News

Posted Mon Nov 3, 2008 05:47 AM ET

Eating tomatoes to help prevent cancer, garlic to prevent AIDS or drinking fruit juice to ward off Alzheimer's? Despite a bevy of research, the impact of food on killer diseases remains to be proved. Read more

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3-D Mammograms Coming Soon : Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Tue Jul 1, 2008 06:19 AM ET

Screening dense breasts for cancer is about to get easier thanks to new 3-D imaging technology, say scientists. Read more

Catching the Hidden Tumor

Discovery News : Discovery Channel: 115-Year-Old's Brain Was Sharp

Posted Fri Jun 13, 2008 09:41 AM ET

A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity. Read more

Sharp Until the End
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