Combined Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer Best

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Combined Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer Best
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Why It Matters:
From a new report in Lancet, combining radiotherapy with conventional
hormone treatments to fight prostate cancer dramatically reduces
mortality rates for men with locally advanced or high-risk prostate
cancer. Get the details on this encouraging news.

Colorectal Cancer - Good News, Bad News
http://health.webmd.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/e38P0NedAu0IfV0BZ730E1
Why It Matters:
First the good news: Fewer people are getting and dying from
colorectal cancer. The bad news: Deaths from colorectal cancer are
about 45% higher in African-Americans than in whites - a number that
continues to grow, according to the American Cancer Society's
Colorectal Cancer Facts & Figures for 2010.
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2008: Closing in on Cancer?
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Why It Matters:
With cancer a top health concern for both patients and families, the
American Society of Clinical Oncology reports on the advances made
over the past year in the fight against lung, pancreatic, breast, and
other cancers. Don't miss reading this news.
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> Bone Drug Fights Breast Cancer
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Psoriasis, Obesity Patients Share Elevated Hormone
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Why It Matters:
For people with the skin disease psoriasis, researchers have found a
link to high levels of the fat hormone leptin. Could weight loss help
treat psoriasis in addition to other health problems?

High Blood Pressure Affects Seniors' Brain Function
http://health.webmd.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y/e38P0NedAu0IfV0BZ760E4
Why It Matters:
From the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences comes an
intriguing study, which indicates a link between high blood pressure
and an elderly person's ability to think clearly.

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