May 14, 2012-- For many people, preparing for a colonoscopy is sometimes more daunting than the procedure itself.

You typically stop eating solid food for at least a day, and then drink what seems like gallons of liquid to clean out your bowel. You need to stay close to a bathroom, because you will be going and going and going.

Dread of the prep might be one reason why, according to government estimates, about 4 out of 10 Americans ages 50-75 don't (More)
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May 4, 2012 -- Adam Yauch, 47, best known as MCA and a founding member of the Beastie Boys rap group, died today after a three-year battle with salivary cancer, Rolling Stone magazine reports.

In 2009, Yauch received surgery and (More)
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April 19, 2012 -- HPV cancer isn't just a female problem, new CDC figures show.

Although HPV causes 18,000 cancers in women each year, it also causes 8,000 cancers in men, the CDC calculates. To get the figures, CDC researchers analyzed data collected from 2004 to 2008 in two large cancer registries.

HPV, human papillomavirus, is the cause of nearly all cervical cancers. But that's obviously not the only cancer caused by this sexually transmitted (More)
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April 18, 2012 -- Doctors might one day be able to predict survival more accurately in women with breast cancer after reclassifying the disease into 10 new categories based on the genetic fingerprint of a tumor.

Scientists behind the latest research say the discovery amounts to a rewriting of the rule book on breast (More)
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April 17, 2012 -- An experimental treatment zaps prostate tumors while leaving healthy prostate tissue intact.

It's been called "male lumpectomy," because like less-invasive forms of breast cancer surgery, it removes tumors without removing the entire organ affected by cancer.

The treatment, under development by Hashim Ahmed, MD, and colleagues at London's University (More)
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April 16, 2012 -- The most popular form of radiation therapy for prostate cancer may also be the best, a new comparison study finds.

Nearly all men with prostate (More)
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April 15, 2012 -- Exercising may not be at the top of the "to do" list for most women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but it probably should be, according to a new study.

The new research from the University of Miami finds that regular exercise can reduce depression, lessen fatigue, and improve general quality of life during treatment when combined with group-based behavioral therapy to reduce stress.

The research is not the first to show that (More)
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April 10, 2012 -- Getting frequent dental X-rays appears to increase the risk for a commonly diagnosed brain tumor, a new study finds.

Exposure to ionizing radiation -- the kind found in X-rays -- is the biggest known environmental risk factor for (More)
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April 5, 2012 -- More than half of women in the U.S. who get annual mammograms will have at least one false-positive reading after 10 years of screening, and now new research suggests that these women may be at increased risk for breast cancer.

Women in a Danish study who had at least one false-positive mammogram were more likely to eventually be diagnosed with breast (More)
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April 5, 2012 -- Newly diagnosed cancer patients have an increased risk of suicide and death from heart attack and (More)
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