Exercise linked to lower breast cancer risk

Remember those New Year Resolutions to lose weight or start an exercise routine?  Well, here's another reason to keep that up: researchers are finding that keeping a healthy weight and exercise routine can lower the risk of breast cancer.  Even if people are not routine exercisers pick up exercising, no matter how much later in life, will benefit.  The study found that even women who started exercising after menopause saw a 30% decrease in their risk of breast cancer.

For the whole article, visit http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2012/06/25/12401665-exercise-linked-to-lower-breast-cancer-risk?lite

Researchers explore connection between popular pain relievers, bladder cancer

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth show a possible link between ibuprofen users of 10+ years.  Their study involved over 2,500 bladder cancer and non-bladder cancer patients from the New England area in the US.  They looked at the relationship between NSAIDs and a new class of NSAIDs, COX-2s. Their study was published in the International Journal of Cancer.

For the full article, please visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2012/11/09/researchers-explore-connection-between-popular-pain-relievers-bladder-cancer/.

New device could diagnose tumour in less than 20 minutes

In London, researchers at QuantuMDx are developing a medical device that could cut tumor diagnosis to 20 minutes.  This device should be completed within the next three years.  The goal is to have a low-cost device that will analyze the tumor DNA to make sure patients can get proper care as quickly as possible.

For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2012/11/04/new-device-could-diagnose-tumour-in-less-than-20-minutes/.

Scientists develop "barcode" blood test for aggressive prostate cancer

Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have designed a blood test to look at prostate cancer patients, or at least those who have not yet been diagnosed.  The test can distinguish agressive prostate cancer.  What researchers are thinking that this test, along with the PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen), will allow doctors to select those patients that need to be treated more urgently. 

What do you think?  Would you be willing to have a blood test to determine if you have cancer, and if so, how aggressive?

For the full article, visit  http://www.aalatimes.com/2012/10/09/scientists-develop-%e2%80%98barcode%e2%80%99-blood-test-for-aggressive-prostate-cancer/.