Lung Cancer Stories
- Researchers in Australia have uncovered the trigger for squamous cell carcinoma lung cancer, and hope to use the information to someday develop new treatments.
- Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have figured out why the pigment in brightly colored fruits and vegetables can reduce lung cancer risk in smokers.
- Work-related stress may lead to an increased likelihood of five common cancers in men, such as lung cancer.
- A pepper that's often a spice in Indian cuisine — and used in ancient medicine — fights tumors, and now scientists know how it works.
- Fewer people are smoking, but the rates vary based on race, education level, and sexuality, among other factors.
- Two new genes have been connected to a patient’s chances for surviving lung and brain cancer, and that ultimately could mean more specialized care.
- Poison isn’t good for your health unless prescribed by a doctor.
- Don’t like all of your organs? No problem — you can live without a whole bunch of them.
- You don't have to smoke to be at risk for developing lung cancer; here are three other reasons non-smokers develop this disease.
- New research shows the genetic damage that occurs after only one year of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.
- A new survey has predicted that by the year 2030, as many as 5.5 million women worldwide will die each year from largely preventable cancers.
- A new study says that heavy outdoor exercise that makes you breathe hard, and ingest more air pollution, could be bad for your health.