Medical researchers are discovering a greater relationship between heart disease and vitamin D - a nutrient already linked to reducing certain cancers. ...more

March 12, 2009

Three weeks of radiation treatment work just as well as the usual course of five weeks or more for women with early-stage breast cancers, Canadian researchers have reported, after monitoring a large group of patients for 12 years. ...more

September 23, 2008

Word starting spreading like wildfire last month on mommy blogs, in play groups and at day cares. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Most shoppers on a recent Wednesday morning didn't seem to notice the tiny red tags pitching BPA-free bottles inside Babies R Us on Hillsborough Avenue. ...more

June 12, 2008

Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study. ...more

February 15, 2008

Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests. ...more

December 14, 2007

Researchers say they have discovered a major reason why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene BRCA1 run a high risk of breast cancer - and that finding might aid the search for new treatments. ...more

December 10, 2007