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

a treatment for obesity that is known to reduce heart disease and diabetes - decreases the incidence of cancer by 80 percent during the five years after the procedure, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday. ...more

June 19, 2008

O Christmas trees, O Christmas trees, your spores can make us all sneeze... In 1969, Canadian researchers interviewed 1,657 allergy patients and theorized that as many as 7 percent of people with allergies may be allergic to their Christmas trees. That team theorized the culprits were pollens and balsam resins. ...more

November 29, 2007