News tagged with throat cancers
Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer
People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (7) |
7
Researchers develop tool to rank death rates
Have you ever wondered what the chances are that you may die in the next year? Would it be from illness or an accident? Is it something you can control? Or is it completely out of your hands?
Aug 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The Medical Minute: Cancer prevention
People often ask their physicians what they can do to prevent cancers. Various supplements and unorthodox treatments to clean out the system and purge toxins are promoted by convincing arguments as a way to improve health ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
2
Simpler and cheaper antibiotic prophylaxis with insertion of nutrition catheter in the stomach
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet recommends a new routine for protection against infection when percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), a tube for feeding directly through the abdominal wall, is surgically inserted ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 02, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Finnish firm to market cancer-prevention capsule
Finnish medical biotechnology group Biohit said Monday it had developed a capsule that could help prevent stomach and throat cancer by neutralising the cancer-causing compound acetaldehyde.
Jan 11, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
For 14 Months, He Couldn't Eat or Drink
For 14 long months, Daniel Steinhauer could not eat or drink, due to the side effects of throat cancer surgery and radiation.
Aug 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
