Lance Armstrong Says Hello to His Little Miracle
After surviving testicular cancer, Lance Armstrong never thought he would, or could, conceive a baby naturally.
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Am I Able to Get Pregnant After…
In many cases, illness, disease and injury will not affect the ability to become pregnant, but that is not always the case.
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X-Rays Still Unsafe for Use During Pregnancy and Infancy
A new study in the British Medical Journal warns doctors again about the risks associated with the use of X-rays during pregnancy and infancy. There may be a connection between childhood cancer risk and X-ray use during these times.
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Fertility Questions for Cancer Patients
Sandra Carson set out to create an environment where ovarian function could be studied in a lab. Thanks to a 3-D lab petri dish
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Male Circumcision: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
According to recent research, male circumcision (the removal of foreskin) can reduce the risk of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer and infection. At the end of the day, however, choosing circumcision for your baby or as an adult is all about choice.
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STD Prevention Proves Better Selling Point for HPV Vaccine
Researchers from Ohio State University claim focusing on the ability of the HPV vaccine to prevent a nasty STD may prove to be a better selling point for young women, thus increasing the number of women receive the vaccination.
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Experience of Acupuncture Eases Cancer Drugs’ Side Effects
The results of a recent clinical trial may offer the hope of relief from
the distresses of cancer drugs by the experience of acupuncture.
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Radiation Exposure May Affect Testicular Cancer Rates
According to a new preliminary study by the University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center, male infants born to mothers exposed to
radiation in early pregnancy may suffer from increased risk of
testicular cancer later in life.
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The Link Between Oral Contraceptives and Prostate Cancer
Researchers have published their findings in BMJ Open linking prostate
cancer with the use of oral contraceptives, such as birth control pills.
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Ovarian Cancer Symptoms
Ovarian cancer is one of the most dangerous types of cancer since early
symptoms are not easily detected. Ovarian cancer may not cause early
symptoms in some women.
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HPV: Stem Cell Division Determines Cancer or Cure
The reason why some people find their HPV infections go away while others develop cancer has remained a mystery to medical science.
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Exercising Teens Face Reduced Risk of Cancer in Middle Age
A recent study from Vanderbilt University has uncovered an added benefit of exercise: when girls were exercising regularly as teens, they faced a reduced risk of cancer when they reached middle age.
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Birth Control for Cancer Prevention
The risk of developing certain forms of cancer can be decreased by using hormonal birth control.
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Lung Cancer
Exposure to cigarette smoke causes as many as 443,000 deaths in the United States each year; an additional 49,000 lung-cancer deaths are caused by secondhand exposure.
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Fertility Preservation in Cancer Survivors
It is estimated that 10% of all cancer diagnoses are made in
patients during reproductive years. Cancer treatments can cause
permanent loss of fertility, but patients may not be educated on
currently available means of protecting fertility prior to cancer
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Cancer Risk Not Affected by IVF
Studies on the impact of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) on cancer risk
have reported and denied a connection. A recent study published in the
journal Fertility and Sterility from researchers in Israel confirms no
connection between cancer risk and IVF treatment.
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Preserving Fertility Should Become a Priority in Cancer Care
Infertility is one of the most distressing long-term effects of cancer treatments for adolescents and teenagers.
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Stem Cells Provide Fertility Hope for Pre-Pubescent Boys
Cancer treatments like radiation and chemotherapy have advanced
dramatically in the last few decades. Cancer survival rates in children,
teens and adults are higher than ever, but for pre-pubescent boys,
those treatments often leave them infertile.
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Vitamin C May Help Infants Born to Smoking Mothers
When women claim they are unable to stop smoking during pregnancy, there
has been nothing the obstetrician could do to improve the health of the
unborn fetus, until now.
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Uterine Tissue Grafting and Spontaneous Conception
Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, often leave women sterile. In Italy, a woman was given the chance to conceive and give birth naturally via ovarian tissue grafting.
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Temozolomide and Gonadal Function in Brain Tumor Patients
Cancer treatments like radiation and chemotherapy are known to reduce or eliminate fertility, but medications can also have a negative impact on gonadal function, sperm production and fertility.
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Aging Begins in the Womb
In recent weeks, medical science has delivered some pretty harsh blows
to the forever-young wannabes searching for the Fountain of Youth. Seems
one marker of the aging process - cellular senescence - begins in the
womb.
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Powerful Phytochemicals Can Maximize Health During Pregnancy
You're eating a balanced diet full of fruits and veggies, whole grains,low fat dairy, lean proteins, and healthy fats, but did you know thatyou can give your pregnancy a nutritional boost by including certain'super foods?'
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Fertility Perception in Young, Adolescent Girls with Cancer
While significant studies exist revealing how young female cancer
patients feel about future fertility and impact of cancer treatment on
fertility, little is known about fertility perception in the healthy,
female adolescent population.
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Cervical Cancer Symptoms
Cervical cancer in the early stages is often asymptomatic.
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Cancer Antigen - 125 (Serum CA) During Pregnancy
Cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) is a protein. The protein is commonly found on cancer cells of the ovary, though it can be noted in other forms of cancer. Patients with ovarian cancer may be tested for CA 125 throughout treatment.
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Timing Important to Outcome of Carcinogen Exposure in Womb
Researchers have found a link between the outcome of fetal health
when exposed to carcinogens and when the fetus was exposed during
gestation. The study was completed by researchers at the Linus Pauling
Institute (Oregon State University).
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Cervical Cancer Treatment
Early cervical cancer is often completely cured by removing cancerous tissue in the cervix. There are a number of surgical methods that can be used to remove cancerous tissue.
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Does The Birth Control Pill Cause Cancer?
There is an ongoing belief that the birth control pill causes cancer. But is that a myth or a fact?
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10 Best Superfoods for Men
Ahh, the superfood. According to some reports, superfoods will decrease
your risk of cancer, improve overall health, help you maintain a healthy
weight or lose weight and live a longer, happier life.
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Chemotherapy: A Safe Option During Pregnancy?
As the average age of pregnancy is slowly increasing, so are the rates of pregnant women being diagnosed with various forms of cancer.
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Absence of DNA-Organizing Protein Affects Male Fertility
A study conducted in 2007 revealed a protein, Chd5, re-organizes the DNA of a cell in a way that stops development of cancerous tumors.
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Chemotherapy During Pregnancy: No Developmental Problem Risk
Using chemotherapy during pregnancy for the treatment of cancer comes
with great concern for the health of the fetus. Researchers have
recently completed a study involving a small number of children born
after in-utero exposure to chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy Has Bigger Impact on Fertility
New research indicates that chemotherapy has a bigger impact on female fertility than many reports reveal. The new research results could give doctors and patients more
appropriate and realistic information on the long-term effects of
chemotherapy on fertility.
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Teen With Cancer Chooses Cryopreservation to Retain Fertility
One day when Hailey was playing with her baby sister, she realized how
important it was for her to become a mother herself someday.
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Freezing Sperm Before Treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Men with a Hodgkin's lymphoma who want to have children after cancer treatment stand a better chance of fatherhood if they have their sperm frozen and stored before beginning treatment.
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Infertility Treatment, Pregnancy and Endometrial Cancer
When a young patient is diagnosed with endometrial cancer, fertility may
come into question. Women without children may be skeptical about
having a hysterectomy before parenting at least one child.
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Fertility and Young Male Cancer Patients
Fertility preservation is important to cancer patients, no matter the
age, according to a new study published in the journal Fertility and
Sterility. Parents of young male patients treated for cancer said they
would take part in fertility preservation.
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Cancer Treatment in the Premenopausal Woman
Researchers believe keystone research into ovarian reserve, markers are crucial to the future of reproductive medicine. Thousands of women undergo cancer treatments each year, some of which affects fertility by destroying follicles that play a crucial part in egg maturation and overall fertility.
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Reproductive Breakthrough: Sperm Developed From Cells
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University have developed normal sperm from
mouse cells. The cells were extracted from the testicles of mice.
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Proliferation Capacity of Human Sperm
Vitrification is a relatively new freezing method commonly used to preserve unfertilized eggs to preserve fertility. Vitrification, unlike other freezing methods, does not produce ice crystals on eggs.
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Third-Hand Smoke: DNA Damage Risk for Infants and Toddlers
Third-hand smoke, the gunk that settles on floors, furniture, draperies, and even kids' toys, has the potential to damage DNA.
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Assisted Conception: Childhood Cancer Risk
Children born as a result of assisted conception do not have a greater risk of cancer than are children conceived by spontaneous conception.
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Reversing Damaged Eggs Due to Cancer Treatments
Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, have found a way to reverse the damage done to the immature eggs (oocytes) of female mice exposed to radiation.
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Proton Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital across various hospital departments recently published the results of an 11-year study on the treatment of pediatric brain tumors with proton radiotherapy (PRT).
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Melanoma and Pregnancy
Nearly one-third of cases of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, are diagnosed in women during their childbearing years and during pregnancy.
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Introduction to Ovarian Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer affecting women today. In fact, ovarian cancer is responsible for more deaths than any other type of female reproductive cancer.
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Consuming Green Veggies While Pregnant May Prevent Cancer
New research from the Linus Pauling Institute gives pregnant women another very good reason to eat their veggies.
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Fertility Preservation for Childhood Cancer Survivors
About 1 in every 500 children is diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 75% of these children beat the disease, but aggressive treatment protocols leave many of these children infertile.
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Breast Exam Lying Down
The lying down breast examination involves an exam of the breasts while lying down.
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