They are hard to crack, but walnuts have a handful of medicinal values from curing headache and preventing baldness to having some influence on fertility.   Now, a new research has found that eating a modest amount of walnuts as a regular part of the diet might reduce a woman’s chance of de

FEWER women in Scotland will be routinely checked for breast cancer under radical changes to the national screening programme being considered by the NHS.   Scotland on Sunday has learned that women are to be warned about the potential risks of mammogram diagnosis under plans being looked a

The Million Women Study is a study, conducted by UK researchers, of women's health analyzing data from more than one million women aged 50 and over. It is a collaborative project between Cancer Research UK and the National Health Service (NHS), with additional funding from the Medical Research Counc

Diagnosis of breast cancer through a lab test is one of the first steps patients can take toward treating their disease. Some patients may benefit from drugs such as tamoxifen, but over time, the disease may become resistant to this therapy. Recently, researchers from Ohio State University discover

By Maggie Fox, NBC News Women who have survived breast cancer may have to fight another killer down the road -- heart failure, researchers report. They found a much higher rate of heart failure among breast cancer survivors than has previously been reported, and said their findings likely reflect

Dr. Cheryl Thompson tries to get at least seven to nine hours of sleep nightly. That, she feels, is the optimal amount to maintain health. “I think as a society we value hard work and the image of the go-getter who works 80 hours a week. But we don’t value something as basic and important as slee

A study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) has discovered how tamoxifen-resistant breast-cancer cells grow and proliferate. It also suggests that an experimental agent mig

Two papers led by scientific teams from the Cancer Genetics Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shed new light on the genetic mechanisms underlying cellular energy and metabolism and, at the same time, highlight both the challenges and opportunities of genetic approaches to cance

Women who have breast cancer and are treated with two chemotherapy drugs may experience more cardiac problems like heart failure than shown in previous studies, according to a new Cancer Research Network study by Group Health researchers and others in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, the scientists are targeting cancer drugs. In a new study, MU medicinal chemists have