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Only 5% of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can expect to survive five years, and 36,800 Americans will die of the disease this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Among celebrities, Patrick Swayze recently succumbed to it, though Steve Jobs and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have both successfully beaten the illness.
Shift work may be unavoidable, but a new study suggests that it could wreak havoc with hormones that increase women’s risk of cancer.
Getting healthy doesn’t mean having to overhaul your entire lifestyle.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
