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Times greater odds of dying of cancer among people with severe sleep apnea, compared with those who don’t have the condition, according to an 18-year study of 1,500 adults. Sleep apnea occurs when breathing is halted during sleep — a problem that is more common among obese people — resulting in frequent nighttime awakenings. The [...]

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Young Cancer Patients May Get a Boost — and a Visit — from Kelly Clarkson

The original American Idol was so starstruck by a video of children with cancer lip-synching to her song, “Stronger,” that she intends to swing by Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet them in person.

Study: 1 in 6 Cancers Are Caused by Infection

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A new study finds that 2 million new cancers in 2008 were caused by preventabe or treatable infections like HPV and hepatits B.

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My Sister, My Surrogate: After Battling Cancer, One Woman Receives the Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift

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Melissa Brown survived breast cancer at 26. Advised not to get pregnant afterward, she accepted with joy and trepidation her sister’s offer to be her gestational surrogate.

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Dying Mom with Cancer Makes Final Effort to Stay with Her Kids

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Alaina Giordano, the mother with breast cancer who has been fighting a public battle for custody of her children, is on the verge of entering hospice. She is asking her estranged husband to allow their children to relocate with her to Pennsylvania, where her extended family lives.

Cancer Diagnosis Raises the Risk of Suicide and Heart Attack Death

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The psychological toll of a devastating cancer diagnosis may kill patients before their disease does.

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Most Young Women with Cancer Don’t Try to Preserve their Fertility

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Just 4% of women of childbearing age with cancer take steps to mitigate the risks of infertility inherent in many treatments.

A Single Antibody to Treat Multiple Cancers?

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A single treatment to cure all cancers? Scientists may be one step closer.

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Who Is a Child? The Supreme Court Decides

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Should children conceived after a father’s death be eligible for government benefits? The Supreme Court’s not sure.

Circumcision: The Surgery that May Lower Prostate-Cancer Risk

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A new study expands the benefits of circumcision beyond protection from sexually transmitted diseases like HIV