Topic: Pancreatic Cancer
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-08-03 19:57:26
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics who took the drug metformin, which makes the body process insulin better, had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who had never received it, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.</p><p>But the risk of getting the cancer, one of the ...
AP Features | 2009-07-14 02:11:47
<div><p>North Korea's authoritarian leader Kim Jong Il is suffering from pancreatic cancer and is not expected to live more than five years, a news report said, the latest speculation to emerge about his health after he reportedly suffered a stroke last year.</p><p>Analysts, however, were skeptical, saying ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-06-23 21:13:47
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individuals who are overweight in early adulthood have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, while obesity in older age is associated with lower survival rates among patients with this difficult to treat malignancy, new research shows.</p><p>Being overweight or obese at younger age had ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-06-23 21:00:26
<div><p>Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.</p><p>"This is the first study to explore at which ages excess body weight predisposes an individual to pancreatic cancer," said Donghui Li, professor of medicine at ...
