Sentences with phrase «cancer than areas»

These areas have been found to have higher rates of childhood obesity and cancer than areas that have convenient access to healthful foods.

Not exact matches

Granted, there are more benefits to reducing particulate and greenhouse gas emissions than just climate change, i.e. PM 2.5 which can be stuck in the human lung and cause cancer / respiratory issues, SO2 which contributes to acid rain (we've already eliminated the majority of this problem), as well as soot (nobody wants the surrounding area covered in ash).

If any particular lump feels much firmer than the other areas of your breast, visit your doctor for a clinical breast exam, and discuss whether imaging studies or a needle biopsy should be done to rule out breast cancer.

For the 5 million people living in less contaminated areas of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, radiation from the meltdown is expected to increase cancer rates less than 1 percent.

House appropriators also added over $ 600 million more for medical research in cancer and other areas, a much smaller amount than that provided in the FY 2017 omnibus; total medical research funding would thus drop by 38.1 percent in FY 2018.

This study enrolled nine men with biopsy - confirmed, low - risk prostate cancers (Gleason score 6 or 7, less than 12 mm of cancer) with an MRI of the prostate showing a small area of cancer.

More than 500 hospital employees will focus their efforts to help move patients on opening day of the new hospital, which is dedicated to specialty care in areas such as cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - tech medical imaging.

The program will focus on «Translating Science into Survival» and feature talks from more than 60 leaders in the field covering all areas of inquiry in cancer immunology and immunotherapy.

Scarily, skin cancer on areas with little fat is more apt to spread because it penetrates deeper than it would on a fleshier spot, says Dr. Zeichner.

If you have darker skin, you're more likely than your lighter - skinned friends to encounter skin cancer on paler areas of your bodies, like the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet, Dr. Chon says.

When Weston Price visited the Torres Strait Islands north of Austrailia, he spoke to a doctor who had suspected only one case of cancer and operated on none among more than 4,000 natives eating their traditional diet, but had operated on dozens of whites eating diets of refined foods living in the same area.

If your bladder cancer has spread to a larger area on the muscle layer of your bladder wall or to more than one area on your bladder, you may need a radical cystectomy to remove your entire bladder and nearby lymph nodes.

Since there are causes of tumors other than cancer, your veterinarian might mistakenly remove an area that is not affected even though cancer exists in other sections of the spleen.

Any medical or degenerative illness that causes pain, discomfort or decreased mobility — such as arthritis, dental disease, thyroid dysfunction, cancer, impaired sight or hearing, or urinary tract disease — can lead to increased sensitivity and irritability, increased anxiety about being touched or approached, increased aggression (because your cat may choose to threaten and bite rather than move away), decreased responsiveness to your voice, reduced ability to adapt to change, and reduced ability to get to usual elimination areas.

However, neighbors in this area soon began to experience higher rates of cancer than normal, which led them to nickname this stretch of development «cancer alley.»

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling medical negligence case, misdiagnosis of cancer cases and hospital negligence cases for individuals and families who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 38 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Maywood, Matteson, Melrose Park, Markham, Lincolnwood, Lemont, Lansing, LaGrange Park, Homewood, Highwood, Park Ridge, Steger, South Holland, South Chicago Heights, South Barrington, Salk Village, Winnetka, Worth, Westchester, Tinley Park, Crete, Beecher and Bedford Park, Ill..

Over the past 37 years, John Klamann has handled more asbestos personal injury cases, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis, than all other area law firms combined.

The study looked at over 1,000 women in the Seattle area, ages 20 - 24, that had been diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 900 women without breast cancer.

Individuals were excluded if they had a history of cancer other than skin cancer (given its high incidence in the area), did not speak English, or did not have a significant other (see Berg, Wiebe, et al., 2008, for details regarding this sample).

For more than 18 years, Moncton - area Realtors have been delivering bundles of daffodils for the Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil of Hope campaign.