Sentences with phrase «reduce deaths from cancer»

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Specifically, they had a «reduced risk of death from heart disease, stroke, diabetes, neurological diseases and suicide, although not from cancer.»

But if the cancer treatment reduces cancer mortality by six percent, but the increase in death from suicide and drug and alcohol poisoning stays the same, then the overall death rate increases by two percent.

To wit, if a new cancer treatment reduces cancer mortality for a group by ten percent, but death from suicide and drug and alcohol abuse increases, say, by eight percent, then the overall death rate for the group goes down by two percent.

A diet high in wholegrains and cereal fibre can reduce the risk of premature death from chronic diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

In case you missed it, a recent landmark study published in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cancer.

• Breastmilk protects babies from illness and can also reduce the risk of Type 1 diabetes, childhood leukemia and other serious illnesses, as well as lowering the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); • Breastfeeding is healthy for moms, including lowering their risk of Type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and postpartum depression; • Breastfeeding saves families money on the cost of formula and illness; and • Breastfeeding saves insurers and employers (including the military) money on the expenses of medical care and lost workplace productivity (both due to infant illness).

BREAST cancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer * today (Tuecancer screening in East Anglia has reduced deaths from the disease by nearly half, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer * today (TueCancer * today (Tuesday).

Patients should be reassured that Tamoxifen remains very effective in reducing the overall risk of recurrences and deaths from breast cancer, as the authors state.

His organization promotes mammography in an effort to reduce the 40,000 deaths from breast cancer every year in the U.S..

Reducing ship sulphur emissions cuts these other global health related impacts, too, avoiding about one - third of the annual cardiovascular disease and lung cancer deaths from shipping air pollution.

Based on a mathematical model, GlaxoSmithKline claims that immunizing every 12 - year - old girl with the vaccine would reduce U.S. cases and deaths from cervical cancer by 70 percent.

«The microbiome appears to shape a patient's response to cancer immunotherapy, which opens potential pathways to use it to assess a patient's fitness for immunotherapy and to manipulate it to improve treatment,» said Wargo, who is also co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

Women who participated in exercise as adolescents had a reduced risk of death from cancer and all causes in their middle and older ages, a new study shows.

They wanted help right now, for instance, to reduce deaths from prostate cancer.

«Our findings point to two potential impacts from additional research — analyzing the diversity and composition of the microbiome to predict response to immunotherapy and modulating the gut microbiome to enhance treatment,» said Wargo, senior researcher on the project and co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

While improved diagnostic and treatment methods have reduced the overall death rate from breast cancer, the study authors note, that reduction has not been as pronounced among African American patients.

The platform is part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program, launched in 2013 to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies, prevention efforts and early detection from scientific discoveries.

While the successful public health campaign to improve infant sleep environments has long been associated with declines in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), an analysis of 30 years of data by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Dana - Farber Cancer Institute suggests that Back - to - Sleep is one of several trends that explain the reduced rates of SIDS.

Ernest Hawk, vice president and head of the division of cancer prevention and population science at MD Anderson Cancer Center, said that stepped - up prevention efforts could deliver further gains because «we already know how to prevent the bulk of tobacco - and HPV - related cancers, as well as how to reduce deaths from other cancercancer prevention and population science at MD Anderson Cancer Center, said that stepped - up prevention efforts could deliver further gains because «we already know how to prevent the bulk of tobacco - and HPV - related cancers, as well as how to reduce deaths from other cancerCancer Center, said that stepped - up prevention efforts could deliver further gains because «we already know how to prevent the bulk of tobacco - and HPV - related cancers, as well as how to reduce deaths from other cancers. . .

Evidence from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study suggests that changes in childhood cancer treatment have reduced deaths from the late effects of cancer treatment and extended the lives of childhood cancer survCancer Survivor Study suggests that changes in childhood cancer treatment have reduced deaths from the late effects of cancer treatment and extended the lives of childhood cancer survcancer treatment have reduced deaths from the late effects of cancer treatment and extended the lives of childhood cancer survcancer treatment and extended the lives of childhood cancer survcancer survivors.

From life table modelling, the estimated number of deaths prevented is larger than would be expected from reduction of cardiorespiratory deaths after smoking cessation, so most of the mortality gain is likely to be due to reduced cancer progressFrom life table modelling, the estimated number of deaths prevented is larger than would be expected from reduction of cardiorespiratory deaths after smoking cessation, so most of the mortality gain is likely to be due to reduced cancer progressfrom reduction of cardiorespiratory deaths after smoking cessation, so most of the mortality gain is likely to be due to reduced cancer progression.

In a life table model, assuming that these observations arose from a causal relation, we estimated the benefits of cessation to be substantial; the benefits on all cause mortality seem likely to be mainly due to reduced progression of cancer rather than prevention of cardiorespiratory disease, but no studies reported cancer specific death rates to confirm this.

The studies are designed to assess whether PSA screening reduces death from prostate cancer.

The fact is, the patients who received therapy had a reduced risk of death from all causes, not just breast cancer.

Asparagus is another delicious friend of your liver that has some truly magic properties, such as its special anti-inflammatory powers and the ability to reduce risk of death from breast cancer.

Even though the evidence wasn't overwhelming enough to change the Task Force's recommendation, some studies have shown that skin exams by doctors can reduce deaths from melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

Research shows the test doesn't reduce rates of death from ovarian cancer and can result in unnecessary and sometimes dangerous procedures, including surgery.

Science shows that physical activity can reduce your risk of dying early from the leading causes of death, like heart disease and some cancers.

Intake of non-glutinous whole grains, which are packed with nutrient - dense and packed with fiber, has been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, cancer, and death from all causes (8).

Of the almost one million adults followed between 1982 and 1998, adults who took supplemental vitamin E for 10 years or longer had a reduced risk of death from bladder cancer [36]; vitamin C supplementation provided no protection.

Scientists estimate deaths from lung cancer could be reduced by two to four percent, or about 5,000 deaths, by lowering radon levels in homes exceeding the EPA's action level.

Their statistical analysis of the results implied a 24 % reduction in the rate of coronary heart disease in the group taking the drug compared with the placebo group; however, nonheart disease deaths in the drug group increased — deaths from cancer, stroke, violence and suicide.7 Even the conclusion that lowering cholesterol reduces heart disease is suspect.

This will reduce SO2 emissions — which cause premature deaths from diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease — from shipping by 85 % compared with today's levels.»

A recent review about plant - based diets published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that a vegan diet has all kinds of health benefits, including reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes by 62 percent, reducing the risk of death or a hospitalization from a heart attack by 32 percent, and reducing the risk of developing all forms of cancer by 18 percent.

The reduced death rate from cancer was due a decline in smoking, better treatment and earlier detection.