Breast Implants and a Rare Cancer
A possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). Since 2011, when the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) identified a possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the agency has worked to better understand the … [Read more...]
Shocking Discovery of Cancer Caused by Some Implants
Breast implants have become very popular with breast augmentations in the United States from 2000 to 2016 increasing 37 percent, and reconstructions after mastectomy rising 39 percent. Nearly 400,000 women in the U.S. get breast implants annually: 300,000 for cosmetic reasons and approximately 100,000 for reconstruction after cancer, … [Read more...]
Cancer Diagnoses Linked to Ground Zero Tripled in Recent Years
More than 5,400 individuals including first responders along with residents or employees who worked in the vicinity of the World Trade Center (WTC), have been diagnosed with 9/11-linked cancers. The medical director, Dr. Michael Crane, of the WTC Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, remarked of the alarming increase in numbers … [Read more...]
Antibiotic Use in Childhood May Increase Risk of Lymphoma
Researchers Find NSAID Use May Increase Risk of Lymphoma. A study conducted at the Northern California Cancer Centre in Fremont and published in the most recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology found that using antibiotics more than 10 times in childhood or being a “heavy” user of non-steroidal … [Read more...]
STUDY SUGGESTS EXPOSURE TO PCBs INCREASES RISK OF LYMPHOMA
Exposure To PCB Increase Risk Of NHL. A study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health (Rockville, Maryland) and published in the July issue of the journal Epidemiology indicates that exposure to polychlorinated biphenlys (PCBs) increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). NHL is a blood cancer … [Read more...]
