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This week’s topics include dangers of newer oral contraceptives, elevated thyroid hormone and fractures, aflatoxin and gallbladder cancer, and HDL cholesterol efflux and heart disease. Program notes: 0:34 Newer oral contraceptives and risk of VTE 1:31 VTE and older and …

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Anchor lead:  Men with asthma don’t face a higher risk of lethal prostate cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Asthma is known to be driven by inflammation, and inflammation is also a factor in cancer.  But now a Johns Hopkins study has …

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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during May 2015. Program Notes: 0:34 Sun-related cancer 1:32 500 mg nicotinamide daily 2:30 Standardized genetic tests 3:32 National Institute of Standards and Technology 4:32 Altered DNA sequence in …

May 18, 2015 – Cancer News Review Read more »