Skin moles are common, everyone may have at least a few to 50 moles on his body. The total amount of mole depends on genetic factor. The skin mole can occur on any part of the body. A skin mole is a spot on the skin that is usually protruding or flat with round or oval in shape. The skin mole can be large or small, and it may vary in color from pink flesh tones to dark brown or black.

A Skin Moles is due to a proliferation of the pigment cells, named melanocytes. This is present throughout the skin and is a part of skin pigmentation. Click here to read more »

An experimental drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. when used with chemotherapy appeared to keep advanced lung cancer from progressing modestly longer than chemotherapy alone, according to a summary of data from a mid-stage study.

The biotechnology drug ipilimumab, which augments the body’s immune response by inhibiting certain proteins, kept advanced non-small cell lung cancer from worsening about a month longer when given in addition to a chemotherapy regimen, data from an abstract of the study showed. Click here to read more »

Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland and her co-workers did initially find prove of a correlation between a high carbohydrate diet and pancreatic cancer among more than 100,000 older women and men. The top 10% of the participants in rankings of carbohydrate consumption had an almost 50% greater risk of the cancer than the bottom 10%, the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Click here to read more »

The research has been issued online May 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. According to the research, drinking large amounts of coffee and carbonated soft drinks do not elevate the risk of colon cancer.

For this study, Xuehong Zhang, M.D., Sc.D., and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health analyzed data from 13 studies conducted in North America and Europe. Among 731,441 Click here to read more »

Taking vitamins and other nutritional supplements can be good for your health, but taking too many can be dangerous. A new study shows high doses of antioxidant supplements such as vitamins C and E may increase your risk of cancer.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute accidentally made the discovery during stem cell research to treat heart disease. Click here to read more »