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Press Releases
November 20, 2009
Promoting Healthy Skepticism in the News: Helping Journalists Get it Right An editorial published online November 20 in the JNCI discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in news coverage of cancer research. The editorial provides guidance for both the media and journals to help alleviate the problem.
November 20, 2009
Funeral Industry Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk of Leukemia Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online November 20 in the JNCI.
November 16, 2009
Bladder Cancer Risks Increase Over Time for Smokers Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according to a new study published online November 16 in the JNCI.
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Drugs that stimulate red-blood-cell formation also stimulate blood clots in the leg Los Angeles Times (November 10, 2009)
Holocaust survivors at greater risk for cancer, study finds CNN (November 6, 2009)
Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas Atlanta Journal Constitution (November 6, 2009)
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