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EPA Has Designated January as National Radon Action Month
Jan 9, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as national Radon Action Month, a perfect time for you to protect your family by testing your home for radon. Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, so testing is the ...
Tags: home improvement centers, hardware stores, Construction
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EPA Awarded Funding to Eight Organizations Throughout The United States to Protect Public
Nov 26, 2014Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded funding to eight organizations throughout the United States to protect public health by reducing exposure to indoor pollutants, such as radon, and environmental asthma triggers ...
Tags: public health, indoor pollutants, Protection
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Nixon Funded Research to Wage a War on Cancer
Jan 13, 2014President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a ...
Tags: cancer risk, lifestyle changes, preventive screenings, healthy choices
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ACR Will Help Ensure Safe, Effective Diagnostic Care for Those at High-Risk for Cancer
Jan 3, 2014The American College of Radiology (ACR) supports the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation (Grade B) for low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening of adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 ...
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Fenelon Considered Lung Cancer Deaths to Be Indicative of Cigarette Smoking
Jan 2, 2014Between 1965 and 2004, the distribution of states with the highest mortality changed dramatically. In 1965, the states with the highest mortality (Rhode Island, Alaska, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire) were spread across ...
Tags: highest mortality, cigarette smoking, lung cancer deaths
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Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline in The United States
Dec 26, 2013Cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, mainly because anti-smoking efforts have caused a drop in lung cancer deaths, researchers report. From 2001 through 2010, death rates for all cancers combined decreased by 1.8 ...
Tags: cancer death rates, US, anti-smoking efforts
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Smokers Having Lung Cancer Have Higher Chance to Be Found and Potentially Treated a Tumor
Dec 26, 2013Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
Tags: lung cancer, over-diagnosis
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Diesel Fumes Related to Six Percent Lung Cancer Deaths
Dec 12, 2013A study has found diesel fumes could be responsible for as many as six per cent of all lung cancer deaths in the UK and USA. Researchers from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands published a study that found people exposed to ...
Tags: Diesel Fumes, Lung Cancer Risk
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Myplan Lung Cancer Test Was Launched by Myriad Genetics
Oct 31, 2013Myriad Genetics, a US-based molecular diagnostic company, has launched a new prognostic test, Myriad myPlan Lung Cancer, for patients diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. myPlan lung cancer test is an RNA expression panel of 31 ...
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One in 15 Homes Nationwide's Radon Levels Are a Threat
Jan 21, 2013Believing that radon is only a problem in some parts of the country is just one of the myths surrounding the radioactive gas that's responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year. Elevated radon levels have been found in one in 15 homes ...
Tags: radon, radioactive gas, healthcare