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                    [ArticleID] => 1517024
                    [Title] => Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death
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Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis, infections, renal failure, and breast and prostate cancers, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1515680 [Title] => Hot dogs, processed meat linked to cancer [Summary] =>

Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: the World Health Organization (WHO) threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that red meat is probably harmful, too.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-27 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1515200 [Title] => WHO: Processed meat linked to cancer; red meat is risky too [Summary] =>

It's official: Ham, sausage and other processed meats can lead to colon, stomach and other cancers — and red meat is probably cancer-causing, too.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-26 07:13:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1513035 [Title] => Miriam ‘di maglalabas ng medical records [Summary] =>

Walang balak si Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago na ilabas ang kanyang medical records na magpapatunay na nalampasan na niya ang sakit na cancer.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-20 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20141204/senator-miriam-defensor-santiago.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1490601 [Title] => Earliest breast cancer risky for some women, study suggests [Summary] =>

New research shows that chances of dying from very early breast cancer are small but the disease is riskier for young women and blacks, the same disparities seen for more advanced cancer.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-20 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462217 [AuthorName] => Lindsey Tanner [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150821/Breast-Cancer-Mammography-Image.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397351 [Title] => Cancer deaths have declined 20% since 1991 [Summary] =>

Cancer deaths have declined 20% since 1991, which means there were 1.2 million fewer deaths from cancer in 2009, according to the American Cancer Society.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387949 [Title] => 'Tis the season to grow your body hair! #NoShaveNovember [Summary] =>

The campaign, which started on Facebook in 2009 aims to educate people about cancer prevention, save lives and aid those fighting the battle. To fulfill the goal, everyone is encouraged to grow their body hair, which cancer patients usually lose, and donate what they would otherwise spend on hair grooming to the American Cancer Society.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-04 12:23:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121281 [AuthorName] => Alixandra Caole Vila [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/tweets/mustache.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364251 [Title] => The short secret to long life: Boost your immune system [Summary] =>

Yes, there’s a doctor in the house, Dr. Jau-Fei Chen, but she believes that we don’t have to look far because the best doctor in the world can be found within us  our immune system.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1356449 [Title] => Parents, beware of the hidden toxins in baby products [Summary] =>

While we take great care in the food we prepare for our little ones, parents often forget that our bodies also get nourishment by absorbing products that we put on the skin.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1316572 [Title] => Annual mammograms in 40s backed, regardless of history [Summary] =>

Women aged 40-49 years with and without a family history of breast cancer had virtually the same rates of invasive disease in a retrospective analysis of data on more than 1,000 patients diagnosed over a 10-year period at a single site.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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