A long-term study of U.S. Navy veterans found little increased disease risk associated with exposure to radar. The report, which involved over 40 years of follow-up, is published in the May issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology*.
There has long been public concern that exposure to low energy, non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, including that associated with […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that an alliance of federal agencies, private industry and health organizations have joined forces to strengthen efforts to help all Americans meet the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption. This unprecedented public/private partnership will increase […]

A revised system for reporting the results of Pap tests, published in the April 24, 2002, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)*, will change the way laboratories communicate with physicians about the 50 million cervical cancer screening tests performed each year in the United States. Known as the 2001 Bethesda System, […]

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is launching the largest North American study of its kind to focus on people with rare inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) and their immediate family members. This study, called the “NCI IBMFS Cohort,” will follow families over a long period of time, examine the underlying genetic disorders of those […]

Adolescent smoking rates increased through much of the 1990s, but a new report released today by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shows there has been a promising decline over the past few years. Despite this recent progress, there remains a need for more research and for anti-smoking programs designed both to prevent young people from […]