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Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed on random mutations and not heredity or risky habits like smoking. The researchers said Thursday that random DNA mutations accumulating in various parts of the body during ordinary cell division were the prime culprits behind many cancer types. They looked at 31 cancer types and found that 22 of them, including leukemia and pancreatic, bone, testicular, ovarian, and brain cancer, could be explained largely by these random...

NOTE The following text is a quote: www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/message-president-regarding-lightscanner-32-system Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 09, 2010 Message from the President Regarding the LightScanner 32 System TO THE CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 902(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246)(the "Act"), and as President of the United States, I hereby report to the Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States to terminate the suspensions under...

FINDINGS Black women with breast cancer are much more likely than white women to have a genetic mutation that makes their cancer more dangerous, researchers reported yesterday. The report, published in the journal Cancer, may help explain why black women are more likely than white women to die of the disease even though they are less likely to develop breast cancer in the first place. Doctors and other health experts have long assumed it was because black women seek care later and because of differences in lifestyle. Beth Jones of the Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut and colleagues...