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A family history of cancer is an important cancer risk factor and may be associated with an increased chance to develop one or more types of cancer. People with a higher risk for cancer may benefit from earlier cancer screening or treatment. Those with a strong family history of cancer may have a specific hereditary cancer syndrome.

Despite warnings about the dangers of skin cancer, many Americans will ignore the risk this summer and hope to get what they believe is a healthy bronze glow. This while one in five Americans is affected by skin cancer and the number of young people with skin cancer is increasing.

A $5 million gift from the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation will establish a center at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital to advance the field of obesity medicine.

It used to be known as fibrocystic breast disease. But the name has changed because so many women have it. It''s now called "fibrocystic change," and symptoms include breast lumps and bumps along with tenderness.