Scientists in Ireland have found eating Indian food can help prevent esophageal cancer, pretty much anyway. Cancer cells studied in a laboratory started to die within 24 hours of exposure to curcumin, a chemical in the tumeric spice--widely used in curry dishes to give it that bright yellow color, revealed the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland.

Peter Tork, one of The Monkees, is using social networking sites to spread the word about his illness and raise awareness about his rare form of cancer, adenoid cystic cancer.