Tag: Cancer
Breast microbiome/bacterial differences identified between healthy, cancerous tissue
A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has identified evidence of bacteria in sterilely-obtained breast tissue and found differences between women with and without breast...
Cancer on a Paleo-diet? Ask someone who lived 1.7 million years...
Metatarsal (a) and (b) surface rendered models show medullary spongy bone infill and clear focalized cortical destruction near the periosteal margin; also evident on...
A minute of secondhand marijuana smoke may damage blood vessels
The inhalation of smoke should be avoided, regardless of whether it comes from tobacco, marijuana, or other sources. Inhaling smoke is bad for you...
Researchers developing quick, inexpensive test to assess ER+ breast cancers
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University are teaming with industry and other academics to develop a quick and inexpensive test to predict which women...
Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify ‘cell of origin’...
The green-labelled cells show a basal cell carcinoma in mouse tail epidermis derived from a single mutant stem cell and expanding out of the...
Alcohol consumption contributes to cancer, even in moderate drinkers
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of several types of cancer, and was responsible for 236 cancer deaths under 80 years of age in New...
Unexpected findings reveal insight into how cancer spreads in the body
Credit: Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL
Cancer cells appear to depend on an unusual survival mechanism to spread around the body, according to an early study...
Contagious cancers are spreading among several species of shellfish
Left to right: 1. Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) at Copper Beach in West Vancouver, Canada 2. Cockles (Cerastoderma edule) collected in the ria of Arousa...
High-tech scans can spare lymphoma patients intensive chemo
HODGKIN lymphoma patients can be spared the serious side effects of chemotherapy thanks to high-tech scans that can predict the outcome of treatment, according...
‘Holy grail’ of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be...
A potential new strategy to prevent breast cancer in women carrying a faulty BRCA1 gene has been discovered by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute...
Women’s long work hours linked to alarming increases in cancer, heart...
Work weeks that averaged 60 hours or more over three decades appear to triple the risk of diabetes, cancer, heart trouble and arthritis for...
