Health

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IN 1971 RICHARD NIXON, then America’s president, announced a “war on cancer”. Just two years earlier the Apollo programme had combined big science and big government to put astronauts on the Moon, so hopes were high. Some optimistic doctors talked of a cure for cancer within a few years. Source link

Feeling a dull ache in the centre of her left shoulder, Emma Mapp thought she had simply tweaked a muscle while working out at the gym. But within a month that ‘niggle’ had worsened to the point where Emma couldn’t raise her left arm or turn her neck, and she struggled to wash and dress herself. ‘I limited my social …

Gastrointestinal cancers, which include colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer, are rising dramatically in younger adults, though doctors aren’t fully sure why. Even some of the possible causes require more research, they say. According to a review published Thursday in JAMA, gastrointestinal cancers have become the fastest-growing type of cancers diagnosed in adults younger than 50 in the U.S. The review, …

Scientists use DNA from three people to protect babies from rare disease  The Washington Post Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease  BBC Three-person IVF technique spared children from inherited diseases, scientists say  Reuters How a third parent’s DNA can prevent an inherited disease  NPR Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people  The Guardian Source link

Many Americans today are living with obesity, even with the advent of newer, more effective drugs like semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy). It’s a problem that seems to be getting especially serious in kids, however. Research out today finds that the percentage of children with “extremely severe” obesity has surged in the U.S. over the past decade …

Some foods seem high in carbs but are actually fiber-rich and blood sugar-friendly. Watermelon, edamame and raspberries, among other foods, are lower in carbs than you might expect. Eating nutrient-dense carbs can support energy, fullness, and overall well-being. Carbohydrates often get a bad rap, but they’re an essential part of a balanced diet and your body’s main source of energy. …

WASHINGTON — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused. The new research aims to overcome barriers for using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves a …

The trial enrolled 80 women aged 45 and older diagnosed with breast cancer who were about to start neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT), a type of chemo given before surgery to shrink tumors. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily or a placebo for six months, during their chemotherapy treatment. Source link