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Breakthrough as cheap blood pressure drug fights deadly breast cancer  Vanguard News This Medicine Could Fight a Deadly Form of Breast Cancer. And It May Already Be in Your Medicine Cabinet  People.com New study uncovers how beta blockers could halt the progression of triple negative breast cancer  Monash University Massive cancer find on med used by millions  News.com.au Cheap heart drug may halt spread …

This Medicine Could Fight a Deadly Form of Breast Cancer. And It May Already Be in Your Medicine Cabinet  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

By ZOE HARDY, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 15:16, 21 August 2025 | Updated: 15:53, 21 August 2025 A cheap blood pressure drug already taken by millions could help protect women against one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer, new research suggests. Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne say beta blockers—which work by dampening the effects of stress hormones—may also halt …

New Research Suggests An Alarming Relationship Between COVID, Flu And Breast Cancer  HuffPost Respiratory viruses awaken dormant breast cancer cells and raise relapse risk  News-Medical Respiratory viruses like flu, coronavirus may trigger cancer relapse: Study  Business Standard COVID, the flu and other viral infections can re-awaken dormant breast cancer cells, new study in mice shows  Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Source link

A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists. However, “stigma” around mifepristone is stopping pharmaceutical companies from investigating its potential as a new treatment doctors could offer to reduce the risk of breast cancer, they say. Companies appear reluctant …

A single bout of physical activity could fill the bloodstream with cancer-busting allies. In an experiment involving 32 breast cancer survivors, a 45-minute session of either resistance training or high-intensity interval training resulted in a surge of messenger proteins in the blood. When these players, called myokines, were introduced to breast cancer samples in the lab, they suppressed the growth …

This Common Anti-Nausea Pill Could Be a Game-Changer for Hard-To-Treat Breast Cancers  SciTechDaily Source link

The worry that breast cancer may someday return is a troubling source of anxiety for many survivors of the disease. It’s understandable why, since most relapses and metastatic cancers (cancers that have spread) aren’t started by new tumours. Rather, they’re caused by sleeper cancer cells that suddenly awaken. These “dormant” cancer cells usually colonise places such as the lungs or …

I had a double mastectomy when I was 40 years old in 1997. I was married and had two children under the age of 11.  Cutting off my breasts when I didn’t have cancer seemed radical, but it wasn’t radical to me. I have the BRCA1 gene mutation. That means I have a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer and …

I had a double mastectomy when I was 40 years old in 1997. I was married and had two children under the age of 11.  Cutting off my breasts when I didn’t have cancer seemed radical, but it wasn’t radical to me. I have the BRCA1 gene mutation. That means I have a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer and …