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This is an opinion column. I handed the sheet of paper to my wife. It was filled with words, necessary and important words. I couldn’t see them, though — or, couldn’t see them. “Brief Summary of Options for Treating Prostate Cancer,” it read across the top. Options. I tried. I scanned the page. Until it was clear I wasn’t seeing …

GREEN BAY (WLUK) — One in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. That statistic, from the American Cancer Society, reminds us that it’s likely to affect someone we know and love. A friend of FOX 11 is one of those men. Josif Wittnik, of our Monday Morning Makeovers, is going through cancer treatments for the second time. …

“It’s really cool, because you can do some high risk, high reward types of study” with this new center, said Chenghua Gu, a Harvard neurobiology professor whose research will be supported in the new initiative. “And you’ll have a network you can collaborate with.” Gu studies the blood-brain barrier, a layer of tightly-woven cells that blocks bacteria and other harmful …

When it comes to cancer, early detection is not just a dull public health slogan – it can literally save millions of lives. The secret sauce? Getting to know your own body and keeping those detective senses sharp for any little anomaly that pops up. Forget the stereotype that only lumps or drastic physical changes matter. In fact, being your …

Following nearly 30 percent of successful breast cancer treatments, tumors return, claiming 685,000 lives worldwide every year. Now, we may have a new method for significantly reducing those recurring cases. A study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania shows that actively targeting dormant tumor cells (DTCs) lingering in the bone marrow and other parts of the body can …

Chemists have created a synthetic way to produce potent compounds from guavas, which could lead to new treatments for liver cancer. Naturally-occurring molecules in the fruit, native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America, have been shown to kill liver cancer cells. But extracting enough of the molecules to serve the entire population would be impossible. Now, …

High-protein foods that may increase risk of heart disease and cancer  Times of India How much protein do you really need?  UCLA Health When you go overboard on protein, this is what can happen in your body  CNN Medical Mythbusters: El Paso doctor weighs in on protein snack fad  KFOX Protein mania: Why everyone’s eating like a linebacker now  The Boston Globe Source link

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that the harsh environment inside tumors, characterized by low oxygen and high acidity, induces stress in T cells’ mitochondria, which then release reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage telomeres and drive T cell exhaustion. Credit: Shutterstock Telomere damage drives T cell exhaustion. Antioxidants restored their cancer-fighting strength in mice. Tumor environments place …

Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Harvard researchers designed a new AI model, PDGrapher.  It can identify treatments to restore diseased cells to health. This could have larger impacts on drug discovery.  While AI’s most common use cases involve helping people with their everyday tasks, it can also go far …

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Hindustan Times via Getty Images Women in India account for just over half of all new cases, but men make up the majority of deaths Women in India are more likely to get cancer. Men are more likely to die from it. The paradox, revealed in a study of the country’s latest cancer registry, tells a story …