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Eating THESE fruits and vegetables can DRASTICALLY cut GI cancer risk – Times of India

Eating THESE fruits and vegetables can DRASTICALLY cut GI cancer risk – Times of India

Eating THESE fruits and vegetables can DRASTICALLY cut GI cancer risk  Times of India Risk of colon cancer slashed by eating specific types of vegetables, study finds  Fox News Broccoli can have a protective effect against colon cancer, study reveals  Medical Xpress Lower your colorectal cancer risk by 20% by eating more of this food  nypost.com The 70p food linked to 20% lower risk …

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Trigger behind aggressive brain cancer uncovered – hope for prevention

Trigger behind aggressive brain cancer uncovered – hope for prevention

Suffering a head injury could raise the risk of developing a brain tumour later in life, concerning research today suggested.  Age, being overweight or obese and exposure to certain types of radiation through x-rays and CT scans, have long been known risk factors of brain tumours. But, US researchers found adults were ‘significantly’ more likely to develop a malignant brain tumor, a …

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Retooled Cancer Drugs Eliminated Aggressive Tumors in ‘Remarkable’ New Trial

Retooled Cancer Drugs Eliminated Aggressive Tumors in ‘Remarkable’ New Trial

Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled until they were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a “remarkable” clinical trial. Two of the patients—one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma and another with breast cancer—were told their tumors disappeared completely. Scientists at Rockefeller University in New York engineered an upgrade to an antibody …

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Eating meat may protect against cancer, landmark research shows

Eating meat may protect against cancer, landmark research shows

Eating animal-sourced protein foods is not linked to a higher risk of death and may even offer protective benefits against cancer-related mortality, new research finds. The study, published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, analyzed data from nearly 16,000 adults aged 19 and older using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHAMES III). Researchers examined how much animal and …

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Scientists Strip Cancer of Its “Superpower” To Outsmart Drugs

Scientists Strip Cancer of Its “Superpower” To Outsmart Drugs

Northwestern University researchers have unveiled a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that doesn’t attack tumors directly, but instead strips cancer cells of their ability to adapt and resist therapy. Credit: Shutterstock Restoring cellular memory blocks cancer cells from adapting to escape treatment. Northwestern University biomedical engineers have developed a completely new approach to cancer therapy that doubled the effectiveness of chemotherapy …

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Breakthrough as cheap blood pressure drug fights deadly breast cancer – Vanguard News

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 …

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RFK Jr. Cancels Promising Work on Cancer Vaccine

RFK Jr. Cancels Promising Work on Cancer Vaccine

Image by Michael M. Santiago via Getty / Futurism About 10 weeks before his assassination in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy — better known as Bobby, and the father of our current health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — delivered a rousing address at Vanderbilt University that came to be known as one of his greatest speeches. Quoting his presidential uncle John, …

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I blamed my bloating on a bad diet… then I was diagnosed with ‘silent’ cancer striking more and more young people

I blamed my bloating on a bad diet… then I was diagnosed with ‘silent’ cancer striking more and more young people

Rachel Danchek was 30 when she first noticed unusual bloating and periods that were more painful than usual.  The former finance expert from Pittsburgh attributed her bloating to unhealthy foods she may have eaten, alcohol and normal age-related weight gain.  Then, she began to feel more anxious, telling DailyMail.com: ‘It was physical anxiety; really jittery feeling. Almost like if I drank …

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