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Researchers Find Strange Link Between Marathon Running and Cancer

Researchers Find Strange Link Between Marathon Running and Cancer

Some of the most physically fit people in the world may have a unique health risk. New research uncovers a possible link between marathon running and colorectal cancer. Oncologists at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia conducted the study, which examined the colons of relatively young people who had run several long-distance races. They found these runners had a …

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A Pretzel-Shaped Implant Erased Bladder Cancer In More Than 80 Percent Of Patients

A Pretzel-Shaped Implant Erased Bladder Cancer In More Than 80 Percent Of Patients

TAR-200 is a miniature, pretzel-shaped drug-device duo containing a chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine, which is inserted into the bladder through a catheter and releases the drug for three weeks per treatment cycle. Credit: Johnson and Johnson. Bladder cancer patients who run out of options often face a grim choice: life-altering surgery to remove the bladder, or living with a disease that …

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Minneapolis Fire Department saunas added as possible cancer fighting tool

Minneapolis Fire Department saunas added as possible cancer fighting tool

Minneapolis Fire Department Chief Bryan Tyner has gotten saunas added to some Minneapolis fire stations with the help of the Minneapolis Fire Foundation. “When I was younger, in those days, we didn’t even think about cancer or trying to prevent cancer,” said Tyner, 57, who was recently diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer. “I think we’ve come a long way …

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Eating half a cup of $3 snack could protect against cancer

Eating half a cup of  snack could protect against cancer

Eating just two handfuls of almonds has been shown to help protect the body from stress and aging-induced damage that can fuel cancer-causing cell mutations. Cells are under constant attack from a barrage of stressors, including pollution, UV radiation, processed foods and the body’s regular metabolism, all of which generate harmful free radicals that can damage DNA, proteins, and cell …

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Former Michigan State student says she got cancer after using chemicals school called ‘harmless’

Former Michigan State student says she got cancer after using chemicals school called ‘harmless’

A former Michigan State grad student blamed her thyroid cancer on the school, which allegedly told her that “exposure was harmless” when she worked with various pesticides and herbicides, she and her lawyers said on Monday. LingLong Wei was diagnosed with thyroid cancer on June 26 last year in a health downturn that’s “directly related to events that took place …

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