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Cannabis Use Disorder Triples Risk of Oral Cancer

Cannabis Use Disorder Triples Risk of Oral Cancer

“Cannabis smoke contains many of the same carcinogenic compounds found in tobacco smoke, which have known damaging effects on the epithelial tissue that lines the mouth,” said Raphael Cuomo, Ph.D. associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine and member of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. “These findings add to a growing body …

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This One Type Of Cancer Is Increasing In All Women, But One Group Is Particularly At Risk

This One Type Of Cancer Is Increasing In All Women, But One Group Is Particularly At Risk

When you think of the most common gynecological cancer, you probably don’t think of uterine cancer, but this cancer type is more commonly diagnosed than other gynecological cancers such as ovarian and cervical. Yoss Sabalet / Getty Images There were nearly 70,000 cases of uterine cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute. Uterine cancer involves cancer of what …

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Rising Cancer Type Affects All Women: One Group at Risk

Rising Cancer Type Affects All Women: One Group at Risk

There were nearly 70,000 cases of uterine cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute.  Uterine cancer involves cancer of what many folks think of as the womb, “or the place where a pregnancy is housed and grows,” said Dr. Ami Vaidya, a gynecological cancer doctor at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. “The uterus has two components; there’s …

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Rising Cancer Type Affects All Women: One Group at Risk

Rising Cancer Type Affects All Women: One Group at Risk

There were nearly 70,000 cases of uterine cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute.  Uterine cancer involves cancer of what many folks think of as the womb, “or the place where a pregnancy is housed and grows,” said Dr. Ami Vaidya, a gynecological cancer doctor at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. “The uterus has two components; there’s …

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Severe weather risk favors southern Minnesota overnight – MPR News

Severe weather risk favors southern Minnesota overnight – MPR News

Severe weather risk favors southern Minnesota overnight  MPR News High risk of severe storms triggers KARE 11 Weather Impact Alert  kare11.com What you need to know about derechos, an uncommon and destructive weather event  AP News What Is a Derecho, and How to Stay Safe  Time Magazine A destructive derecho may be brewing across the northern Plains  The Washington Post Source link

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Planned C-sections linked to increased risk of childhood leukemia, study finds

Planned C-sections linked to increased risk of childhood leukemia, study finds

Children born by planned cesarean section are 21% more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a childhood cancer, than those born vaginally, a new study finds. The research, conducted in Sweden, is consistent with previous studies that also found a link between pediatric ALL risk and C-sections. More recent research, including this latest study, has specifically connected the majority …

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Healthy Lifestyle Can Help People at Risk for Dementia, Study Finds – The New York Times

Healthy Lifestyle Can Help People at Risk for Dementia, Study Finds  The New York Times Trying to keep your brain young? A big new study finds these lifestyle changes help  NPR Worried about Alzheimer’s? Start walking, according to a new 10-year study  CNN Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline  New Scientist New study shows how walking may delay Alzheimer’s progression  NBC News …

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Shock autism and Alzheimer’s link in bombshell study: Doctors sound alarm over common ’cause’ and name cities most at risk

Shock autism and Alzheimer’s link in bombshell study: Doctors sound alarm over common ’cause’ and name cities most at risk

Exposure to a toxic metal as far back as childhood could raise the risk of developing dementia later in life, a first-of-its-kind study suggests. Researchers in Canada studied more than 600,000 older US adults who were exposed as children to high levels of lead, a toxic metal linked to autism, infertility and cancer. They found people who grew up in …

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