Category: cancer

How to Better Regulate Your Thyroid to Prevent Cancer, Fatigue, and Weight Gain

Your thyroid influences how much energy your body burns over a given period of time—also known as your metabolic rate. In turn, this affects your weight loss or gain, how you handle hot and cold, your energy levels, and many other things. A dysregulated thyroid can exhaust you, thin your hair, and make you constipated….


Johnson & Johnson Looks at Job Cuts Despite Weathering Inflation Impact

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday posted better than expected third-quarter earnings on strong demand for its cancer drug Darzalex, but said it may still cut some jobs as it contends with inflationary pressure and challenges created by the strong dollar. J&J Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said the U.S. healthcare conglomerate is looking at “right…


Chemical Hair Straighteners Linked to Higher Risk of Uterine Cancer: Study

Rapidly rising cases of uterine cancer among American women in recent years might be linked to the chemical products they are using to straighten their hair, a new government study suggests. In the study published on Oct. 17, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) examined data from 33,947 adult women…


Hair-Straightening Products Linked With Uterine Cancer Risk-Study

Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday suggests. “We estimated that 1.64 percent of women who never used hair straighteners would go on to develop uterine cancer by the age of 70, but for frequent users, that risk goes…


Scientists Discover How Cancer Cells ‘Hijack’ Cells and Spread Around the Body

Many patients with cancers die as a result of metastasis, a process whereby the cancer spreads from the primary organ to other organs around the body. “These findings are among the most important to have come out of my lab for three decades,” said Richard Gilbertson, one of the leading researchers of a recent study…


CUHK Unlocks Cancer Pain Mechanism and Identifies Therapeutic Target MNT for Precise Treatment

Cancer pain is a common symptom of advanced cancer. Cancer pain not only seriously affects the quality of life of patients, but also increases disease progression and mortality. New research from the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has discovered that a novel phenomenon called “macrophage to neuron-like cell transition…


Longtime Pennsylvania State Representative Tony DeLuca Has Died

Pennsylvania state Rep. Anthony M. “Tony” DeLuca died Sunday at his Penn Hills home after a brief battle with lymphoma, a disease he had beaten two times previously, the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus announced Monday. At 85, DeLuca was the oldest serving member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The Democrat lawmaker held the seat…


Tony DeLuca, Longtime Pennsylvania State Lawmaker, Dies at 85

Pennsylvania state Rep. Anthony M. “Tony” DeLuca died on Oct. 9 at his Penn Hills home after a brief battle with lymphoma, a disease he had beaten two times previously, the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus has announced. At 85, DeLuca was the oldest and longest-serving member of the state’s House of Representatives. The Democratic lawmaker…


China’s Internet Trolls Target Chinese Blogger for Exposing Food Safety Concerns: Expert

A Chinese blogger took down his online videos on food safety issues due to alleged complaints from social media users. However, China experts believe that the authorities used internet trolls to target the influencer because his videos exposed corruption in the food industry. In June, Xing Jifei started an online video series called “Tech and Daring”…


Turmeric’s Powerful Ability to Both Prevent and Treat Cancer

According to experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, turmeric, one of the most powerful spices on this earth, has the potential to both prevent and treat cancer. That’s no small claim. So it only makes sense to learn about Mother Nature’s gift to mankind. What Is Turmeric and How Does It Work? While turmeric…