A Danish study conducted by the University of Copenhagen has found that some common types of cancers increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), with elevated risks of mortality for patients that do develop T2D following a cancer diagnosis. “Our study demonstrates that there is an elevated risk of developing diabetes if a…
Study Answers Why Not All Obese People Develop Diabetes
A study by Oregon State University may have found a reason behind why some obese people develop type 2 diabetes but not all, indicating a difference in gene activity as well as modulation by a bacteria called Oscillibacter valericigenes (OV). The team’s study suggests that the activity of a gene named Mmp12; a gene regulated…
Studies Finds New Immunotherapy Pathway to Prevent Breast Cancer, Gives Treatment Potential
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital has identified a previously unknown immune system mechanism underlying breast cancer prevention, creating potential for future immunotherapy. The study found T helper 2 cells (Th2)—a type of regulatory immune cell—can “directly block spontaneous breast carcinogenesis [from becoming cancerous]” by regulating cancers cell to become unable to differentiate, according to…
Gilead Drug Modestly Delays Breast Cancer Progression in Late-Stage Trial
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Trodelvy extended by 1.5 months, or 34 percent, the length of time women with advanced stages of a common type of breast cancer lived without their disease worsening, according to trial data presented on Saturday. The Phase III study compared Trodelvy to chemotherapy in 543 patients with hormone-sensitive tumors that test negative…
Counting Cancerous Lymph Nodes May Be Best Predictor of Mortality, Study
A study conducted by researchers from Cedars-Sinai has found that the simple process of counting how many lymph nodes (LNs) are cancerous may be the best option to determine cancer patient’s disease outlook and mortality for 16 major cancers. “Count the number of metastatic [cancerous] lymph nodes,” co-author Assoc Prof. Zack Zumsteg said. “We found…
Cancer Trial Using Monoclonal Antibody Finds Remission in Every Patient: Report
A cancer trial has reportedly become the first in the world to completely remove the disease in every patient, according to a study published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, titled “PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair—Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer” was conducted among 12 rectal cancer patients, all of which had a…
Studies Link Incurable Prion Disease With COVID-19 Vaccine
Studies on COVID-19 vaccines have suggested links between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)—an incurable and fatal prion disease—and getting the COVID-19 vaccine. A recent French pre-print on CJD and COVID-19 vaccination has suggested that the COVID-19 vaccine may have contributed to the emergence of a new type of sporadic CJD disease that is a lot more aggressive…
Florida to Potentially Restrict Medicaid Coverage for Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youth
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has taken steps toward a potential restriction of the state’s Medicaid coverage for transgender substances or transgender surgery for youth, saying that there was “insufficient evidence” for such approaches to treat gender dysphoria. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which is responsible for regulating Medicaid in the state, issued a 46-page…
CDC Initiates Emergency Response: Current Monkeypox Cases Suggest Community Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it will be initiating an emergency response to monitor and investigate monkeypox after recent cases suggest that the disease may be spreading through person-to-person community transmission. “Identification of monkeypox clusters in several countries that do not have endemic disease and involving patients with no direct travel…
CDC: Current Monkeypox Cases Suggest Community Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it will be initiating an emergency response to monitor and investigate monkeypox after recent cases suggest that the disease may be spreading through person-to-person community transmission. “Identification of monkeypox clusters in several countries that do not have endemic disease and involving patients with no direct travel…
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