Cancer
Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet and Academy Professor Johanna Ivaska have screened already approved drugs and discovered that calcium channel blockers can efficiently stop cancer cell invasion in vitro. These blockers are currently being used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) but their potential use in blocking cancer cell metastases has not been previously reported. Cancer’s […]
I ran across an article written by Ana Sandoiu about a great benefit of sweet potato wastewater. Most of us use those sweet, creamy sweet potatoes in all those great and tasty holiday pies and treats. They are healthy and nutritious but in addition to this, there is new research that suggests even the cooking […]
According to a major new study, by testing for a gene that mutates in ovarian cancers, patients could be picked out who will respond well to a promising new class of cancer drugs. The scientists have found that defects in a gene called ARID1A caused sensitivity to new drugs targeting the DNA repair process that […]
Blood Tests to Predict Cancer Survival
May 16, 2018There is a routine blood test that can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, according to the researcher’s report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress Singapore. Lead author Dr. Yu Unenon, an oncologist at Kyoto University in Japan relates that these palliative care patients want honest and accurate prognostic information, but […]
Sun Protection 101: How to Protect Your Skin from Phoenix’s Hot Climate
May 14, 2018Phoenix, Arizona is one of the two sunniest cities in the U.S., having a total of 360 sunny days per year. To survive the area’s hot, dry weather, there are a few diet and skincare tips that you must know to avoid sun damage and burns that may lead to skin cancer. Because not only […]
The stimulant component of areca nuts, arecoline, has anticancer properties, according to the researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. These particular findings will be published in Molecular Cell. In many Asian countries the areca nuts are chewed for their stimulant effects. Evidence links this practice to the development of oral and esophageal cancer. […]
Could where we live in different time zones be associated with a slightly increased risk of developing cancers that have been linked to disruptions of the biological clock? There is currently a new study that suggests this as true. As we all know our biological clocks can become out of control, or as they call […]
Can our bodies be trained to fight cancer through immunotherapy? An article was contributed to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights on how powerful the human immune system is and how complex. Author of the Live article is Balveen Kaurand Pravin Kaumaya of the Ohio State University. Invaders of nearly infinite variety can be […]
Many cancer patients are deep in debt because they cannot cover the costs of treatment as well as the other cancer care related expenses. This information comes from a report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. In previous studies it has been well demonstrated that cancer patients are facing financial […]
Colorectal Cancers & Young Adults
April 18, 2018Over the years, I have noticed we have seen more and more young people coming to our clinic, New Hope Unlimited, who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Older age does not seem to be a factor anymore. Matt McMillen recently published a troubling article […]
