“Preliminary results are encouraging,” he said, “showing that we may be able to use a heart medicine to help keep our patients’ hearts safe during radiotherapy to the chest. “I am delighted to have received this funding from Cancer Research UK, which means we will be able to do further testing of this medicine, and ultimately find out if this is a treatment we should give to patients with lung cancer. “Most patients diagnosed with lung cancer can't have an operation due to either the tumour...
Dr Liz O'Riordan (pictured) has been floored by depression since her first cancer diagnosis. She was drawn to an article in a medical journal that said depression 'significantly impacts' survival rates.
Cancer charity announces partnership with Royal London Ireland
Researchers have discovered that pregnancy delivers a special gift to mothers — and it's not only their newborns.Last month, a new study published in Cell Metabolism, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, showed that scientists have confirmed what previous studies have shown: Pregnancy takes a toll on a woman's body in terms of her biological age. In other words, pregnancy accelerates aging. But researchers also found that any acceleration can be greatly reversed postpartum.Researchers tracked...
Researchers have discovered a genetic link between depression and heart disease that could help to find new drugs to target both conditions.A team of scientists at Tampere University in Finland identified a "gene module" consisting of 256 functionally related, co-expressed genes that contribute to the development of both diseases. The full findings of the study were published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.This gene module–a group of genes with similar expression patterns across...
In a paper appearing in Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers have unraveled a surprising genetic mystery centered on sugars found in what gardeners know as "tomato tar."
Monday night, as Passover begins, Jews around the world celebrate their ancestors’ liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. That liberty was hardly cost-free. Participants in the Seder will recount the 10 plagues by symbolically dipping a finger in their glass of wine and removing a drop, one for each debacle. This recalls the destruction that paved the way to freedom. The Hebrew Bible recounts that after the Israelites made it across the Red Sea, God kept the waters parted to lure the Egyptian...
A woman who lost her mum and grandad to cancer on the same day has left her old career behind and is now working full time organising events for Cancer Research UK. Abi Malcolm, from Sheffield, experienced two major events on June 23, 2016: she gave birth to her second child, but also received the devastating news that her grandad, Stanley Andrews, had been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. A short while later, Abi’s mum and Stanley’s daughter, Jennifer Andrews, started suffering from...
A study found that chemicals produced when eating junk food raised cancer risk. Junk foods like red meat and sugar could inhibit cancer-protecting genes. READ MORE: Large study finds these
According to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, exposure to racism is tied to a lower memory score during a person's midlife.
Families who lost loved ones working to raise awareness about cholangiocarcinoma in the hopes of saving lives.
Families who lost loved ones working to raise awareness about cholangiocarcinoma in the hopes of saving lives.