April is national cancer prevention and early detection month. According to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, in the U.S. nearly 20 percent of new cancer cases are related to a combination of excessive body weight, unhealthy eating, alcohol consumption, and lack of physical activity.
'The ambient presence of journalism and true information in our feeds, the signals of reliability that were there, that's gone,' Taylor Owen, founding director of McGill University's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, says
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page. Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more people every day, said Ballingall, who publishes up to 10 posts a day and has some 540,000 followers. Media is just going to get more tribal and more niche, he added. This is just igniting it further. Canada has become ground...
Programs and policies that help households go beyond stocking up on food and medical supplies to invest in longer-term protections could overcome the risk perception gap and support adaptation to rising climate-related threats.
Today's release of figures on the UK economy figures feels like a big deal, with people proclaiming the end of recession. Is that right?
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers looking for clues about why some types of cancer are on the rise in younger adults say they’ve found an interesting lead: a connection to accelerated biological aging. Aging is the major risk for many types of cancer, meaning the older you get, the more likely you are
CO2 emissions in San Francisco fell 1.8 percent between 2018 and 2022, and new evidence shows that EVs played a part in that
A new video released by police shows the dramatic rescue of a Las Vegas K9 officer after police say a suspect stabbed him several times, severely injuring him.
An estimated 42,000 people in Ireland get cancer each year, according to The Irish Cancer Society. As we approach World Health Day on April 7th, Dr. Doireann O'Leary, who has thousands of followers on Instagram, has shared some valuable insights into preventing cancer, exploring various factors that
This initiative marks the most significant crackdown on air pollutants by the agency in almost two decades.
PETACH TIKVAH, Israel – A groundbreaking study by Beilinson Hospital’s Cognitive Neurology Department has identified a significant ethnic disparity in the prevalence of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which focused on patients who developed Alzheimer’s disease before the age of 65, found that 64 percent of diagnoses were from Sephardic Jewish backgrounds while 36 percent […]
After a decision to spare her further interventions, she lives a full two months more – and teaches us a few things along the way“Ranjana, how long can Fifi live with liver cancer?”An unexpected aspect of being an oncologist (for humans) is being approached for advice about pets (usually dogs) with cancer. Bruno, Marco, Maisie, Ziggy, Chloe, Tiger, Muppet, Jessie, Bella, Buddy, Johnny, Wilfred. Apart from my own Odie, the dogs of my friends form the backdrop of my life. Not all of them develop...