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04Jun/20

Reuters Virtual Newsmaker with Dr. William Haseltine

June 4, 2020MediaACCESS Health International Inc., Alessandra Galloni, Articles, Biotechnology, Business/Finance, cancer, Chairman, Company: Access Health, Company: ThomsonReuters, Coronaviridae, Coronavirus, current chair and president, dozen biotechnology, Haseltine, Haseltine Foundation for Science and the Arts, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Managing Editor, Microbiology, Pandemic, Person Career, scientist businessman, Social Issues, Technology/Internet, Viruses, William A. Haseltinesmbale

As nations around the world begin to wind down restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters will be joined by scientist, businessman and philanthropist Dr. William A. Haseltine—a pioneer in the fights against HIV/AIDS and cancer—for a Newsmaker discussion on COVID-19, the race for a vaccine and the pandemic’s impact on the future of public health. Continue reading →

22Aug/17

Urban lighting may increase breast cancer risk

August 22, 2017UncategorizedBreast cancer, cancer, Company: Next Media Group, Harvard Medical School, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Passive smoking, Ribbon symbolism, Risk factors, Risk factors for breast cancer, RTTsmbale

New research by the Harvard Medical School has found a possible link between exposure to nighttime light and breast cancer in younger women who smoke. Continue reading →

19Dec/16

Cells that refuse to die may spread cancer despite chemotherapy

December 19, 2016ResearchApoptosis, Autologous immune enhancement therapy, Biology, Branches of biology, cancer, Cancer cell, Cellular senescence, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Immunology, Medical specialties, Medicine, Occupational safety and health, Oncology, Pathology, Programmed cell death, RTT, Suicide gene, Treatment of cancersmbale

Cells that undergo a near-death experience but refuse to die could be responsible for helping cancer spread in the body.
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09Aug/16

New Survey Reveals Improvement in the State of Men’s Health, But Really?

August 9, 2016HealthcareAmerican Academy of Family Physicians, arthritis, Articles, asthma, cancer, Chronic condition, chronic illnesses, Continent: America, Country: United States, depression, Family medicine, Harris Poll, Health, Health care, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, heart disease, High blood pressure, immunizations, Kansas, LEAWOOD, Leslie Champlin, Medical home, Medical terminology, Medicine, Mental health, Preventive healthcare, Primary care, Primary care physician, Social Issues, United States, Wanda Filersmbale

LEAWOOD, Kan., Aug. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — New data indicate men are taking better care of themselves these days, but are they really?
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26Oct/15

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can – WHO

October 26, 2015HealthArticles, Beef, cancer, Carcinogen, Carcinogenesis, Colorectal cancer, Dana Loomis, Demitarian, Diets, Disease burden, France, Health, Healthy diet, Infectious causes of cancer, LYON, Meat, Meat industry, Occupational safety and health, Oncology, Processed meat, Red meat, RTTsmbale

Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans and red meat is a likely cause of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

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26Oct/15

Londoners sceptical that red meat probably can cause cancer

October 26, 2015Food and DrinkArticles, Beef, cancer, Charlotte Stirling-Reed, Colorectal cancer, Diets, Health, Healthy diet, Infectious causes of cancer, Kurt Straif, London, Meat, Pickard, Prostate cancer, Red meat, Robert Pickard, RTT, United Kingdomsmbale

The World Health Organisation warns that processed meat can cause cancer and that red meat probably can. But Londoners are sceptical of the claims, dismissing the red meat warning as a fad.

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09Oct/15

Scientists probe elephant genes for cancer clues

October 9, 2015ResearchAnimals, Asian elephant, cancer, Carcinogenesis, Center for Elephant Conservation, Circus, Circuses, Elephant, Elephants, Feld Entertainment, International Elephant Foundation, Kenneth Feld, Mammals, Organisms, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, POLK CITY, ringling bros, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, u.s. department of agriculture, United States, Wendy Kisosmbale

As dozens of circus elephants prepare to retire at a Central Florida preserve, researchers are studying their genes, believed to be the key to the species’ low incidence of cancer.

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21Aug/15

Former president Carter to receive treatment for brain cancer

August 21, 2015PoliticsAtlanta, Branches of biology, Breast cancer, Camp David, cancer, Carter Center, Carter family, China, Egypt, emory healthcare, Georgia, Harold Evans, Health, Iran, Israel, James Earl Carter Sr., Jimmy Carter, Lillian Gordy Carter, Medicine, Melanoma, Palestinian territories, Pancreatic cancer, Plains, Radiation therapy, Radioactivity, Ronald Reagan, Rosa, Rosalynn, RTT, United States, USS Jimmy Carter, Wafik El-Deiry, Walter J. Curran Jr.smbale

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that he will start radiation treatment for cancer on his brain in Atlanta, Georgia.

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18May/15

For cancer patients, a chance to create a musical legacy

May 18, 2015Human InterestBlah, Blah Blah Blah, cancer, Entertainment/Culture, Falls Church, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Janice, Jim Ebert, Literature, Oral literature, Songs, Stuart Jewell, United States, Vocal musicsmbale

A recording studio in Virginia offers musicians battling cancer a chance to leave behind a musical legacy for their friends and family.

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