Tag: Cancer

US Supreme Court Declines Bayer/Monsanto Bid To Challenge Glyphosate Cancer Rulings

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US Supreme Court Declines Bayer/Monsanto Bid To Challenge Glyphosate Cancer Rulings
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer – a potentially costly ruling, AFP reported Tuesday. The high court did not explain its decision, which left intact a $25 million ruling in favor of a California man who alleged he developed cancer after using the chemical for years.… Read the rest

Vaccine protection wanes faster in cancer patients

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Vaccine protection wanes faster in cancer patients
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certifie Vaccine protection wanes faster for cancer patients COVID-19 vaccines are effective in most cancer patients, but less so than in the general population and the efficacy wanes more quickly, according to a large study.… Read the rest

Food Dyes: Good for Dying Foods and ‘Dieing’ You!

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Food Dyes: Good for Dying Foods and ‘Dieing’ You!
 Dyes add no benefits whatsoever to foods, other than making them more ‘eye-catching’ to increase sales,” said James Huff, the associate director for chemical carcinogenesis at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ National Toxicology Program. “Some dyes have caused cancers in animals, contain cancer-causing contaminants, or have been inadequately tested for cancer or other problems. Their continued use presents unnecessary risks to humans, especially young children.

Cause For Red Meat’s Link To Cancer Finally Isolated, Effect Seen As An Immune Response

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Cause For Red Meat’s Link To Cancer Finally Isolated, Effect Seen As An Immune Response
Cancer And The Link To Red Meat: New Evidence Shows It Is Akin To An Immune Response We’ve long known about cancer and its link to red meat consumption. We’ve had decades of knowing this information, with medical professionals urging people to cut down on the amount of red meat they eat at a sitting, or to limit the number of times per week they eat it.… Read the rest

Researchers Discover Crucial Secret About Cancer: How Its ‘Cloak Of Invisibility’ Works

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Researchers Discover Crucial Secret About Cancer: How Its ‘Cloak Of Invisibility’ Works
Cancer’s Secrets Revealed: How Researchers Exposed The Disease’s ‘Invisibility Cloak’ And What It Might Mean We hear about our immune systems all the time: they might be overtaxed from overwork and exhaustion, they might be worn down from a recent cold or other illness. We know that the very old and the very young have much weaker and more vulnerable immune systems than healthy adults.… Read the rest

There’s More To Ginger Than Meets The Eye: Surprising New Study Shows That Ginger Can Help Fight Cancer

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There’s More To Ginger Than Meets The Eye: Surprising New Study Shows That Ginger Can Help Fight Cancer
Ginger Is More Than A Garnish For Sushi: New Study Shows The Root May Be Useful In Treating Cancer It’s amazing sometimes to think about what a jumbled mess of contradictions humans are, as is the society we’ve created. In a world ravaged by war, on a planet heating up at a record pace, where animal species die off daily and a billion people are hungry, there is still room for hope.… Read the rest

Two-Thirds: Alarming Study On Alarming Levels Of Carcinogens In U.S. Tap Water

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Two-Thirds: Alarming Study On Alarming Levels Of Carcinogens In U.S. Tap Water
The more things change the more they stay the same, at least that’s what they say. And in the case of the carcinogen found in U.S. tap water that was made famous in the film “Erin Brockovich,” that certainly seems to be true. For nearly two-thirds of Americans, chromium-6 is a daily fact of life. It’s the deadly carcinogen that spawned the lawsuit at the heart of the Erin Brockovich case in which residents of Hinkley, California sued and won against Pacific Gas & Electric for its culpability in poisoning the area’s groundwater.… Read the rest

We Spend Trillions Of Dollars Researching And Fighting Cancer. So Why Are Childhood Cancer Rates Going Up?

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We Spend Trillions Of Dollars Researching And Fighting Cancer. So Why Are Childhood Cancer Rates Going Up?
Childhood Cancer Rates Are Rising, And The Reason May Surprise You Cancer has always existed in humans, surely. Surely there were ancient cave-people who suffered from the scourge, even if they didn’t have a name for it or understand it like we do today. And understand much of it we do. To be sure there is a lot left to discover.… Read the rest

New Drug That ‘Wakes Up’ The Immune System Shows Tremendous Promise In Fighting Pancreatic Cancer

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New Drug That ‘Wakes Up’ The Immune System Shows Tremendous Promise In Fighting Pancreatic Cancer
New Miracle Drug Said To ‘Wake Up’ Immune System To Fight Pancreatic Cancer The war on cancer is as broad as it is deep. A multi-billion dollar industry, there are untold numbers of researchers pursuing multiple directions in the fight to combat the disease–a many-headed hydra battling a many-headed hydra. And one of the more esoteric lines of research has borne fruit: a new drug that is said “wake up” the immune system and enlist it to fight against pancreatic cancer is emerging, and it appears that it could be a tremendous weapon against one of the most difficult forms of the disease to combat.… Read the rest