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Age-related changes in the blood system can exacerbate colon cancer

Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can make certain colon cancers grow faster.

24 Aug 2023

The role played by the gut microbiome in metabolizing selected sweeteners

The current evidence on the role of the gut microbiome in metabolizing sweeteners and their metabolites.

24 Aug 2023

NCCN publishes new resource on options, benefits of care approaches for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network today announced the publication of NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children.

22 Aug 2023

Bariatric surgery linked to lower cancer risk in women

After adding follow-up years, increased sample sizes and examining multiple surgical procedures, new research shows bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence among females.

22 Aug 2023

Doctors advocate fresh efforts to combat Chagas disease, a silent killer

When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after participating in a Red Cross blood drive organized by her employer, Universal Studios.

22 Aug 2023

Study reveals anti-inflammatory power of Black Soldier Fly Larvae oil in inflammatory-related conditions

New study reveals the anti-inflammatory power of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) oil, shedding light on its potential to alleviate inflammation in conditions like ulcerative colitis.

21 Aug 2023

Anti-estrogenic therapies can suppress growth of ER-negative cancers

Anti-estrogenic therapies can suppress the growth of cancer that does not express estrogen receptors; when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies, they halt tumor progression in mice models.

21 Aug 2023

Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness in young men and the incidence of site-specific cancer

A recent study assessed the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and some cancers in healthy young men.

21 Aug 2023

What are the patterns in the incidence of early-onset cancers?

A recent study studied the patterns in the incidence of early-onset cancers between 2010 and 2019 in the United States.

21 Aug 2023

Can your screen time affect your bowel movements?

The causal relationship between leisure screen time and irritable bowel syndrome.

18 Aug 2023

Lorazepam linked to shorter progression-free survival in pancreatic cancer patients

Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety during cancer treatment, had a shorter progression-free survival than patients who did not, according to results published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

17 Aug 2023

High aerobic fitness at age 18 linked to lower risk of several types of cancer

Men who have higher aerobic fitness at age 18 have a lower risk of several forms of cancer later in life, especially cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. This has been shown by a study at the University of Gothenburg.

16 Aug 2023

The impact of oat consumption on the gut microbiota

The relationship between the gut microbiome and oat consumption.

15 Aug 2023

A blood test that screens for cancer: Does it do more harm than good?

By summer 2021, Gilbert Milam Jr. was living a good life. A nationally renowned rapper who performs under the name Berner, Milam was also enjoying the global expansion of Cookies, a brand of cannabis products and clothing that he co-founded and was running as CEO.

11 Aug 2023

New gene-editing tool helps to study single-base mutations in cancer

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy.

10 Aug 2023

Experimental drug can reduce symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease in pre-clinical models

A new study of mice and lab-grown human colon "organoids" indicates that an experimental drug developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers can substantially reduce symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in pre-clinical models.

10 Aug 2023

Are inflammatory bowel disease patients more at risk of colorectal cancer?

Researchers analyzed data from a large cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients and looked at the risk and frequency of colorectal cancer.

9 Aug 2023

Impact of age-related alterations in lipid metabolism on general health

Scientists provide a detailed overview on age-related alterations in lipid metabolism and its association with age-related chronic diseases.

8 Aug 2023

New AI modules boost polyp segmentation in colonoscopy imagery

Researchers have developed a pair of modules that gives a boost to the use of artificial neural networks to identify potentially cancerous growths in colonoscopy imagery, traditionally plagued by image noise resulting from the colonoscopy insertion and rotation process itself.

7 Aug 2023