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ScienceDaily Cancer · Research
A new nanoparticle therapy reduced lung tumors in mice while also targeting cachexia, the severe muscle wasting that can accompany cancer. By delivering follistatin mRNA directly to tumors, the approach could eventually offer a way to fight both the disease and one of its most dangerous complications.
ScienceDaily Cancer · Research
Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center identified a signaling molecule called MEK that can push T cells to burn through their energy while producing cancer-killing proteins. In animal and laboratory studies, blocking MEK helped the cell
NPR Life Kit · Podcast
For Suleika Jaouad, journaling has been a source of solace through life's ups and downs for as long as she can remember. Writing in her journal helps her process, reflect and make meaning from painful experiences. In her book, The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life, Jaouad shares writing prompts from writers, artists and thinkers, to help you put pen to paper (even when you
NY Times Health · Research
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
ScienceDaily Staying Healthy · Article
A UCLA study links faster brain aging to specific gut bacteria and chemical byproducts, with older-looking brains also associated with poorer memory, focus, and mood. The findings suggest that biological signs of brain aging may appear decades before obvious symptoms and could eventually make the gut a target for prevention.
ScienceDaily Cancer · Article
High-dose vitamin B3 is showing intriguing early promise as an addition to standard glioblastoma treatment, with 82% of patients in a small trial remaining progression-free after six months. Researchers believe niacin may help revive immune cells suppressed by the cancer, but larger studies are still needed to confirm the benefit and safety.
ScienceDaily Cancer · Article
A vitamin D analog may help break down pancreatic cancer’s protective defenses, potentially making tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy and immune attack. A small clinical trial found encouraging responses, especially in patients whose tumors had high levels of the vitamin D receptor.
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
A two-year randomized clinical trial involving 493 adults with overweight or obesity found that diet soft drinks were essentially as effective as water for long-term weight loss and weight maintenance. Participants drinking beverages sweetened with aspartame, acesulfame-K, or sucralose lost a similar amount of weight to those drinking water, while both groups also saw improvements in waist size, b
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
NY Times Well · Research
Stone lifting, arm wrestling and other ways people test their limits beyond the gym.
NY Times Well · Research
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
The essential amino acid leucine can boost cellular energy production by protecting key proteins on mitochondria from being destroyed. The discovery reveals a new connection between nutrition and metabolism that could eventually lead to new approaches for metabolic disorders and cancer.
ScienceDaily Cancer · Article
Vitamin C may do more than support the immune system. In a phase 2 trial of people with precancerous or low risk blood cancers, daily vitamin C did not slow abnormal cell growth, but it was linked to favorable changes in inflammation and fewer serious complications. An exploratory follow up also found fewer deaths among participants taking vitamin C than among those receiving placebo.
ScienceDaily Nutrition · Article
NY Times Well · Research
After her diagnosis in 2022, when she was only 33, she became a vocal, witty advocate for people confronting the disease.
NY Times Well · Research
Cancer Health Science · Research
Scientists identify a molecular switch that turns a treatable prostate cancer into a more lethal subtype — and a way to switch it back
Cancer Health Magazine · Research
Beyond further reductions in smoking, sustaining progress may depend on access to early cancer detection and state-of-the-art treatment.
STAT News · Research
Ahead of this year's Nobel Prize announcements, STAT chatted with Mary-Claire King, who discovered the BRCA cancer mutations and is frequently mentioned in prize predictions.
STAT News · Research
NY Times Health · Research
Found in 70 percent of cancers, the gene is seen as a grand orchestrator but has been surprisingly difficult to stop.
STAT News · Research
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.