At the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva, Switzerland (25th April 2008) research was presented that demonstrated new evidence that some common human viruses may be a part of the cause of lung cancer.
Scientists agree that tobacco smoking is by far the most important contributor to lung cancer development. It is also emerging that other [...]
Researchers have developed a virus which is used to kill cancer cells in patients with advanced end stage cancers. The treatments which are experimental offer an alternative for patients who have exhausted other options and can’t take any more chemotherapy or radiation. The virus approach to killing cancer cells has the advantage of leaving normal [...]
A different class of anticancer medication that works by turning off cancer genes appears to effectively halt the progress of prostate cancer development in experimental animals. The new class of anticancer drugs are called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. The new medication prevented mice with a precancerous lesion from getting an advanced prostate cancer.
While receiving the [...]
Bisphenol A, or BPA a chemical found in numerous plastics that contain our foods and make up some water bottles and baby bottles has been linked to the development of obesity.
Bisphenol A, or BPA exposure during the development of a fetus in the womb and exposure while in infancy is associated with obesity later in [...]
What is nanotechnology? you may ask- it is technology that uses materials and devices that are built on the scale of individual molecules and it holds immense promise for the future of mankind. The ultimate results of this type of research is probably beyond the imagination of most of us, but we know that it [...]
McGill University Health Centre researchers have learned a new mechanism that cancer cells use to spread in the body.
The cancerous cells can “talk” to healthy cells by releasing small packets. The bubble packets contain cancer causing proteins that may trigger cell machinery in normal healthy cells to turn them into cancer cells. This research could [...]
The list of health problems associated with Bishenol A (a common plastic molecule to which virtually all Americans are exposed) continues to grow:
Bisphenol A has been known to be estrogenic since the mid-1930s. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic as well as dental sealants and a resin coating for food cans [...]
In case you think that incense burning is harmless you may want to reconsider after you read the list of toxic stuff that comes from the burning tip of an incense stick:
Similar to second hand smoke, pollutants emitted from incense burning in a close area are clearly dangerous to your health. Particulate matters (PM), [...]
Researchers at Rutgers have demonstrated that using a combination of twowidely used drugs Celebrex (celecoxib) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) blocks the transition of early stage prostate cancer to its more aggressive and deadly stage. The researchers objective was to find a way to indefinitely delay the change in the tumor to an aggressive form (this keeps [...]
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reports that it has new research showing that a modified Herpes Virus can attack prostate cancer that has started to invade the nerves in mice with prostate tumors.
More about it HERE
