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Drugs won't de-stress your heart after cancer diagnosis August 23, 2017
There’s more than one way that cancer can kill. As if being told you have a life-threatening cancer isn’t bad enough, now we’re learning more about how it can trigger a deadly cardiac response. New research out of the University of Missouri has confirmed earlier findings showing a close link between getting a cancer diagnosis… […]
Could this deadly cancer defense be hiding in your spice rack? August 10, 2017
Despite all the stories you might be hearing about better ways to treat cancer in general, the news about pancreatic cancer remains consistently grim. This deadly cancer has a one-year survival rate of only 20 percent. And only 8 percent of those with this feared disease will see five years after being diagnosed. So, when […]
Breast cancer chemo drugs found to help tumors metastasize July 26, 2017
Is chemo just killing cancer cells — or is it killing cancer patients? Researchers have uncovered one of the most frightening findings ever made where mainstream cancer treatments are concerned. It’s something that should have hit the airwaves and Internet superhighway like greased lightning. But this very important research has so far only appeared on […]
Don't fall for this new trick to push risky cancer drug July 17, 2017
If there were ever a sucker punch aimed at women with breast cancer — or those told they have a high risk of developing it — this would surely be it. A group of smug researchers from the Queen Mary University of London believe they have the answer as to why women are refusing to […]
Could your cancer be misdiagnosed? July 11, 2017
We all know that mistakes happen. After all, we’re only human. But where biopsies are concerned, mistakes look like they’re becoming an epidemic. Your biopsy can easily be confused with someone else’s, or it can be misread entirely, giving you a dreaded diagnosis of cancer when you don’t have it. And experts have become so […]
Are you inviting cancer-causing chemicals into your home? June 21, 2017
By now you’ve heard the sad news about actor Adam West, who died earlier this month at the age of 88. In his signature role as Batman, West worked with other great names — think Eartha Kitt, Cesar Romero and Burgess Meredith — to bring the Caped Crusader and his various villainous foes to life. […]
Doctor dies from cancer spread by device she fought to ban June 6, 2017
She’s being called a “warrior” in civilian clothes, someone whose actions to prevent other women from having a similar fate have saved untold numbers of lives. But sadly, the life of Dr. Amy Reed — an anesthesiologist who, with her husband, spearheaded the fight against power morcellators — couldn’t be saved. The 44-year-old mother of […]
Nuts can help to beat the odds in a deadly cancer May 29, 2017
Could the answer to fighting colon cancer grow on trees? It very well might — in the form of nuts! That’s what researchers from the American Society of Clinical Oncology discovered in a study on the role that regularly eating nuts plays in warding off a return of stage III colon cancer. They will present […]
Hundreds holding Monsanto responsible for cancers May 29, 2017
It’s Memorial Day, the time to remember all the courageous men and women who paid the ultimate price to maintain our freedoms and help keep us safe. But some dangers can’t be fought by soldiers. They masquerade as being benign or even beneficial, and have to be taken on by an army of citizens. And […]
Another jury finds J&J concealed cancer risk of baby powder May 15, 2017
The first warnings on the danger of talcum powder were sounded over four decades ago. Researchers from the UK found particles of talc “deeply embedded” in a number of ovarian tumors. And despite additional research over the years linking the use of this seemingly benign product to cancer, it’s taken several court cases in St. […]
‘Active surveillance’ OK if prostate cancer runs in family May 10, 2017
This may be the most important thing any man who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer needs to hear. As an eAlert reader you know that we’ve told you a lot about active surveillance where prostate cancer is concerned. And for very good reason. While numerous studies have found it to be the way to […]
New osteoporosis med actually puts bones at risk – of cancer May 8, 2017
Only Big Pharma could come up with a drug that’s even more frightening than the condition it’s supposed to prevent! And that’s the case with its latest and greatest med for osteoporosis — one given the strange name of Tymlos. This new drug is so risky that patients are warned to stop taking it after […]