Tag Archives: Cancer

More than a million people below 50 die of cancer annually, according to a study which projects another 21 percent rise by 2030. There has been an almost 80 percent increase in cancer diagnoses among individuals aged below 50 years in the last three decades, a new study has revealed. …

The parent company that makes the popular Indomie instant noodles issued a statement Friday defending the safety of their product after reports of trace carcinogens. “We would like to emphasize that in accordance with the statement released by BPOM RI, our Indomie instant noodles are safe for consumption”, said Taufik …

A new COVID-19 vaccine might also protect cancer patients with weak immune systems, a new study found. Researchers from the American Association for Cancer Research found that CoVac-1, a new vaccine developed in Germany, induced T-cell (part of the immune system that develops stem cells in the bone marrow to …

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked companies to stop selling all forms of the heartburn drug Zantac after an investigation found that potential cancer-causing contaminants can build up in the product over time. The FDA has asked manufacturers of the prescription and over-the-counter drug to pull all …

Injecting tumors with influenza vaccines, including some FDA-approved seasonal flu shots, can trigger an immune system response, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The majority of patients with cancer have “cold” tumors, according to the study authors. This includes tumors that do …

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of blood cancer that primarily affects children and young people. It involves large quantities of malignant progenitor cells building up in a person’s blood instead of healthy white blood cells. This is often caused by a change in genetic material, with two chromosomes …

Great Ormond Street trial clears previously incurable disease in 12 of 14 patients, with five remaining in remission. A new treatment for an incurable form of leukemia has been hailed by experts after it left patients without a trace of the disease. The patients were treated with a faster acting …

Swapping red meat for poultry could drastically reduce a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer, a new major study finds. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the US have found that while eating more red meat is associated with a greater risk of developing invasive breast …

Shares of the pharma and medical giant Johnson & Johnson have tumbled sharply after an investigation suggested the company had known for years its famous baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. Reuters published a lengthy inquiry into one of the company’s most celebrated products, that claimed as early as …

Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are 100 times cheaper to produce when laid than when manufactured in factories. The researchers believe that in time production can be scaled up to produce medicines in commercial quantities. The …