Young girl’s inoperable brain tumor mysteriously vanishes without a trace
When 11-year-old Roxli Doss and her family were given the news that she had developed a brain tumor that was inoperable, you can imagine their …
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Breathing in Moon dust could kill you
Dreams of a lunar colony where people walk around on the dusty surface inside of big domes will remain a dream for a while longer. …
Wisconsin woman’s dog sniffed out her owner’s cancer three separate times
Dogs have long been called “man’s best friend,” and you don’t have to search far for plenty of stories of canines helping out their human …
Chemo-free cancer treatment could exploit our body’s natural cell recycling system
If you are diagnosed with cancer today there are often several treatment options, with your doctor forming a plan of attack that will feature multiple …
Tall people are more likely to get cancer because there’s just more stuff in them
There are a lot of things we all know we can do to curb our risk of getting cancer. Avoiding tobacco products is high on …
Going organic might actually help curb cancer risk, study finds
We all know by now that fruits and vegetables treated with chemicals probably aren’t the best for us, but can going on a “clean” organic …
Google’s AI is now better than doctors at spotting breast cancer
Cancer researchers are constantly advancing the technology that doctors use to screen for, detect, and treat all kinds of cancers, and the survivability prospects have …
Traveling to Mars could give you gut cancer, and that’s not good
Getting a manned mission safely to Mars would be the greatest space-age accomplishment of all time. Humans have never visited another planet, and while we’ve …
Very good dog with a very bad tumor gets a new 3D-printed skull
When Patches, a now nine-year-old female dachsund, first showed signs of something wrong with her head it didn’t seem particularly serious to her owner Danielle …
Mysterious ‘zombie gene’ prevents elephants from getting cancer
Cancer is a big problem for humans, but it also affects countless other species on our planet. Elephants, however, have demonstrated an amazing ability to …
Eating dinner earlier could lower your risk of cancer, but scientists don’t know why
You already know a number of things that can reduce your chances of getting various types of cancer. Avoiding tobacco products is a biggie, as …
Scientists genetically reengineered the polio virus to treat brain cancer, and it’s working
Scientists are trying anything and everything in the fight against cancer, and an unusual new potential treatment option has come from a very unlikely source: …
How material from your smartphone could lead to breakthrough cancer treatments
The jury is still out with regards to whether long-term exposure to cell phone radiation has the potential to promote certain types of cancers, especially …
New Jersey man who couldn’t lose his ‘beer belly’ discovers it’s actually a 30-pound tumor
Millions and millions of adults struggle with weight loss on a regular basis, so when a 62-year-old New Jersey man complained to his doctor that …
Doctors successfully remove largest brain tumor ever, which was practically a second head
Doctors in India have successfully removed what is being called the largest brain tumor ever to be operated on, freeing a mass of dangerous tissue …
Cancer breakthrough eliminates tumors in mice with simple injection
Meaningful progress in the battle against cancer can seem hard to come by, but new testing by researchers at Stanford might offer an incredible boost. …
Dinosaur-killing asteroid could hold the cure for cancer
Being diagnosed with cancer doesn’t necessarily carry the same weight as it did a few decades ago, and treatments today have increased the survival rates …
Doctor uses iPhone accessory to diagnose his own cancer
We rely on doctors to take care of us and figure out what’s wrong with us when we’re not feeling 100%, but what happens when …
This pen can detect cancer in just 10 seconds
The detection and identification of cancer has seen incredible improvements over the past several decades, offering a new lease on life to those who would …
Scientists say that getting cancer is mostly just bad luck
Without a cure in sight, cancer has become one of society’s biggest concerns. The fear of getting it is enough for many people to change …
We’re editing human genes to kill cancer
Killing cancer is the ultimate goal for many researchers, and they’re studying various ways of doing it. Some scientists are working on a vaccine that …
We’re fighting cancer with a universal vaccine
How cool would it be to stop cancer dead in its tracks using a vaccine that would work regardless of cancer type? It turns out …
Your cellphone is not giving you cancer
A government-funded study was released this morning which somewhat shows a link between cellphones and cancer. The results are catnip to the paleo-vegan anti-vaxxer crowd, who …
We’re now killing cancer with herpes
We’re still far from eradicating cancer, but researchers are making progress with all sorts of interesting therapies that could put a stop to abnormal cell …
The hysteria about bacon giving you cancer is out of control
Yes, the World Health Organization is placing bacon and other processed meats on the list of substances that might cause cancer. No, you don’t have …
World Health Organization: Bacon, sausages and ham are now serious cancer risks
Bacon, sausages, and ham are the new entrants on the World Health Organization’s most carcinogenic substances, ranking right next to cigarettes as a major cause …
Major cancer breakthrough: Doctors solve long-standing mystery of how to stop cancer from growing
Cancer is a terrifying disease that researchers around the globe are obsessively working to cure. Now scientists from the USA have made a breakthrough discovery …
$1 ‘cutting edge’ lung cancer vaccine comes from the same country that makes cancer-inducing cigars
You wouldn’t expect Cuba to be the source of a lung cancer vaccine that many other countries want, but that appears to be exactly the …
No clear evidence that mobile phone’s increase risk of cancer
According to the largest review of its kind, the British Health Protection Agency says there is no clear evidence that radiation from mobile phones poses a health threat, …
Largest study yet finds no link between cell phones and cancer
There is no link between cell phone use and an increase risk in cancer, the largest study on the topic to date has concluded. The …
