Drinking very hot beverages “probably” causes cancer of the oesophagus, the UN’s cancer agency said, while lifting suspicion from coffee and the herbal drink mate if consumed at “normal serving temperatures”. “These results suggest…
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Explosion in cancer deaths among women forecast
Two reports have warned of an explosion in cancer deaths among women, with a toll, mainly from breast cancer, of some 5.5 million per year by 2030 — roughly the population of Denmark. This represented…
Alcohol’s cancer toll revealed
Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris. Comparing the cancer…
Cancer ‘to kill 5.5 million women a year by 2030’
Cancer will kill 5.5 million women — about the population of Denmark — per year by 2030, a near 60-percent increase in less than two decades, a report said Tuesday. As the global population grows…
#TransformYourLife: What is Cancer? What causes it?
One of the most life threatening conditions out there today and one that everyone without a doubt wants to avoid is cancer. While most people realize the severity of suffering from cancer, not everyone really…
Eating oily fish may boost bowel cancer survival: study
People with bowel cancer may improve their survival chances by eating a lot of omega 3 fatty acids found in oily fish like tuna and salmon, a study suggested Wednesday. Analysis of data from more…
University graduates face higher brain tumour risk: study
People with at least three years of higher education are at greater risk for cancerous brain tumours than those with no more than nine years of schooling, perplexed researchers said Tuesday. “There is a 19…
Experimental cancer drug reverses intellectual disability in mice
An experimental cancer drug may help reverse the effects of an intellectual disability known as fragile X syndrome, which is commonly found in people with autism, researchers said Wednesday. The study in the journal Science…
Tech billionaire donates $250 mn for cancer ‘moonshot’
Tech billionaire Sean Parker announced a $250 million grant to fund research aimed at breakthroughs in cancer treatment through immunotherapy. Parker, the founder of music-sharing service Napster and an early investor and executive at Facebook,…
British cancer op streamed in virtual reality ‘world first’
A British surgeon livestreamed a cancer operation using virtual reality technology on Thursday, in what he said was a world first that would help in training and allow doctors to advise on operations remotely. Shafi…