Cancer Research

Free Health Care Is Not Enough: High Food Inflation Leads To Fewer Cancer Screenings

Over 50,000,000 Americans get subsidized or free health under the Affordable Care Act but that doesn't mean usage of preventive care increased across the board. Instead, a new analysis found that the inflationary spike which led to much higher costs f ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 13 2024 - 11:29am

Cardiac Medication Digoxin Off Label Reduces Risk Of Breast Cancer Metastases

While off-label uses of medication may be controversial in political media, in science and health they lead to important gains. A new example is the cardiac disease drug digoxin used at a low and safe dosage for one week for nine patients with metastatic b ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2025 - 4:42pm

Birth Control Pill: Less Ovulation Linked To Less Ovarian Cancer

A new Artificial Intelligence analysis of data of ovarian cancer patients links birth control pills to a 26% reduced risk for those had ever used it, and 43% for those who had used the it after the age of 45. That does not mean you should take it as a way ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2025 - 6:09pm

Cancer Is Killing Fewer Americans Than Ever

The science and medical response to activists claims that drinking water, weedkillers, and food coloring are killing people is to ask, where are the dead bodies? They were there because those don't cause cancer, any more than manufacturing a PM2.5 air ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2025 - 9:44am

Activin-A: Muscle Weakness In Cancer Survivors May Be Treatable

Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I recently published in the journal Nature Cancer. Muscle loss in cancer patients is a majo ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 13 2025 - 4:30am

Vampires Beware: Scripps Scientists Describe Molecular Basis Of Raw Garlic's Pungency

Cooked or raw, garlic has been a favorite ingredient of cooks for thousands of years, but almost any cook will tell you there's a major difference: raw garlic is much more pungent than cooked. Now, a group of scientists from The Scripps Research Insti ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2025 - 2:15pm

Blocking IL-23 May Keep HPV From Helping Cancer Grow

The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus, HPV16, can reprogram immune cells surrounding the tumor to help cancer grow, and new work in mice blocking this process helped treatments prevent the spread of cancer. HPV is common in humans a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2025 - 11:07am

40% Of Advanced Cancer Patients Are Ignored On Their Care Goals

Advanced cancer often brings preparation for the worst and proponents of the modern health care system use terms like "advocate" and "empowered" when everyone who isn't part of the system knows patients have trouble doing the forme ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2025 - 1:45pm