Stomach cancer is also known as gastric cancer. It is a type of cancer that affects the lining of the stomach. Although it is more common than other cancers, its incidence across the world varies by location and society. Factors Some of the risk factors associated with stomach cancer are: Helicobacter pylori infection: This bacterium…
Brussels: A 13-year-old Belgian boy has become the world’s first patient to be cured of a deadly brain cancer. Locus Jemeljanova was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) at the age of six. It is an extremely rare and fast-growing brain tumor that kills 98 percent of people within five years. Locus was routinely…
Global precipitation reached a near record-high in January on the heels of a record wet December. Large portions of North America, Asia and Australia were wetter than average while much of southern Africa and South America were drier than normal. The record-breaking trend seen for much of 2023 has rolled into 2024. For the eighth…
Florida: A team of researchers has introduced a medical device that can detect breast cancer from a patient’s saliva. According to US media, this new hand-held device is actually a biosensor that can detect breast cancer biomarkers from a small sample of saliva. The researchers have published their report about this device in the Journal…
Michigan: Researchers have made an important discovery in the treatment of prostate cancer that could make the aggressive form of the cancer curable. According to media reports, a team of researchers led by Dr. Joshi Alumkal of the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has identified a protein that transforms the early form of prostate…
A recent study found that cycling and jogging can reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men. Dr. Bolm, a scientist associated with the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and involved in this research, says that in order to avoid prostate cancer, it is necessary for men to exercise relatively hard to improve…
Stockholm: A study found that men can reduce their risk of prostate cancer by more than a third by increasing the amount of jogging, cycling or swimming they do. In a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers reported that an annual increase of up to three percent in cardiorespiratory fitness was…
Salt Lake City: A new study has found that virus-like proteins released by certain cancerous tumors can damage brain cells by suppressing the immune system. Memory loss, behavioral changes, loss of communication skills and even seizures are among the rapidly progressive symptoms of a condition called anti-M2 paraneoplastic neurological syndrome. In a research published in…
There are predicted to be more than 35 million cancer cases during 2050, up from the estimated 20 million in 2022, according to latest figures from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialized branch of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The increase reflects both population ageing and growth, as well as…
Mirza Ghalib, the unparalleled poet of Urdu, wrote a strange philosophical poem in the nineteenth century: The heart of every drop is the creator of Anna Bahr We belong to him, what do we ask? Here a drop of water claims to be an ocean. The drop itself may or may not be the ocean,…
