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Hallucinogen can safely ease anxiety in advanced-stage cancer patients: study

In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the ...

15 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Preventive cancer surgeries save women's lives

A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely ...

Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg

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Metformin may protect against lung cancer

Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, shows potential in the prevention of tobacco-induced lung tumors, according to early research conducted at the National Cancer Institute ...

Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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These cancer cells will self-destruct in 5...4...

Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it's a personal disease. Each case is unique and based on a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Conventional chemotherapy employs ...

16 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Long term use of oral bisphosphonates may double risk of esophageal cancer

People who take oral bisphosphonates for bone disease over five years may be doubling their risk of developing oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet), according to a new study published in ...

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Connection between light at night (LAN) and cancer revealed in additional study

A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at the University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer. This research joins ...

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Experts recommend universal screening of newborns for congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a series of evidence-based ...

3 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen

The September cover story of the nation's leading cancer journal, Cancer Research, features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component ...

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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With HMGB1's help, cells dine in

Like some people, cells eat when they are under pressure -- but they consume parts of themselves. A multi-function protein helps control this form of cannibalism, according to a study in the ...

19 hours ago from PhysOrg

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