cancer

Cabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk

Cabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk: This is  a truly thoughtful piece.. My favorite part:  Certainly, we love life.  We want to see our children get older, we want to be around our friends, but sometimes with cancer, it’s okay to accept that … Read moreCabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk

Cabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk

Cabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk: This is  a truly thoughtful piece.. My favorite part:  Certainly, we love life.  We want to see our children get older, we want to be around our friends, but sometimes with cancer, it’s okay to accept that … Read moreCabeb Wilde writes: Thoughts on John McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis and Why Death Positivity Needs to Reframe Cancer Talk

Scientists now warn: Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumors

Scientists now warn: Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumors: Researchers in the US studied the impact of drugs on patients with breast cancer and found medication increases the chance of cancer cells migrating to other parts of the body, where they are almost always lethal. Around 55,000 women are diagnosed with breast … Read moreScientists now warn: Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumors

Emails Reveal Monsanto’s Tactics To Defend Glyphosate Against Cancer Fears

Emails Reveal Monsanto’s Tactics To Defend Glyphosate Against Cancer Fears: New details of the company’s counterattack came to light this week. Internal company emails, released as part of a lawsuit against the company, show how Monsanto recruited outside scientists to co-author reports defending the safety of glyphosate, sold under the brand name Roundup. Monsanto executive … Read moreEmails Reveal Monsanto’s Tactics To Defend Glyphosate Against Cancer Fears

‘Meth Curry’ and the thoughtless, casual cruelty of Internet memes

This Mashable story about a cancer survivor who turned into the butt of a joke should be required reading for every moronic jerk who has the Internet and social media to mock fellow humans with ugly memes.. The butt of this joke doesn’t do meth. Instead he’s a cancer survivor who struggled with his own … Read more‘Meth Curry’ and the thoughtless, casual cruelty of Internet memes

Americans Confused About Cancer Risks

Well when a new study comes out daily refuting the previous day’s study about what causes cancer, should there be any confusion as to why there is confusion to begin with!? Honestly, navigating through the realities of what and how to eat is difficult.. Studies about what cause cancer may actually cause cancer, according to … Read moreAmericans Confused About Cancer Risks

CDC DEBATE: The agency’s website previously had said that any risks “likely are comparable to other lifestyle choices we make every day.” Within weeks, though, the C.D.C. reversed course. It no longer recommended caution, and deleted a passage specifically addressing potential risks for children. Mainstream scientific consensus holds that there is little to no evidence that cellphone signals raise the risk of brain cancer or other health problems; rather, behaviors like texting while driving are seen as the real health concerns. Nevertheless, more than 500 pages of internal records obtained by The New York Times, along with interviews with former agency officials, reveal a debate and some disagreement among scientists and health agencies about what guidance to give as the use of mobile devices skyrockets.

CDC DEBATE: The agency’s website previously had said that any risks “likely are comparable to other lifestyle choices we make every day.” Within weeks, though, the C.D.C. reversed course. It no longer recommended caution, and deleted a passage specifically addressing potential risks for children. Mainstream scientific consensus holds that there is little to no evidence that … Read moreCDC DEBATE: The agency’s website previously had said that any risks “likely are comparable to other lifestyle choices we make every day.” Within weeks, though, the C.D.C. reversed course. It no longer recommended caution, and deleted a passage specifically addressing potential risks for children. Mainstream scientific consensus holds that there is little to no evidence that cellphone signals raise the risk of brain cancer or other health problems; rather, behaviors like texting while driving are seen as the real health concerns. Nevertheless, more than 500 pages of internal records obtained by The New York Times, along with interviews with former agency officials, reveal a debate and some disagreement among scientists and health agencies about what guidance to give as the use of mobile devices skyrockets.

A Tapeworm With Cancer Gave Its Tumors to Someone

From NBCNEWS: “We were amazed when we found this new type of disease — tapeworms growing inside a person essentially getting cancer that spreads to the person, causing tumors,” said Dr. Atis Muehlenbachs, a pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who helped figure out what happened. “In January 2013, a 41-year-old man … Read moreA Tapeworm With Cancer Gave Its Tumors to Someone