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Cervical cancer is a significant health concern for women and others with cervixes worldwide. Early detection and effective treatment are crucial in improving outcomes and survival rates. This article delves into the three most common treatments for cervical cancer, providing detailed information on each to help patients and their loved ones understand their options.

3 most common treatments for cervical cancer

A new study on the possible therapeutic value of lesser-known compounds in cannabis says that a number of minor cannabinoids may have anticancer effects on blood cancer that warrant further study. The research, published in the journal BioFactors, looked at minor cannabinoids and multiple myeloma (MM), testing responses in cell...

Lesser-Known Marijuana Components Can Be ‘Promising Anticancer Agents,’ Study On Multiple Myeloma Finds

COLUMBIA, Mo. — All cancers are difficult to treat, and blood cancers are among the trickiest to handle. However, a common high blood pressure drug is helping to weaken leukemia’s defenses against chemotherapy. Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine are using losartan in a new...

Common high blood pressure drug losartan boosts chemotherapy’s ability to beat leukemia

Age can affect bladder cancer survival, with older age typically associated with reduced survival rates. Other factors impacting bladder cancer survival can include the cancer’s stage and grade and your overall health. Bladder cancer begins in your bladder, the hollow organ in your pelvis that holds urine until it...

Understanding Bladder Cancer Survival Rates by Age

Cancer Health

People with type 2 diabetes who used glucagon-like peptide analogs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro had a lower risk for multiple types of cancer compared with those who used insulin, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Overweight and obesity have been linked to at least 13 types...

Weight-Loss Drugs May Prevent 10 Types of Cancer

A healthy 38-year-old who began struggling to finish a half-marathon and experienced night sweats, body aches, and COVID-like symptoms learned he was facing stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Despite the shocking diagnosis, he plans to remain positive while he fights the cancer. Lymphoma is a blood cancer, specifically of the immune...

Fit, Healthy Man, 38, With Swollen Knee Felt Covid-Like Symptoms for a Month Before Learning He Had Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. It can progress slowly and may not cause many symptoms. Although it is treatable, it’s not considered to be curable. In the early stages, CLL often doesn't require treatment immediately, as studies have...

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL): When to Treat Cancer or Hold Off

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Hard palate cancer is rare and forms on the roof of your mouth. Learn more.

What to Know About Hard Palate Cancer

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Non smoker diagnosed Wirth lung cancer and EGFR medications used

Dismissed By Doctors, Distance Runner Mom, 43, Diagnosed With Lung Cancer– She Never Smoked

Newark, NJ

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Paterson, NJ

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NEWARK, N.J. – Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, both of Paterson, New Jersey, have pleaded guilty to conspiring with a physician to distribute oxycodone, a powerful opioid, without legitimate medical justification. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Paterson Residents Conspired with Physician to Illegally Distribute Opioids

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

San Diego, CA

An international team of researchers from University of California San Diego and el Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico have revealed a significant association between the use of illicit fentanyl and the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. The findings, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, suggest that illicit fentanyl use could be driving recent increases in HCV incidence.

Illicit fentanyl use linked to increased risk of hepatitis C among people who use drugs

San Francisco, CA

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found a link between following a diet that is rich in vitamins and minerals, especially one without much added sugar, and having a younger biological age at the cellular level. They looked at how three different measures of healthy eating affected an “epigenetic clock”...

Healthy diet with less sugar is linked to younger biological age

In the last 6 months prior to PDAC diagnosis, visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue decreased by 12.9% and 14.7%, respectively. LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides also decreased before diagnosis. In the 36 months prior to diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, researchers observed “predominant changes” in patients’ body composition and biochemical...

Body fat, metabolic changes before pancreatic cancer diagnosis may aid in early detection

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Semaglutide may show promise for smoking cessation

“Patients did great” with a four-drug regimen for multiple myeloma, an expert told CURE®. Patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with the four-drug combination of Sarclisa (isatuximab), Kyprolis (carfilzomib), Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone (a regimen known as Isa-KRd) experienced what researchers described as “deep and durable” responses, according to study findings.

Isa-KRd Elicits Responses in Some With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) having a compromised blood supply, are at greater risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). With an estimated incidence as high as 22% among these patients, current clinical guidelines recommend using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to help mitigate the risk of SCD. Although the application...

Kidney dysfunction may predict sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure

Cincinnati, OH

In 1953, 15-year-old Joe Ligon and four other Pennsylvania teens went on an alcohol-fueled tear that resulted in the stabbing deaths of two people and injuries to six more. The teens were tried as a group, and all received life without parole. After a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions...

Many juvenile ‘lifers’ freed

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID after discovering an unknown cause of the condition inside the lungs. The UVA researchers, led by Jie Sun, PhD, found that COVID-19 infection can cause sweeping changes in immune cells inside...

Arthritis drugs may relieve long COVID lung symptoms

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Mutations in DNA damage repair genes associated with response to cisplatin in bladder cancer: Prospective validation from SWOG S1314 trial

An analysis of pre-treatment tumor specimens from 105 patients with localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer found that the presence of a mutation in any one of three...

Mutations in DNA damage repair genes associated with response to cisplatin in bladder cancer: Prospective validation from SWOG S1314 trial

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