Macmillan accused of ‘betrayal’ over plan to axe cancer benefits advice service

Macmillan Cancer Support is to scrap its £14m-a-year specialist advice service, which helps tens of thousands of people every year, in what has been described as a betrayal of vulnerable patients. Macmillan, one of the UK’s biggest and highest-profile …

Suppressing key enzymes could improve lung cancer treatment outcomes

Blocking proteins that cause cancer cells to mutate and resist treatment could significantly improve outcomes for some patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer, according to a new Yale study. The study, led by …

Podcast: 'Mustard Mathmagic'—Hot Dogs Still Don't Cause Cancer

The perennial vegan worrywarts at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have once again warned that grilled hot dogs increase colorectal cancer risk. But this potential harm is wildly overstated—as it has been since it first emerged from the …

Taoyuan lung cancer screening program offered to 400,000 people since 2023

The Taoyuan City Government today said its expanded lung cancer screening program has reached more than 400,000 people since it was launched in March 2023. From its start to the end of February this year, the program has identified 233 instances of lung …

Mother who survived cancer twice dies after husband kept twisted secret from her

When Denise Broadie beat breast cancer the first time, her family was overjoyed.  When it returned in 2019 and spread to her lungs, she defied the odds and beat it again.  But when she fell ill a third time, doctors discovered something far more sinister.  …

Cancer Survivor Raises AYA Awareness After Rare Lymphoma Diagnosis

When Carly Stafford Dixon began feeling unusually out of breath just months after her wedding, she never expected it would lead to a lymphoma diagnosis. After a CT scan revealed a large mass in her chest, the 30-year-old counselor from Nashville was …

Nutritionist warns against storing these 3 vegetables in refrigerator: ‘Can even lead to cancer’

We often toss all our vegetables into the refrigerator without a second thought, but did you know that some of them actually lose their taste, texture, and nutrients when stored cold? Nutritionist and certified dietitian Kiran Kukreja shared in her May 3 …

Scientists Expose a New Achilles’ Heel of Deadly Brain Cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers show that glioblastoma cells form hyperconnected 3D DNA “hubs” that cluster cancer-driving genes and coordinate their activity, revealing a spatial layer of regulation beyond simple mutations. Disrupting these hubs with …

As lung cancer rates rise in Illinois, advocates urge screenings

Study suggests eating walnuts may reduce risk of bowel cancer

Photo by Oksana D via Pexels The edible seeds of walnut trees also curb inflammation, say American scientists. Study leader Dr. Daniel Rosenberg says eating "a handful" of walnuts every day provides "long-term" health benefits. He …