Increase in Cancer Rates in People Under 50 Linked to “Accelerated Aging”
Accelerated biological aging may be to blame for rising cancer rates in young people, new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri suggests. The new research, recently presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, shows an alarming increase in early-onset cancer, the […]
Princess Catherine is One of Many More Young Adults With Cancer
It is called early onset cancer. And the Princess of Wales, diagnosed at 42, is part of an unfortunate new trend of more and younger cancer cases. Yale, Harvard and the American Cancer Society each weighed in recently on this unthinkable twist in the toll of cancer. A record 2 million people in the United […]
MRI Contrast Agent Gadolinium May Deposit and Retain in the Brain
Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are used to investigate or diagnose conditions that affect soft tissue in the body such as brain tumors, brain disorders, torn ligaments, or spinal issues. They are so common that nearly 40 million MRIs are performed annually in the United States. But questions and debate remain regarding the safety of the […]
NC State University Building Investigated for Manmade Organic Chemicals (PCBs) Causing Cancer
In November 2023, the Poe Hall building, which is the College of Education and Psychology Department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, was tested positive for the presence of manmade organic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).1 According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PCBs are have been shown to cause […]
Study Shows Increased Cancer Deaths After Third Dose of mRNA COVID Shots in Japan
A 2024 study published in The Cureus Journal of Medical Science evaluated how age-adjusted mortality rates (AMRs) for different types of cancer changed during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022) in Japan.1 Age adjusted rates is a statistical process to make fair comparisons between groups of different ages, especially with diseases such as cancer that tend to […]
Texas Man and Dairy Cattle Test Positive for Bird Flu
A man in Texas has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu after direct exposure to infected dairy cattle. While this is the second recent case of bird flu identified in humans in the United States, it is the first time the disease has been found in dairy cattle.1 The first case of H5N1 in […]
