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Sweet news: Sucralose is not linked to cancer, study finds
In a society where obesity is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for disease, low-…
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Cigarette smoking has broad impact on human genome
Cigarette smoking has a long-lasting impact on the human genome that can persist for years…
Cancer symptom awareness linked to chance of survival
In regions where cancer survival is poorer, people on average have lower awareness of cancer…
Fatty diet activates oldest branch of immune system, causing intestinal tumours
A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model –…
The Long Read: How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to ‘solve‘ cancer
By Allison Linn. How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to “solve” cancer At Microsoft’s…
Can we use a simple blood test to detect cancer?
Elin Gray, Edith Cowan University Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according…
E-cigarettes may have helped 18,000 people in England quit smoking in 2015
E-cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking in 2015,…
Study suggests pancreatic cancer could be detected early in patients with newly developed type 2 diabetes
New research presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting…
Examining mitochondrial DNA may help identify unknown ancestry that influences breast cancer risk
Genetic testing of mitochondrial DNA could reveal otherwise unknown ancestry that can influence a person’s…
Active monitoring as effective for prostate cancer as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10…