News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Water pipe smoking causes significant exposure to nicotine and cancer-causing agents
Young adults who smoked water pipes in hookah bars had elevated levels of nicotine, cotinine,…
‘Blood lab’ inside a mobile phone could detect cancer
Plans to design a smart phone app that can detect leukaemia were recently presented by…
Immunotherapy may work in cancers: study
The success of an adoptive cell therapy in shrinking a woman’s tumours could mark a…
Anti-cancer effect of common industrial solvent discovered in Peter Mac laboratories, heralding world-first clinical trial
Researchers from Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have revealed a common solvent, found in domestic,…
Current guidelines underestimate US cervical cancer incidence and older women’s risk of developing the disease
Rates of cervical cancer in American women may be higher than previously thought, and the…
Asprin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug
A new Cancer Research UK trial investigating whether high doses of aspirin can help prevent…
Junk food ad complaint system a “sham”
Source: SMH – Jill Stark. A new code designed to protect children from online junk food…
World Health Organisation report on air quality and health
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that air quality in most…
Mixed messages on DNA test a risk to bowel cancer screening
FOBT three times more sensitive to earliest stages of disease The Cancer Council is urging…
Electronic nose sniffs out prostate cancer using urine samples
We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by…