August 29, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Headlines misinterpret study finding that most cancer screenings don’t extend life. They may not extend it, but they certainly will get you close to what your expected life span would be if caught early and treated.
August 8, 2023 Cancer/Oncology New therapeutic agent entering Phase 1 trials that has been reported to block a protein (common in many cancers) responsible for tumour growth. Best to wait for results before assigning the “holy grail” designation noted in some reports.
June 12, 2023 Cancer/Oncology To sugar or to not sugar, that is the 50,000 soda-pop-can question. An excellent review from @GidMK that debunks a study’s claim using simple math that sucralose (Splenda) is genotoxic, that is, it can cause cancer.
October 18, 2022 Vaccines BioNTech founders say their company is working on adapting mRNA technology to produce cancer-fighting vaccines. They hope to have something by 2030.
November 9, 2020 Cancer/Oncology Observational study concludes that month-long delays for treatment of specific cancers increases risk of mortality. Especially relevant when Covid is affecting provision of health services.
May 20, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Although no plausible cancer-causing biological mechanism has been proven, J & J throws in the towel. Also, virus exposure time a factor in risk of successful infection among other factors.
February 27, 2020 Cancer/Oncology Canada does little to stem the purveyors of quackery and their ads that promote cancer cures.
January 23, 2020 Cancer/Oncology Basic science mouse study of a common protein target shared in multiple cancers warrants further assessment in humans. No treatments on the horizon but this epitomizes good scientific research.
June 2, 2019 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #696, June 2, 2019: All the medical news that is fit to print is rife with perception and sensational bias
April 17, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Tobacco soon to be shoved off its perch as the number one cause of preventable cancers by increasing obesity rates