Johnson & Johnson will suspend the sale of talcum powder for babies worldwide in 2023, after thousands of complaints about the safety of the product, suspended for two years in the United States and Canada. In a brief statement, the US pharmaceutical company announced this Thursday that it had taken …
Read More »Woman discovers cancer and arranges marriage, but dies on the day of the ceremony – News
A Welsh woman, diagnosed with cancer, died just hours after her own wedding. Helen Felvus, 61, said ‘yes’ to partner David Felvus, 60, with whom she had lived since 1978. According to information from the Mirror, Helen and David had plans to get married after four decades …
Read More »Common chemical linked to liver cancer
posted on 08/09/2022 06:00 (credit: MIGUEL MEDINA) Every year, around 800,000 people are diagnosed with liver cancer worldwide. This is also one of the main causes of deaths from malignant tumors, accounting for more than 700,000 deaths annually, according to the Oncoguia Institute. Research from the University of Southern California, …
Read More »71-year-old man survives after removing cancer the size of a watermelon and weighing 10 kg
At the beginning of 2021, retired Derek Cornelius, 71, was surprised by the rapid weight gain and, consequently, the growth of his belly. When he went to get vaccinated against the flu, he decided to ask the doctor if what was happening to him was common. It …
Read More »Colder temperatures inhibit tumor growth in mice
posted on 8/4/2022 1:20 PM / updated on 8/4/2022 1:57 PM (credit: Reproduction/Inmet) The colder temperatures were able to hinder the growth of cancer cells in mice, according to research by experts at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The results of the study were published in the scientific journal …
Read More »Doctor loses license for lying about cancer diagnosis in children to extort families
Dr Mina Chowdhury, who made several false diagnoses of cancer in children five years ago, lost his professional registration last week in the UK. The professional’s goal was to scare the patients’ parents into paying for tests at his private health care company. In 2017, he left …
Read More »New technology uses tears to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes – Revista Galileu
+ Platform uses tears in disease diagnosis (Photo: Nikolay Hristov/Unsplash) Researchers at Wenzhou University of Medicine in China have developed a technology that collects and purifies human tears, allowing them to identify biomarkers of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The system is part of a study published on July …
Read More »Excessive consumption of sodium chloride increases risk of premature death
posted on 07/17/2022 06:00 Flat spoon of tea has the maximum amount of salt that should be ingested daily – (Credit: Sukhjinder/PixaHive/Disclosure) The expression “without salt” refers to something bland and bland. But, if it is true that this nutrient makes food tastier, in excess it can cause serious health …
Read More »Consumption of sausages increases risk of colorectal cancer, says agency
posted on 7/12/2022 10:42 am / updated 7/12/2022 10:51 am (credit: Wanderson/Disclosure) Consumption of foods with nitrate and nitrite may be linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer. This is what a report by the French National Health Security Agency (Anses) released on Tuesday (12/7) shows. According to …
Read More »Covid: Patient receives positive test for 471 days – 07/08/2022 – Equilíbrio e Saúde
Researchers at Yale, North Carolina and Sydney universities identified a patient infected with the new coronavirus for 471 days. The 60-year-old man, being treated for lymphocytic leukemia and cancer of the lymphatic system, tested positive for Covid for the first time in November 2020 and until March of this year …
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