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Researchers might have solution to resistant bacteria
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
We can tell that giving high doses of antibiotics to patients with serious infections causes their health, skin, and cancer symptoms to improve. But once we stop giving them antibiotics, the symptoms and staphylococci quickly return. Patients experience many adverse effects, and some risk ge
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Cellular messengers improve cancer therapy: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nano-sized membrane bubbles known as extracellular vesicles activate the immune system in mice and seem to render their tumours sensitive to a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor. This is according to a new study published in Cancer Immunology Research by researchers at
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Simultaneous radiation, immunotherapy beneficial for subset of lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In many cancer types, cancer cells try to survive by escaping attack from the immune system. These cancer cells hijack mechanisms called immune checkpoints to trick the immune system into thinking they are healthy cells. Recent advances in cancer treatment have focused on developing immune c
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Appendiceal cancer gets its own preclinical model
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Appendiceal cancer (malignancies of the appendix, a small tissue pouch that is part of the gastrointestinal tract) is very rare, occurring in perhaps one or two people per 1 million per year. Prognoses are mixed, with a 5-year survival rate of 67 to 97 per cent for low-grade tumours detected
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Researchers link popular dietary supplement with cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
While previous studies have linked commercial dietary supplements like nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, to benefits related to cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological health, new research from the University of Missouri has found NR could actually increase the risk of ser
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Researchers find out new treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
People with inflammatory bowel diseases develop inflammation of the intestine that can cause thickening of the gut wall and life-threatening blockage of the intestinal tube. Twenty to 50 per cent of people with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are affected over their lifetime by this p
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Most women are unaware of signs of aggressive breast cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ohio [US], October 15 (ANI): National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed in October, and according to a recent poll, most women are unaware of the odd signs of inflammatory breast cancer, a particularly lethal and severe type of the illness.
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New tech helping cancer patients manage symptoms
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): Hundreds of cancer patients have benefitted from using computer algorithms to manage their symptoms and improve their wellbeing in a unique UK trial.
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Persistent sore throat could be warning for larynx cancer
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): A new research now suggests that GPs should consider larynx cancer when patients report a persistent sore throat, particularly when combined with other seemingly low-level symptoms.
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Should you trust Dr. Google with your health problems?
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): Turns out, women experiencing symptoms of breast cancer vary in how they value, use and trust 'Dr. Google' when making sense of their signs of cancer, a new study has revealed.
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Prostate Cancer: Symptoms and Treatment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Prostate cancer is extremely prevalent among asymptomatic men throughout the world. As per a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the incidence and mortality estimates per 100,000 age-normalized populations in India is nine and three respectively.
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Cervical cancer's signs every woman should know
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 22 (ANI): The symptoms of cervical cancer, a condition that develops in the cervix, don't surface during its early stages, but there are some crucial signs of the disease that women should know.
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