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The 20 Most Common Cancer-Causing Habits
You think of cancer as inevitable, like death and taxes, emphasis on the former. The statistics are indeed scary: In 2019, cancer overtook heart disease as the leading cause of death in middle-aged adults living in wealthy countries. Almost 4…
Popular Hollywood actor, John Travolta loses wife to breast cancer
Popular Hollywood actor, John Travolta has lost his wife Kelly Preston, 57, to breast cancer. The actor, who took his Instagram account on Monday to confirm her death, stated that she died after battling the illness for two years. He…
Study reveals dogs can sniff out cancer in blood
A study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood, which may lead to new cancer-screening approaches that are inexpensive and without being invasive. The study was presented on Monday at the ongoing American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular…
Device Captures Cancer Cells Circulating at 1 in 4 Billion
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Queensland University of Technology of Australia, have developed a device that can isolate individual cancer cells from patient blood samples. The microfluidic device works by separating the various cell types found…
Sterling Bank Partners Leah Foundation On Cancer Awareness
Sterling Bank Plc, has partnered the Leah Foundation to create awareness on breast and cervical cancers through a movie titled: “Diamonds in the Sky,” designed to create awareness about cancer. Speaking on the movie which premiered recently at the Viva…
Polaris Bank Commemorates World Cancer Day
In commemoration of the 2019 World Cancer Day as well as the demonstration of its commitment to the fight against breast cancer in Nigeria, Polaris Bank has encouraged Nigerians to pay more attention to their eating habit and lifestyle in…
As cancer tears through Africa, drug makers draw up a battle plan
In a remarkable initiative modelled on the campaign against AIDS in Africa, two major pharmaceutical companies, working with the American Cancer Society, will steeply discount the prices of cancer medicines in Africa. Under the new agreement, the companies — Pfizer,…
Alternative medicine for cancer more than doubles death risk
Going the route of alternative medicine to treat a form of curable cancer instead of undergoing conventional treatment more than doubles a person’s risk of dying, according to a new study from Yale University researchers. One in three Americans has…