Does intermittent fasting increase or decrease risk of cancer?
Research over the years has suggested intermittent fasting has the potential to improve our health and reduce the likelihood of developing cancer.
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Research over the years has suggested intermittent fasting has the potential to improve our health and reduce the likelihood of developing cancer.
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Each year, about 13,000 people in Germany are diagnosed with leukemia, an umbrella term that encompasses various forms of blood cancer. Among those affected are also many children and adolescents under 15 years of age. A ...
Nov 27, 2023
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In a study, published in American Journal of Hematology, Mayo Clinic researchers examined telomere biology disorders, a group of rare genetic disorders characterized by short telomeres.
Oct 12, 2023
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the second most common leukemia in children, is hard to treat and has a five-year survival rate of just 65 to 70%, according to the American Cancer Society. While immunotherapies like monoclonal ...
Sep 30, 2023
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Each time our cells divide, the protective caps that keep our chromosomes from fraying, called telomeres, lose a bit of their DNA. Telomeres shorten steadily as we age, but in certain medical conditions like dyskeratosis ...
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Targeted drugs have been developed to supplement chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. These drugs only affect cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone. Venetoclax is a new targeted therapy option for the treatment of ...
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As a child, Lynn Aureli didn't know that a particular genetic change contributed to her acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—an alteration that eventually would help explain the cancer's lack of response to chemotherapy. Nor was ...
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In people with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), hematopoietic stem cell transplants may delay disability longer than some other MS medications, according to a study published in the December 21, 2022, ...
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Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people ...
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One promising treatment for patients with blood cancers is stem cell transplantation. Doctors completely eliminate the patient's immune system by aiming chemotherapy, radiation or both at their bone marrow before replacing ...
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