John Cena visits young fan battling stage four cancer at his Florida home amid coronavirus pandemic

The champ is here! John Cena visits seven-year-old fan battling stage four cancer at his Florida home amid coronavirus pandemic By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 00:00 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 6 May 2020 John Cena continues to be a champ in and out of the ring. The WWE superstar-turned-Hollywood … Read more

Simple blood test could identify people at greater risk of developing cancer

Simple blood test could identify people at greater risk of developing cancer by detecting whether they have abnormally small red blood cells Microcytosis is linked to genetic conditions that impact blood’s haemoglobin It has also been linked to iron deficiency which is a feature of some cancers Experts examined anonymised patient records to see who … Read more

Simple blood test could identify people at greater risk of developing cancer

Simple blood test could identify people at greater risk of developing cancer by detecting whether they have abnormally small red blood cells Microcytosis is linked to genetic conditions that impact blood’s haemoglobin It has also been linked to iron deficiency which is a feature of some cancers Experts examined anonymised patient records to see who … Read more

Scientists to test if drugs for cancer, depression and high blood pressure can treat coronavirus

Scientists are in a race against time to test both existing drugs and experimental therapies in the hope one of them can slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Among those are medications used to treat cancer, high blood pressure, gout, heartburn and depression. Researchers believe the pills may help with a variety of conditions … Read more

Experimental cancer drug is fast-tracked into human coronavirus trials

Bemcentinib, an experimental Norwegian cancer drug has become the first to be fast-tracked into UK Government-funded coronavirus trials An experimental Norwegian cancer drug has become the first of six promising coronavirus treatments to be fast-tracked into human coronavirus trials in the UK. The medication, called bemcentinib, could be tested on 120 hospitalised COVID-19 sufferers at … Read more

Coronavirus crisis in UK could result in 18,000 more cancer deaths in the next year

The coronavirus crisis in the UK could result in 18,000 more cancer deaths in the next year, researchers have warned. Cancer treatment has been put on hold to make room for thousands of patients who are hospitalised with the killer virus. And urgent GP referrals for diagnoses have dropped as experts fear people are not … Read more

Exposure to loud noises ‘can lead to DNA damage, high blood pressure and cancer’

Noise pollution can give you CANCER: Loud noises from roads and airports ‘can lead to DNA damage, high blood pressure and could cause tumours’, study on mice claims Mice were exposed to loud aircraft noises and their health was assessed   Constant exposure to loud noises raised blood pressure of the mice   In mice already with … Read more

Exposure to loud noises ‘can lead to DNA damage, high blood pressure and cancer’

Noise pollution ‘can lead to DNA damage, high blood pressure and could cause cancer’, study on mice claims Mice were exposed to loud aircraft noises and their health was assessed   Constant exposure to loud noises raised blood pressure of the mice   In mice already with hypertension the noise caused cardiovascular inflammation By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more

Cell phone tower shut down at elementary school after eight kids are diagnosed with cancer

Eight children have been diagnosed with cancer at the same elementary school – prompting parents’ fears that a cell phone tower could be to blame. The affected students at Weston Elementary School in Ripon are all under the age of 10, each with different types of cancer: brain, kidney, liver and lymphoma. There is scant … Read more

Cancer sufferer is far from alone in fearing coronavirus will kill thousands with chronic conditions

In the six years since Jane Dabner’s breast cancer was diagnosed, she has endured it with dignity and good humour. The 57-year-old says despite tumours that have ‘popped up everywhere’, most recently in her skull, she continues living a fulfilling life – thanks to cutting-edge drugs administered at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on the Wirral … Read more