Category: Cancer
Can taking a supplement help you avoid recurrence of some skin cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Why do certain microorganisms colonize your body? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Your microbiome, the host of organisms that live on and in you, are unique to you, with a new study showing that some types of bacteria and fungi may increase your risk for pancreas cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director William …
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Will you soon be asked to give a specimen to assess your microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Certain bacteria resident on people’s bodies do confer an increased risk for pancreas cancer, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says assessing this type of risk requires analysis of bacteria resident …
What might your microbiome have to do with your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Your microbiome is the collection of microorganisms that live on you and in you, with a new study pointing to certain bacteria as increasing one’s risk of pancreas cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says many new …
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Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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When given appropriate information about mammogram screenings, including benefits, harms, and who should consider screening cessation, a cohort of older women largely made rational choices for themselves, a study by Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. …
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What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Even when people know they can discontinue health screenings for things like cancer they often continue the practice. Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins who studies such behaviors, says recent research on older women and breast cancer screenings …