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Elizabeth Tracey reports
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In spite of the outgoing Surgeon General’s assertions, some people aren’t buying a relationship between alcohol consumption and cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says there are lines of research that would definitely help. Nelson: It's …
What does the science tell us about alcohol consumption and cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says alcohol packaged for consumption should bear a warning label about increased risk for cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says that recommendation is based on an assumption. Nelson: There is not a …
Should you give up alcohol to reduce your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Alcohol for consumption should come with a warning label about cancer risk, outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asserts. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this is an issue that’s surrounded by complexity. Nelson: The …
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Cancer Headlines with William Nelson
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This month’s topics include a cancer atlas, or index of all cells in cancer in people and looking at them 3D, treating colorectal cancer with two different immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune signatures in adverse events using immunotherapy, and stem cell …
How might AI improve interpretation of free DNA levels in the blood? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Free DNA in the blood portends increasing frailty and possibly an increased risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease, two long term studies of older adults by Peter Abadir, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues have shown. Abadir says as we …
Higher levels of your own DNA circulating in your blood may be a problem, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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DNA fragments found circulating in an older person’s blood are associated with frailty and Alzheimer’s disease, studies by Peter Abadir, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues have shown. These long term studies of several hundred older adults also …