Tag: Breast cancer
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The motion of no confidence was formally withdrawn
The People's Party's motion of no confidence in the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, was withdrawn. Svandís announced today around 3 p.m., as parliament reconvenes after the Christmas break, that she has received a confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer this morning. For this reason, she decided to go on sick leave. Inga Sæland,…
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COVID-19 will increase the mortality of Finns in 2022
Deaths related to memory disorders and diseases of the cardiovascular system also increased. In contrast, cancer deaths, accidents and suicides decreased compared to 2021. Notably, no deaths from COVID-19 vaccines were counted last year, down from six vaccine-related deaths in 2021. Kati Taskinen from Statistics Finland emphasized that the number of COVID-19 deaths in 2022…
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The number of cancer cases in people under the age of 50 has increased by 79% in three decades
In 2019, the cancers that had the greatest impact on the health and mortality of young adults were breast, trachea, lung, bowel and stomach cancer. The findings challenge conventional understanding of the types of cancer that typically affect people under 50, according to a corresponding editorial. Although the cancer is more common in older individuals,…
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Healthy adipose tissue could prevent the spread of breast cancer, says a Finnish study
Researchers at the University of Turku discovered that healthy fat cells can be used in the treatment of breast cancer.
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Exercise increases cancer-fighting cells in cancer patients, study shows
During the study, the patients cycled for ten minutes, and blood samples were taken before and after the exercise. The study found that even short exercise increased the number of immune cells in the patients’ bloodstream. Defense cells reach the tumor area more effectively and are more active in destroying cancer cells. The relationship between…
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Cancer cells can change their size to survive drugs, research reveals
Researchers believe that smaller cells may be more vulnerable to DNA-damaging agents such as chemotherapy combined with targeted drugs, while larger cancer cells may respond better to immunotherapy. The study was published in the journal Science Advances. It combined innovative high-performance image analysis with the study of DNA and proteins to study the size control…
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Pele’s Obituary: From Humble Origins to Immortality
by Michael Place RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — Pele was three months shy of his 10th birthday when he made a promise to his father Dondinho. The pair had just listened to a radio broadcast of Uruguay’s 2-1 victory over Brazil in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup at Rio de…
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952 people died from the coronavirus and six from a reaction caused by the covid vaccine in Finland in 2021
Most of those who died from the coronavirus were elderly people, and the highest number of deaths were between the ages of 85 and 89. Pajunen adds: “Although the majority of those who died from the coronavirus were elderly people, the dead were younger than the previous year.” According to the Statistics Finland report, six…
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New discovery offers hope for fighting metastatic cancer
Gothenburg [Sweden]Nov 17 (ANI): Fighting cancer that spreads to new organs all over the body makes it much more challenging. The metastatic tumors that spread from the original have now been shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology to adapt their metabolism to the tissue they thrive in. The discovery is an important piece…
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Science Round-Up: Study finds bias against female politicians in Denmark
The latest election represented a historic moment for women’s representation in Danish politics, where the proportion of 44 percent of elected women in the Folketing exceeded 40 percent for the first time. However, this is most likely the result of women’s sheer willpower in a society that continues to stack the deck against them, a…
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Most women unaware of symptoms of aggressive breast cancer: Study
Less than half of the women considered redness of the breast (44%), bumpiness/thickening of the skin (44%) or one breast that feels warmer or heavier than the other (34%) as possible symptoms of breast cancer. a very aggressive form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer. An online survey of 1,100 US women aged…
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10,000 women around the world die from breast cancer every week
Pink ribbon. This ribbon is the international symbol of breast cancer. Its origins go back a long way, but in 1992 it became the symbol of breast cancer in the United States, signifying the urgent need to bring this health issue to the fore. Hope in symbolism. Although the color pink may seem soft and…
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Researchers find higher risk of sexual problems in women who survive cancer
Washington [US]Sep 30 (ANI): Researchers found that young women who survive cancer are at a much higher risk of sexual problems such as loss of libido and discomfort. The results of the research were published in the journal Acta Oncologica. The study – one of the largest of its kind to date – also suggests…
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Grease star Olivia Newton John has died
Olivia Newton-John suffered from breast cancer in the early 90s and then worked actively to support cancer research, among other things. She fell asleep on her farm in Southern California after a long battle with the disease. Hear the director Staffan Götestam, who staged the musical Grease in Sweden. The feature comes from Studio Ett…
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Research identifies protein that can predict future diabetes risk, cancer death
Washington [US]Aug 6 (ANI): New research suggests that people with elevated levels of the protein prostasin (mainly found in epithelial cells that line the body’s surfaces and organs) may be at higher risk of developing diabetes. The results were published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) The…
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Danish News Round-up: Lung overtakes the breast as the most common cancer in Denmark
‘Cancer in Denmark’, a new report published by the Danish Cancer Society, showed that cancer of the lungs, bronchi and trachea has overtaken breast cancer as the most common form of the disease in Denmark. In 2020, more than 5,000 people in Denmark were diagnosed with lung cancer against 4,800 cases of breast cancer. Most…
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Estrogen levels linked to COVID-19 risk of death in older women, the study suggests
London [UK], February 15 (ANI): Estrogen is a category of sex hormone that is responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. New research has suggested that an older woman’s estrogen levels may be linked to her chances of dying from covid-19, with higher levels of the hormone…
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Science Round-Up: How Space Technology Could Help Detect Breast Cancer
It may not be obvious what connects a violent collision between two distant neutron stars far out in the universe and a small lump of cancer in a human’s breast. But Irfan Kuvvetli, senior researcher at DTU Space, has invented something that could help discover them both. He argues that it makes it easier to…
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Nursing schools are struggling to attract applicants, without filling thousands of places
Finnish polytechnics struggle to complete nursing courses, despite the fact that there is a well-documented shortage of health care professionals in the country. "When you think about the current picture of nursing, frankly, it’s scary. It doesn’t attract people, it drives them out of the industry," Katri Ryttyläinen-Korhonen, Xamkin ‘s head of education told Yle.…
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Tuesday’s Issues: Government Debates, Slow Vaccination Rate and Breast Cancer Breakthrough
Concerns about a new variant of the Omicron virus and the worsening Covid-19 situation in Finland once again dominated domestic headlines on Tuesday, with several newspapers reporting that the government will meet to discuss possible solutions on Tuesday. The topics of discussion include an assessment of the current epidemiological situation in the country, the progress…
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National Round-up: Mette Frederiksen strikes at the global asylum system
In a speech at the UN General Assembly on 24 September, PM Mette Frederiksen criticized the global asylum system. According to Frederiksen, the current system is not equipped to tackle the challenges it faces, but rather helps to promote issues such as human trafficking. She continued to announce that her government will work towards better…
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Women are absent from breast cancer screening
Figures from the Region of Southern Denmark show, according to DR, that in the first half of 2021, 16 percent of the women were absent from their agreed time in the region. Throughout 2018, it was about nine percent. According to Poul-Erik Svendsen (S), who is chairman of the Health Committee in the Region of…
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Every sixth woman does not show up for a cancer test
Many women do not show up for their regular checkup for breast cancer. Figures from the Region of Southern Denmark show, according to DR, that in the first half of 2021, 16 percent of women were absent from their agreed time. Throughout 2018, it was about nine percent. According to Poul-Erik Svendsen (S), who is…
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So many women do not show up for cancer screening
Many women do not show up for their regular checkup for breast cancer. Figures from the Region of Southern Denmark show, according to DR, that in the first half of 2021, 16 percent of women were absent from their agreed time. Throughout 2018, it was about nine percent. According to Poul-Erik Svendsen (S), who is…
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How to talk to children about difficult issues
That we avoid this type of conversation can be based on an instinct to protect the children, not to “wake the sleeping bear” by bringing up things that they themselves have not begun to think about yet, says Maria Dufva, criminologist and author of the book Worst best hard talk – About porn, sex &…
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The Danish Cancer Society’s wait for waiting times: Should have been resolved earlier
But while it is positive that something is now being done about the long waiting times in the Capital Region, something should have been done earlier, and the long-term problems will not be solved. This is what Jesper Fisker, director of the Danish Cancer Society, says. – You probably should have done something a long…
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New measures must eradicate long waiting times in the breast cancer area
It writes Berlingske. An international recruitment effort is also being launched, where an attempt will be made to get radiologists from Southern Europe to work in Copenhagen, where there is a shortage of them. And across the country, a comprehensive effort is being made to try to get more staff, says also Minister of Health…
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Young people in grief must have legal claims for help
– The research points out is that people who need help and do not get it, live with anxiety, have difficulty concentrating in school and on education. – Because you are in an eternal state of emergency, says Preben Engelbrekt, psychotherapist and director of the National Grief Center. But the study also shows that far…
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Thousands are scanned too late for breast cancer in Region Zealand
By the end of the year, up to 17,000 women in Region Zealand may have received a delayed screening for breast cancer. It writes Jyllands-Posten. The region has struggled to live up to the national deadline for preventive and routine screening for breast cancer for healthy women between the ages of 50 and 69. They…
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Right now
There have been several new treatments for widespread breast cancer and more are expected to be approved soon. “Research is progressing and the new treatments have fewer side effects and increase patients’ quality of life,” says Antonios Valachis, chief physician at the oncologist at Örebro University Hospital. Every year, 9,000 women suffer from breast cancer…
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The gene that made us discover the heredity of cancer
Thirty years ago, the American biologist Mary-Claire King named the breast cancer gene BRCA1 – the first specific gene that in mutated form could be linked to an increased risk of cancer. When it comes to breast cancer, fewer than one in ten cases is hereditary, but for those who carry the genetic changes, the…
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The Nineties star is not finished yet
– Our lives do not end just because we have been diagnosed. We still have a lot of life left to live, she says in an interview with the American TV show “Good Morning America”. Among other things, she has shared information about breast cancer on social media and been open about her own course…
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Lena Hallengren is being treated for breast cancer
Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren is being treated for breast cancer. She told this herself during an interview in TV4’s Nyhetsmorgon. Hallengren recently underwent surgery and will now undergo chemotherapy. How the ministerial job is affected is currently unclear, and even though Hallengren herself expresses in the interview that she is feeling well, she…