Tag: Chemotherapy

  • The growing popularity of CBD oil in Germany

    In recent years, the popularity of Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has grown rapidly in Germany. It is now one of the most popular natural remedies for various health problems – from chronic pain to insomnia and anxiety. Studies suggest that CBD oil may be beneficial for those suffering from epilepsy or other neurological disorders, as well…

  • Cancer cells can change their size to survive drugs, research reveals

    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…

  • The study finds chemotherapy before surgery reduces the risk of colon cancer recurrence

    Washington [US]Jan 20 (ANI): According to the results of a Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial, giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery reduces the risk of the disease coming back. The FOxTROT trial showed that giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before rather than after surgery reduced the chance of cancer returning within 2 years by…

  • Pele: From humble beginnings to football’s first global superstar

    Pele: From humble beginnings to football’s first global superstar

    The three-time World Cup winner is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, has died aged 82 in Sao Paulo. Pele’s passing at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Brazil’s largest city follows a long period of ill health and a…

  • The study finds cell behavior as the reason behind resistance in neuroblastoma

    The study finds cell behavior as the reason behind resistance in neuroblastoma

    Washington [US], Nov 13 (ANI): One of the reasons for neuroblastoma’s resistance to chemotherapy has been discovered by researchers. The results are important for how treatments should be developed in the future. The study was led by Lund University in Sweden and the results of the study were published in Science Advances. Neuroblastoma is an…

  • Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells

    Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells

    Stockholm [Sweden]November 5 (ANI): Toxoplasma is a parasite that affects the majority of people worldwide. Now scientists have discovered how this tiny parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. After infection, the parasite takes over immune cells. The study was led by researchers at Stockholm University and published in the scientific…

  • Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity

    Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity

    Stockholm [Sweden], October 31 (ANI): Majority of people on the planet are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how this small parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. Immune cells are hijacked by the parasite after they become infected. The results of…

  • Green spotlight: Time for brave choices

    Green spotlight: Time for brave choices

    Turn off the light when not in use. Keep your shower short. Do not turn on the heat too early in autumn. Suddenly the energy companies want to save energy! “It’s all about the pennies and not the climate,” complains Charlotte, a 26-year-old newly graduated engineer. Obsessed with plastic pollution, it took her many months…

  • Alone in the face of cancer: Immigration sensitively rejects caring son’s visa application

    Alone in the face of cancer: Immigration sensitively rejects caring son’s visa application

    A woman with limited vision has been denied visitation by her children as she battles life-threatening cervical cancer. Based overseas, they may be denied a chance to see their mother before it’s too late. Spread to lymph nodesSamia Farhat, who is in her 50s, moved to Denmark in 2013 from Lebanon. She was diagnosed with…

  • Researchers find higher risk of sexual problems in women who survive cancer

    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…

  • Flyers refrains from F Oskar Lindblom in order to buy out

    Flyers refrains from F Oskar Lindblom in order to buy out

    The Philadelphia Flyers placed Oskar Lindblom on dispensation on Tuesday in order to buy out. Flyers buy out the last season of the Swedish forward’s contract, worth 3 million dollars. The team also announced a $ 100,000 donation in Lindblom’s name to a local organization that supports families affected by cancer. Lindblom, who turns 26…

  • Research is finding a way to reduce the side effects of anticancer drugs

    Research is finding a way to reduce the side effects of anticancer drugs

    The method is based on hairy cellulose nanocrystals – nanoparticles developed from a major component of plant cell walls and designed to contain a huge amount of “hair” of polymer chain extending from each end. These hairs increase the potential drug capture capacity of nanocrystals significantly more than conventional nanoparticles and other materials. To produce…

  • FACTS: These groups are recommended to get third plugs

    The National Board of Health has made a table with all diseases and conditions, where it is assessed that after completion of vaccination, a reduced or lacking effect of vaccination against covid-19 can still be expected. People with the following diseases and conditions are therefore recommended revaccination. Get an overview of the various diseases and…

  • The National Board of Health will provide third plugs for 50,000 sick citizens

    The National Board of Health will provide third plugs for 50,000 sick citizens

    The National Board of Health will provide a third plug for people with a severely weakened immune system. This is stated by the National Board of Health in a press release. These include people with certain types of serious blood and bone marrow diseases, organ transplant recipients, people on dialysis and people who have received…

  • Danish research can provide knowledge about who should have the third plug

    Danish research can provide knowledge about who should have the third plug

    A research project at Odense University Hospital has mapped how the immune system of 524 cancer patients develops after they have been vaccinated against covid-19. The results can be used in relation to who should be offered a third plug with the vaccine against covid-19. This is the opinion of Henrik Ditzel, who has been…

  • New guidelines on the way: Very sick people can get third stings

    – However, it suggests that certain individuals with significant immunodeficiency need a third plug to prevent serious disease outbreaks in the event that they are infected with covid-19, even though they have been fully vaccinated. – Already in the coming week, the National Board of Health expects to come up with a guideline on revaccination…

  • Lena Hallengren is being treated for breast cancer

    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…

  • Answers to 7 common questions about coronavirus vaccine

    Answers to 7 common questions about coronavirus vaccine

    When the telephone lines opened to a new age group for booking coronavirus vaccinations in Oulu, more than 3,500 calls flooded in a few hours. It is a similar situation nationwide. In Helsinki, people often try to make vaccination appointments in advance, while most of the people who call the Kainuu appointment service come from…

  • Heunicke rejects plan to centralize pediatric cancer treatment

    Heunicke rejects plan to centralize pediatric cancer treatment

    It must still be possible for children to be treated for cancer in their own immediate area. The National Board of Health has no plans to move large parts of the child cancer treatment to Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. This is what Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S) said on Tuesday at a consultation in the…

  • Religion Meets Climate Change

    Religion Meets Climate Change

    Global warming is the biggest challenge of all time. It impacts every living species. However, the inherent dangers are very difficult to comprehend, as such, people brush it off as one more issue in life that will somehow be handled, fixed, no worries, human ingenuity will prevail. But, what if it’s not that simple? Stuart…

  • Science Round-Up: SSI caught in blood bank scandal

    Science Round-Up: SSI caught in blood bank scandal

    For more than six years, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) illegally passed samples of blood and other tissues to Danish researchers without seeking permission from the Danish Data Protection Agency. Approx. 10 million samples are stored by SSI at Danmarks Nationalbank. It is a revelation revealed by DR after gaining access to documents from the…