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First aid for cancer patients
Lots of great insight here.
Sleep and breast cancer
From Slumber Yard: Sleep quality in general has been linked to breast cancer. In fact, studies have shown that poor sleep or not enough sleep is a definite breast cancer risk factor. A 2018 study, discussed in Science Today, showed that women who functioned “better at the beginning of the day than the end of ... Read more
Jason Priestley gives update on Shannen Doherty’s breast cancer battle
From Yahoo! Entertainment: Jason Priestley says his TV twin sister Shannen Doherty is a “fighter” amid her battle with terminal breast cancer. The actor was asked about his Beverly Hills, 90210 and BH90210 co-star, who revealed earlier this year that her cancer had returned — and progressed to stage 4 terminal cancer. “Last time I heard ... Read more
Coffee consumption linked to colon cancer recovery, study
From the Daily Coffee News: Coffee consumption may increase the survival chances of people diagnosed with colon cancer while reducing the risk of the disease worsening, according to new research published in the journal JAMA Oncology. Based on an observational study of 1,171 patients treated for metastatic colorectal cancer, those who reported drinking two to ... Read more
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the cancer survivor
From STAT: Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at the age of 87, is rightfully being memorialized as a “feminist icon,” a “history-making jurist,” and as “Notorious RBG,” a pop culture legend. One more huzzah should be added to the list: cancer survivor. Ginsburg was first diagnosed with colon cancer ... Read more
Olivia Newton-John discusses happiness while living with cancer
From CBS News: In an emotional interview at her Los Angeles home, actress, author and singer Olivia Newton-John talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King about battling breast cancer for the third time, and the source of her unshakable spirit.
Colon and rectal cancer cases increase in patients under 50
"The median age of patients diagnosed is getting lower."
Cancer found in dinosaur
From Science: This deformed bone is the first clear example of a malignant tumor diagnosed in a dinosaur. The partial fibula—a bone from the lower leg—belonged to a horned, plant-eating Centrosaurus that lived roughly 76 million years ago in what is now Dinosaur Park in southern Alberta in Canada. Paleontologists initially thought the bone’s strange ... Read more
Coffee can prevent cancer
Just another reason to love the magical elixir we know as COFFEE! via GIPHY From Inc. Magazine: While a previous meta-analysis of 127 studies showed coffee reduces cancer risk by 20 percent, it wasn’t entirely clear from those original studies what types of cancer were affected. The American Cancer Society (ACS) has now weighed in ... Read more
She survived a Nazi assassination attempt, cancer, a plane crash, and now, coronavirus
From Fox News: A German Jewish World War II veteran who survived a Nazi assassination attempt, plane crash and breast cancer can now add another accomplishment: defeating coronavirus months before she turns 100. Joy Andrew, 99, who is described as “indestructible,” contracted COVID-19 in May at the Minster Grange care home in York, England. Story source: Fox News. ... Read more