Does our biological clock keep cancer at bay? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Dec 2017 7:18 PM ISTOur body has an internal biological or "circadian" clock, which cycles daily and is synchronized with solar time. New research done in mice suggests...
Should marijuana be medically prescribed to children with cancer? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Dec 2017 7:02 PM ISTA study published in Pediatrics examined interdisciplinary provider perspectives on legal medical marijuana use in children with cancer. It found that...
Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTDespite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the initial management of...
A new antidiabetic without harmful side effects invented Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTA new antidiabetic compound that triggers the secretion of insulin in the pancreas without associated nausea, vomiting or malaise has been invented by...
Artificial sweeteners may provide cancer treatment in future Medical Dialogues Bureau18 Feb 2018 7:00 PM ISTArtificial sweeteners are mostly used in diet drinks and foods by diabetics and by people who are weight conscious. In future, they could be used as...
New potential treatment for triple-negative breast cancer identified Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 May 2018 7:00 PM ISTThe drug called 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) which is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of...
Use of antimalarial drug speeds up recovery of a 60-year-old cancer patient Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTA recently published interesting case in the journal cancer medical science has cited a case, where a patient with advanced ovarian cancer had a...
Cancer vaccine may increase survival in patients with deadly brain cancer Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 May 2018 7:10 PM ISTGlioblastoma is a deadly form of brain cancer that restricts the survival of the patient to median 15 to 17 months following the diagnosis. But the...
Thyroid cancer survivors at higher risk of developing CVD Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Jun 2018 7:10 PM ISTWithin five years of cancer diagnosis, male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease as compared to...
AZEDRA safe and effective for treating pheochromocytoma Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 Jun 2018 7:25 PM ISTAZEDRA (Ultratrace iobenguane I 131), a radiotherapy drug that treats the rare neuroendocrine cancers pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma was found...
New guideline for whole-breast radiation therapy Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 Jun 2018 7:01 PM ISTThe American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new clinical guideline for the use of whole-breast radiation therapy for breast...
New combination of drugs for treatment of ovarian cancer Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2018 7:10 PM ISTA therapy combination consisting of bromodomain and extra-terminal inhibitors (BETi), and poly ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) might be...
