The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it will reconsider Biden-era drinking water standards on four types of “forever chemicals,” and postpone the compliance deadline for two chemicals, including one known to cause cancer in humans.
Tag: cancer
CHRONIC DISEASES UNDERMINING HEALTH GAINS IN THE U.S.
The U.S. is losing ground to other peer countries in life expectancy over the past decade, and researchers blame the prevalence of chronic disease for the lack of momentum.
IS THE WATER YOU DRINK KILLING YOU? 122 MILLION AMERICANS COULD BE DRINKING CONTAMINATED TAP
Newly released analysis of tap water across the U.S. raises the concern that 6,000 water systems in 49 states had dangerous levels of trihalomethanes, a chemical that is created by the breakdown of cleaning products mixed with organic matter like animal waste.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG? FDA BANS RED DYE NO. 3 FROM FOOD AFTER CANCER LINK IN ANIMALS
Eat the dye, and you will die.
VITAMIN E HELPS DECREASE YOUR CANCER RISK
Vitamin E is an important fat-soluble vitamin and antioxidant that combats inflammation, makes red blood cells, supports healthy immune function and helps your body use vitamin K, which is important for heart health.
SYNTHETIC BACTERIA DETECT CANCER IN YOUR BODY
Scientists have created a bacterium that can find cells in the bloodstream that cancer tumors have shed and signal the presence of cancer through a simple lab test.
CANCER RATES SOARING AMONG THE YOUNG, OBESITY IS THE 800-POUND GORILLA IN THE ROOM
More young people are being diagnosed with an array of cancers most commonly associated with old age, and medical professionals are trying to figure out why.
AI PREDICTS PANCREATIC CANCER THREE YEARS BEFORE DOCTORS CAN SEE IT
Using only a patient’s medical records, artificial intelligence predicted a person’s likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer at least as well as doctors using family histories and genetic screenings, according to a study by Harvard University, Boston-area hospitals, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
ENGINEERED MOLECULES KILL CANCER
Immunotherapy is cancer treatment’s new go-to remedy. Technicians take white blood cells from a patient—the “killer T cells” of the immune system —isolate the ones best suited to fight the patient’s form of cancer, then genetically engineer them to be “super T cells” able to overcome cancer’s defenses.
FINDING EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER IN A DROP OF BLOOD
Figuring out whether a strange mass of cells in the body is malignant may soon no longer involve intrusive and painful tissue biopsies, thanks to researchers at Australia’s University of Technology.