Cancer is defined as a group of diseases that happen when cells grow out of control. These abnormal cells can form tumors and spread to other areas of the body. The risk of developing cancer increases as you age due to the natural process of cell turnover. This process happens more rapidly in youth, which is one reason that most cancers are diagnosed in adults. Most of the time, the cause of cell turnover is random DNA errors that happen during replication. These errors can be prevented by a healthy diet, physical exercise, and stress reduction. Not all cell turnover is bad; in fact, most of the cells in your body are replaced every 14 days. The rate of cell turnover decreases with age, which is why most cancers are diagnosed in adults. Unfortunately, there is no way to stop this process entirely, though you can reduce your risk by avoiding things that cause DNA damage.
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down in 1986, the surrounding environment became permanently toxic, and experts expected the local wildlife to suffer severe genetic degradation. Yet, researchers tracking the dense population of gray wolves living inside the Exclusion Zone are observing a completely different reality. These animals are surviving constant exposure to extreme baseline…
Some diagnoses come with almost no hope attached. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, known as DIPG, is one of them — a brain cancer so aggressive that most children diagnosed with it don’t survive past two years, and surgery isn’t even an option given where it sits in the brain. So when a small team of…
If you’ve had a COVID-19 vaccine, or caught the virus itself, part of your immune system already remembers exactly how to respond to it. New research suggests that memory could be redirected against something far more dangerous: cancer. Scientists have built a vaccine called PROTEXI that borrows your immune system’s playbook against COVID-19 and turns…
We reach for a bottle of cooking oil almost every time we step into the kitchen, usually without giving it a second thought. Yet, this single ingredient that you likely consume every day plays a massive role in your long-term health and your body’s defense mechanisms. As a doctor, I constantly look at how our…
If you are over thirty, you have likely looked in the mirror and noticed a silver hair staring back at you. For most of my patients, the immediate reaction is to pluck it or schedule a color appointment. We are conditioned to view gray hair as a negative sign of aging. But what if those…
When patients sit in my office to discuss a metastatic pancreatic cancer diagnosis, their first question is almost always about their true life expectancy. For a long time, the survival statistics have been difficult to discuss. Our primary tool has been intravenous chemotherapy. It offers limited success and brings heavy toxicity. That is why the…
When you hear a cancer diagnosis, your immediate thought probably goes to invasive surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. Over my years in practice, I have seen how the physical demands of these standard treatments affect patients almost as much as the disease itself. That is why I want to talk to you about a newly FDA-approved…
Cancer treatment has come a long way over the past several decades, but one challenge remains stubbornly difficult: destroying cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation can save lives, yet they often come with significant side effects because healthy cells frequently get caught in the crossfire. Now, researchers at Duke University have…
Surgery has been the primary treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. While surgical removal can be highly effective, it often comes with challenges, including scarring, recovery time, and the possibility of complications. Now, researchers have developed a wearable patch that may offer a different approach—one that destroys cancer cells without a scalpel….
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