Sentences with phrase «potentially deadly cancer»

Among men who received treatment for the potentially deadly cancer, obese patients lived an average of 47 percent longer than those with a healthy body weight, researchers found.

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Beyond lung cancer, Zeng said the lab - on - a-chip could be used to detect a range of potentially deadly forms of cancer.

«Right - sided colon cancer may be the «black ice» of the colon — unseen but potentially deadly.

Her team demonstrated the potentially deadly role of an algal toxin in sea lions, shed light on marine mammal cancers and infectious diseases, and has convinced many that marine mammal health is a good indicator of the health of our oceans.

Barrett's esophagus and the cancer share many mutations, but we are now a step closer to understanding which are the important mutations that tip the condition over into a potentially deadly form of cancer.»

The method could potentially, in the future, offer clinicians going after individual tumors a weapon to combat cancer's deadly spread at the same time.

Now, in a study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of scientists from VCU Massey Cancer Center have shown a genetic relationship between the reactivation of hCMV and the onset of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), a potentially deadly condition in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue following a bone marrow or stem cell transplant.

A patent application for a drug that could destroy the deadly childhood disease known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia — and potentially other cancers as well — has been submitted by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Maryland and the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Such potentially problematic findings could include an individual's risk of certain cancers, her chance of passing on a deadly disease to her children, or a chromosomal abnormality that could cause infertility.

Steven Pavletic, who heads the Graft - versus - Host and Autoimmunity Section at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, says the standard treatments — corticosteroids such as prednisone — «carpet bomb» the immune system, causing a host of side effects and weakening the immune response to potentially deadly infections.

«Zika virus kills brain cancer stem cells: Virus potentially could be used to treat deadly disease.»

Scientists have found that if a pregnant woman is exposed, the deadly contaminant can alter the activity of several genes in her fetus, potentially increasing the child's risk of cancer later in life.

UCLA scientists have developed a potentially promising new combination therapy for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.

One of the scariest and potentially most deadly diagnoses you can receive is cancer.

For example, the superbug MRSA, which can cause hard - to - treat skin infections, appears to contaminate approximately 5 % of U.S. retail meat; mysterious skin hives or allergic reactions may be a sign of alpha - gal meat allergies; a lack of safety thresholds in U.S. meat for drug residues, toxic metals, and pesticides can potentially result in jaundice and skin cancer; a case of Vitamin A poisoning from fish actually resulted in one man experiencing such serious peeling of his skin it took more than three months to heal; using tanning beds instead of natural sunlight or supplements to get Vitamin D is linked to an increased risk of the deadliest kind of skin cancer; milk consumption has been associated with increased acne risk; and low antioxidants levels in the skin may correlate with the development of wrinkles.

These dogs are also prone to develop potentially deadly kinds of cancer in middle age.

I think people are fairly keyed in to the fact that humans can get breast cancer, or mammary cancer, as it is called in companion animals; its gnarled and potentially deadly hand has touched the lives of many of you, I presume.

By spaying your female pet, you're protecting her against potentially deadly diseases, including bacterial infections, reproductive tract diseases, and several types of cancer.

Below you will find general information on a variety of legal topics — from what to do if you are involved in a car accident, to resources for those suffering from the deadly cancer Mesothelioma, what to do if a loved one is suffering from elder abuse, overviews of various potentially dangerous drugs and medical devices, and everything in between.

Obviously, cancer, regardless of which type, can be a deadly disease, so for it to potentially develop in the esophagus (the tube that transports food from the mouth to the stomach) because someone has taken a drug that is supposed to alleviate osteoporosis symptoms is disturbing indeed.